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The Night Hope Bled: A Butcher’s Walk Through a Salem Shelter
They say true horror lives in the mundane. On June 1, 2025, around 7:15 p.m., right across from the Salem Police Department, the Union...

Phil Harpster
Jun 22 min read


Oregon’s Best Meal Comes with a Side of Existential Clarity
In the heart of Oregon’s wine country, where the scent of Pinot Noir mingles with the earthy aroma of freshly turned soil, lies a...

Phil Harpster
May 181 min read


The NFL Is Going Global, Baby—Pack Your Bags, Grab Your Passport, and Don’t Forget Your Foam Finger
It’s official: The NFL is now the international over-sharer of the sports world. Not content with simply dominating Sundays in America,...

Phil Harpster
May 162 min read


No Poors Allowed
In the genteel enclave of Lake Oswego, where the lawns are manicured to within an inch of their lives and the Labradoodles outnumber the...

Phil Harpster
Apr 92 min read


Multiple Tragedies In Oregon
On April 3, 2025, Oregon’s highways turned into a grim tableau of metal and mortality, claiming five lives in four separate crashes. The...

Jimmy Michaels
Apr 52 min read


“Hands Off” in Salem: A Parade of Panic, Polyester, and Purpose
Today in Salem, Oregon, I stood with a few hundred strangers who smelled vaguely of rain, weed, and fury.

Phil Harpster
Apr 52 min read


Look, But Don’t Touch - Two Years of Longing at Crater Lake
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Crater Lake is off-limits for the next two years. No swimming, no boat rides, no leaping from...

Jim Henson
Apr 21 min read
Molotovs, Musk, and Madness -A Love Letter to Chaos from Salem, Oregon
In the Capitol town of Salem, Oregon, where the most thrilling event is usually a new flavor at the local donut shop, a scene straight...

Phil Harpster
Mar 232 min read
DEATH IN A PARKING LOT: THE LEAST CINEMATIC WAY TO GO
There are ways you expect to die. You could get taken out by an inattentive Amazon van driver while you’re trying to cross the street...

Phil Harpster
Mar 182 min read


Flames of Discontent—The Tesla Takedown Movement
In the shadowed depths of Seattle’s industrial district, a quartet of Tesla Cybertrucks met an untimely demise, consumed by flames that...

Phil Harpster
Mar 101 min read


Tigard Tesla Gets Blasted
In the early hours of Thursday, March 6, 2025, a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, was targeted in a shooting incident. Surveillance...

Jimmy Michaels
Mar 61 min read


Willamette Valley Weekend Wrap-Up: The Good, The Bad, and The Bureaucratic
This weekend in the Willamette Valley, the news cycle was as chaotic as a squirrel on an espresso bender. First up, lawmakers are playing...

Jim Henson
Mar 21 min read


The SAIF House Shooter and the Email That Screamed “You’re Next”
So, it turns out that being the CEO of Oregon’s largest workers’ comp insurer isn’t all memos and actuarial tables. Sometimes, it means...

Jimmy Michaels
Feb 242 min read


The Oregon International Automotive and Motorcycle Show is a hit!!
The Oregon International Automotive and Motorcycle Show was, in a word, a spectacle. A grand carnival of metal and electrons, where...

Phil Harpster
Feb 223 min read


Gunfire at the SAIF CEO’s Home: A Warning Shot?
At 4 a.m., when even the most caffeinated insomniacs are contemplating surrender, Chip Terhune, CEO of SAIF Corporation, awoke to the...

Jimmy Michaels
Feb 211 min read


Salem’s Grand Plan: A Runway to Nowhere?
You ever look at something and think, Wow, that seems like a terrible idea, but then everyone in charge is nodding and acting like it’s...

Jimmy Michaels
Feb 202 min read


Tesla, Bulletproof? Not Quite
I woke up this morning to the kind of news that makes you reconsider your life choices. Someone shot up the Tesla dealership in Salem....

Phil Harpster
Feb 191 min read


Dispatch from the corner of Summer and Center
Salem, Oregon, February 17, 2025 – The sky was the color of a week-old bruise, the kind that makes you wince but not quite enough to...

Phil Harpster
Feb 172 min read


Governor Kotek’s Shake-Up: Oregon Youth Authority Director Placed on Leave Amid Misconduct Probe
So, picture this: Governor Tina Kotek, probably after her third cup of coffee and a particularly vexing game of morning Sudoku, decides...

Jim Henson
Feb 141 min read


The 2024 NFL Season: A Year of Broken Records and Unforgettable Moments
If there was ever a season to make statisticians break out in a cold sweat, it was 2024. The NFL didn’t just see records fall—it saw them...

Phil Harpster
Feb 132 min read
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