Columns
Editor’s note
In this edition we have turned over much The Other Oregon to our colleagues at Underscore News. Underscore News is a nonprofit newsroom that covers ...
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Making-a-living
Continuing a Legacy — Prairie Wood Products reopens after a decade
As a grandson of Don “DR” Johnson, founder of DR Johnson Lumber Co., Kyle Westbrooks said he always knew he wanted to work at his ...
by Staff reports, Friday, March 24, 2023 7:00 am
The Land
Essay: Dignity, justice and room to grow
In my last essay, I wrote about the drinking water crisis that rural people in Morrow and Umatilla counties face from industrial and agricultural nitrate ...
by Staff reports, Friday, March 24, 2023 7:00 am
Feature Stories
When food is much more than a commodity
The hulking 20,000-square-foot building, sandwiched between a rough road and dark evergreen trees, is unremarkable save for a heap of cedar, pine and fir logs ...
by Staff reports, Friday, March 24, 2023 6:45 am
Cover Story
Exploring the iconic Camp Sherman Store
CAMP SHERMAN — Driving Highway 20 — a main artery between Bend and Salem — can be a bit frenetic at times with bumper-to-bumper traffic ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:00 am
The Land
Farmer grows world’s most expensive spice
KERBY — Tanya Golden plucked a flower from a greenhouse bed, unfurled its purple petals and removed three long stigmas — reddish-orange strands resembling butterfly ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:00 am
Feature Stories
Essay: Eastern Oregon water pollution is a story of divides
Imagine going to the sink to fill your coffee pot. Maybe you stare out the window while the pot fills, looking out over the landscape ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:00 am
Columns
Publisher’s note
In the new year, I have three wishes for our beloved state of Oregon. My first wish is that all elected officials throughout the state ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:00 am
The Land
Can farms and solar panels co-exist
AURORA — Growing crops and harnessing solar energy need not be mutually exclusive. That’s the idea behind a $1.5 million project at Oregon State University’s ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, December 22, 2022 6:45 am
The Culture
Professor Pincushion teaches basics of sewing to online audience
From her 500-square-foot studio built in her Redmond backyard, Tova Opatrny makes instructional videos for her more than half a million subscribers. Opatrny has made ...