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The Himalayan Tragedy That Forever Changed Mountaineering

by Seyward Darby January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

“In 1976, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, the daughter of legendary alpinist Willi Unsoeld, died while climbing the massive Indian peak for which she was named.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Safest Place

by Seyward Darby December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

“In five years Dante McFallo went from White House honoree to dying in a hail of bullets on New Year’s Day.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 13, 2021October 19, 2022

“A chronicle of a slow-motion climate disaster that became one of Oregon’s deadliest calamities.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Can We Move Our Forests in Time to Save Them?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 5, 2021October 19, 2022

“Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘The Mansion on Emerson Street’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2021October 19, 2022

“After more than a year of allowing most homeless camps to remain intact so as not to displace people during the pandemic, cities across the country are now beginning to confront another public health crisis unfolding on their streets.”

Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes

‘What’s this guy doing loose in Malheur County?’

by michelleweber February 26, 2020October 19, 2022

He faked an insanity defense, got out, and immediately committed another crime, and this time people are dead. He’s going to plead insanity again.

Posted inNonfiction

The Misconception of the Wild

by Carolyn Wells October 30, 2019October 17, 2022

Leo Schwartz finds out what lessons can be learned from the burned-out Oregon backcountry.

Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

When the Climate Change Story Becomes Your Life Story

by Aaron Gilbreath April 5, 2019October 19, 2022

Moving from bustling, expensive Seattle to tiny Ashland, Oregon seemed like an improvement, until the forest fire season began.

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story

Oregon’s Racist Past

by Longreads July 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Starting in the mid-19th century, and extending through the mid-20th century, Oregon was arguably the most racist place outside the southern states, possibly even of all the states.

Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

One Consequence of Cannabis Legalization is Market Saturation

by Aaron Gilbreath April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Supply side economics is clogging the overstuffed bowl of Oregon’s booming cannabis market, and there are not enough lighters in Oregon to smoke all the product.

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