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100 MPH in Oregon
In the predawn haze of September 23, Marion County, Oregon, became the stage for a reckless ballet of speed and folly, starring...

Phil Harpster
Sep 252 min read


Montana Drifter’s Rampage: $155,000 in Shattered Dreams at Salem’s Car Lots
In the haze of a September night, Brian Del Werner, a 32-year-old drifter from Kalispell, Montana, carved a jagged scar through Salem’s...

Phil Harpster
Sep 201 min read


A Fire’s Frenzy at Dawn: South Salem’s Night of Chaos
South Salem, OR—At 4:15 AM, when the world is supposed to be still, the kind of still where you can hear your own heartbeat if you listen...

Phil Harpster
Aug 72 min read


Oregon Layoffs - Largest in History
Just when you thought your summer commute couldn’t get any more exciting, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced that nearly...

Jenny Lancaster
Jul 72 min read


JinJu Patisserie Wins Big, and My Diet Cries Itself to Sleep
So, Portland’s JinJu Patisserie just won Outstanding Bakery in America at the 2025 James Beard Awards, and honestly? My jeans are already ti

Jenny Lancaster
Jun 181 min read


Powin Files for Bankruptcy and the Planet Can’t Even Right Now
Oh bless their green little hearts. Powin LLC, Oregon’s very own clean energy darling, just pulled a full financial faceplant and filed...

Jenny Lancaster
Jun 111 min read


Flat-Pack Dreams and Westside Schemes: IKEA Invades Beaverton with Swedish Precision
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IKEA has opened a new Plan & Order Point in Beaverton, Oregon, located in Progress Ridge Town Square. Unlike traditional wareho

Phil Harpster
Jun 111 min read


A Truck Left the Road: The Death of Terry Calderwood
Terry Calderwood, 55, a part-time welding instructor at Chemeketa Community College, died in a single-vehicle crash on Southeast Lancaster D

Edward Hooper
Jun 91 min read


Cheddar Royalty: How Tillamook’s Award-Winning Cheese Is Boosting Oregon’s Bottom Line
Picture this: sun-dappled Oregon pastures, contented cows chewing the good grass, and a cheese so divine it scooped the World Cheese...

Jenny Lancaster
Jun 72 min read


Lake Oswego and the $1.5 Million Cannonball: How to Lose Friends and Influence Judges
It’s a picturesque little lake, isn’t it? Lake Oswego—shimmering like a sterling salad bowl and, for decades, hoarded by a small band of...

Jenny Lancaster
Jun 71 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


Oregon’s Healthcare Showdown: Inside the Largest Strike in State History
In a move that has sent ripples through Oregon’s healthcare landscape, thousands of Providence Health & Services employees have embarked...

Jimmy Michaels
Jan 102 min read


Oregon’s Gamble: Can Carbon Markets Turn Forests into Climate Heroes or Just Another Commodity?
The 83,000-acre Elliott State Forest in Oregon just became a symbol of environmental hope—or, depending on whom you ask, one more notch...

Sally Davis
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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