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Southern Oregon sand artists inspire community and healing
Along the southern coastal town of Bandon, Ore., ornate meditative labyrinth pathways etched into the sand draw thousands…
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Wind energy keeps turning in rural Oregon
MORROW COUNTY — Shiny new wind turbines rise over the sagebrush and farmland in rural Morrow County, part…
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On the front lines of climate change
This summer a heat dome hovered over the Pacific Northwest for four months, moving the jet stream north,…
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The Big Dry: Drought, water shutoff ‘tear at fabric’ of Klamath Basin
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — County roads stretch for miles past mostly dry, barren fields near Tulelake, Calif., where…
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MALHEUR WILDLIFE REFUGE A preserve and breeding ground for native birds
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of southeastern Oregon plays host to 340 bird and…
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Making fishing nets is collaboration of craft and science
NEWPORT — In an industrial building near the port, men worked on a fishing net to the sounds…
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Wildfire cycle anything but natural
Wildfires aren’t the natural enemies of forests, but the fire regime that’s taken hold of many Northwest forestlands…
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A life on both sides of the divide
Jim Kelly spent 30 years in Portland building his business, Rejuvenation — a company that sold salvaged house…
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Rural Oregon opens to an uncertain future
A few miles southeast of Crater Lake National Park, the store at Jo’s Motel & Campground is open…
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Rural stores are oases in food deserts
Gabe Salvage was on the phone when the cook from the local senior meals program approached the counter.…