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Food systems pivot in wake of pandemic

There’s nothing like a pandemic, closed restaurants and masked lines outside grocery stores to make Oregonians rethink the…

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The pandemic might help rural Oregon’s universities

Rural institutions, with their can-do character, are every bit as critical to the pandemic response as urban institutions.

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New health center strives to fix the healthcare provider shortage in rural Oregon

Rural healthcare is getting a makeover. January 2020, Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls cut ribbons to…

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Tribes learned lessons in measles outbreak

As a sovereign nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation didn’t have to follow Gov. Kate Brown’s…

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How a bus system changed the Northwest

On a windy February morning, the Northwest Connector, a bus running a route through northwestern Oregon, whizzed between…

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One rural tradition closed by virus, another continues

Rural Oregon is being impacted by the COVID-19 in a variety of ways. One well-known Oregon rural tradition…

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RARE revitalizes rural communities with young professionals

With the trend of young people leaving rural communities, Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) member Emma Gerona,…

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Rural boarding schools combat distance, create connection

The term “boarding school” elicits the vision of elite British chambers or a school for troubled delinquents, but…

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Urban-Rural Ambassador program bridges the divide

College students studying Oregon’s urban-rural divide knew they would find contrasts between Portland and Eastern Oregon. What they…

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Lamprey return to the Umatilla River

Aaron Jackson, lamprey project lead, is clearly a passionate, knowledgeable, and utterly patient man. He has to be…