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The Big Cheese: How Tillamook grew to help its farmer-owners
The Tillamook County Creamery Association has enjoyed a rapid rise from regional dairy brand to national powerhouse, with ...
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Purple Urchin farming and the challenges facing this emerging ocean economy
On a sunny afternoon, Port of Bandon director Jeff Griffin pulled back black shade cloth from the corner ...
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Dollar General criticisms valid, but stores fill vital need
Dollar General has opened more than 85 stores in Oregon since 2015, providing inexpensive food and household items ...
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Air medical transport can be a lifesaver, but it isn’t cheap
Northeast Oregon is a land of wide-open spaces and natural solitude, far from the hustle and bustle of ...
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Umatilla depot
The seemingly endless mounds that dot the land on the former Umatilla Army Depot — storage bunkers called ...
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Writing their way out from inside
PENDLETON — Phillip Luna, like other editors-in-chief of news outlets, spends his days researching topics, interviewing people, writing ...
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Oregon wineries turn to refillable bottles with Revino
TURNER, Ore. — Machines hummed, glass gently clinked and there was a buzz of excitement May 23 as ...
The Land
Plans for state timber harvests draw neighbor concerns
When Darren Orange received a letter from a surveying company in late March, he never expected it might ...
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Making connections with high-speed internet access to every corner of Oregon
Ed Negus, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Prairie City, has a doctor’s appointment at the VA clinic ...
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‘Urban Rural Action’ teams help bridge divides in southern Oregon
Produce intake was alive and well one Tuesday in May at Rogue Food Unites in Ashland. Fresh organic ...
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A Southern Oregon clinic helps families break the chain of addiction
As Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment comes to an end with the implementation of HB 4002, Dr. Kerri Hecox, ...
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Closure of birth center highlights challenges of rural healthcare
The next time you’re driving through Eastern Oregon, try not to be pregnant or get in a car ...
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Helping fellow farmers, fishers at the coast
NEWPORT — Sara O’Neill, the co-executive director of the Central Coast Food Web, wants to make business easier ...
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A veteran offers free haircuts — and mentorship
ASTORIA — Stefano Tighe can often be seen sitting courtside at Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside basketball games, where ...
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Oregon sees drop in farms and ranches
The number of Oregon farms and ranches has dropped, but the state’s agricultural industry remains dominated by family-owned ...
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Can Measure 110 meet the funding needs to combat Oregon’s addiction crisis?
On a gray cold morning in Eastern Oregon, Barrett Hamilton watched his coworker, Olen Grimes, hand out warm ...
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Small but mighty: Business development centers help Eastern Oregon entrepreneurs punch above their weight
PENDLETON — When Emily and Josh McGraw decided to open The Studio Pendleton in 2022, the couple had ...
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The Pine Mountain Observatory — rural Oregon’s gateway to the stars
About 30 miles southeast of Bend, the Pine Mountain Observatory offers a stunning glimpse into the dark skies ...
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This rural school has 6 students, and 1 room
The elementary school in Brothers, a small community in southeast Deschutes County, looks a lot like any other ...
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Cash for trash: Columbia Ridge Landfill benefits Gilliam County
The year was 1988, and residents of rural Gilliam County had an important decision to make. Would they ...
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The Spray General Store has become a thriving center for arts and community
On a cool and cloudy Saturday evening in September, the Spray General Store shone like a beacon just ...
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A new librarianship emerges in the era of censorship demands
While increasing demands that books be removed from shelves, librarians are also working to forge a new era ...
The Land
Author charts the trails of the North Coast
When Stan Pine first moved to Clatsop County from the dry landscape of central Oregon, he was wary ...
Making-a-living
For some farms, diversification easy as pie
Blue Raeven Farm in Amity, Ore., responded to plummeting berry prices in 2007 with a pop-up tent in ...
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Rodeo queen can keep your diesel running
ENTERPRISE — How often do you find a rodeo queen willing and eager to get up to her ...