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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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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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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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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 ...
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Aspen Springs highlights mental health crisis in Eastern Oregon
When Aspen Springs Psychiatric Hospital opened in Hermiston last fall, it was hailed as a sorely-needed addition to ...