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Southern Oregon will soon have deep water offshore wind energy

On Feb. 25, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that a hundred-mile stretch along southern Oregon’s…

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Investing in equitable pathways to federal funding for rural communities

New funding opportunities from the federal government are adding urgency to an old concern — that rural Oregon…

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Better together

Pressure was building: Laborers were hard to come by, the cost of doing business was catapulting and each…

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Back in the saddle

Despite an accident nine years ago that left him paralyzed from the sternum down, Alec Oliver is busier…

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Historic southern Oregon grist mill brought back to life

An electrical fire destroyed most of the original Historic Butte Creek Mill in Eagle Point on Christmas Day…

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A battle over more than timber

If most arguments over money aren’t really about money, the lawsuit brought by several “timber” counties against the…

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Housing and homelessness are issues in rural Oregon, too

As in many large American cities, the homeless — advocates prefer to call them “houseless” — provide a…

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Bull kelp defenders along the Oregon Coast

Nestled in the tiny Southern Oregon coastal town of Port Orford is the home base of Oregon Kelp…

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Eastern Oregon couple revive century-old Hotel Moro

An Eastern Oregon couple is working to revive a century-old building in the middle of Moro in addition…

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Saving Oregon’s rural newspapers

Small town journalism may be a calling but it’s a business, too, and newspapers live with the same…