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Central Oregon city’s historic railroad chugging toward growth
Matt Wiederholt remembers the boom days of the sawmills in Prineville. Trucks hauled logs out of the Ochoco ... Read more
Author: Clayton Franke | The Other Oregon
The Land
Ochoco Preserve restoration turns farmland to floodplain near Prineville
On an exposed hilltop in the Ochoco Preserve outside Prineville, Gabriel Juarez carefully places palm-sized forbs inside shallow ... Read more
Cover Story
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 ... Read more
The Culture
What next, America? Join your local pothole committee!
The recent presidential election confirmed what we already know — politically, the country is half and half; divided; ... Read more
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Baker City’s illuminated cross is shining again
One of Baker City’s beloved Christmas traditions — a giant, lighted cross — was sprawled across a good ... Read more
Columns
Editor’s note
I met Nella Mae Parks more than six years ago at Oregon State University’s Small Farm Conference. She ... Read more
The Land
La Pine is home to a record-setting ponderosa pine
The ponderosa pine with the largest circumference on record is in La Pine State Park. At one point, ... Read more
Feature Stories
New southern Oregon makerspace becomes hub for innovation and inclusion
With the completion of its state-of-the-art 8,000-square-foot community makerspace, Talent Maker City (TMC) is poised to become Southern ... Read more
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Bend’s Ellen Waterston named Oregon Poet Laureate
Longtime Bend poet and nonfiction author Ellen Waterston has been appointed Oregon Poet Laureate by Gov. Tina Kotek. ... Read more
Feature Stories
On the fire line: A tour of the Falls Fire showed the power, unpredictability of a big blaze
The Falls Fire began on July 10 in the vicinity of the Falls Campground, about 25 miles northwest ... Read more