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Featured Northwest Lifestyles Oregon Outdoor Activities

5 adventures near the small town of La Pine, Oregon

Caption: Horses graze in a scenic meadow off hwy 97 just south of La Pine. The following article is reprinted from the Travel Oregon website. By Jen Anderson, Author If you’re not paying attention, you can easily bypass the quiet town of La Pine. It’s 30 miles south of the activity in Bend and 60 […]

Blue river and forest
Environment Oregon Outdoor Activities

Should rivers have legal rights?

Caption: In 2019, the Yurok Tribe granted personhood to Northern California’s Klamath River, giving the waterway the same legal rights as a human, — at least under tribal law. Credit: Bob Wick, BLM, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: Should rivers be given the same legal rights as people in order to protect them? — Phyllis T., New […]

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Featured Northwest Lifestyles Oregon

Portland Gear celebrates ‘Made in Portland’

Caption: The Red Portland Chenille Crewneck chenille collection, features simple but loud designs on cozy garments. The fabric pops off the clothes, adding dimension to your style. In moving back to Portland in 2012, Marcus Harvey started a freelance apparel design business where companies from all over the country began asking for apparel that had […]

Computer drive
Economy Featured Oregon Technology

Intel meets digital challenges with memory, storage products

Editor’s note: Intel is Oregon’s largest private employer with a reported 21,000 employees in the state. Intel recently announced six new memory and storage products to help customers meet the challenges of digital transformation. Key to advancing innovation across memory and storage, Intel announced two new additions to its Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive (SSD) […]

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Economy Featured Oregon

Portland men’s fashion store curates progressive design

Caption: The Camping Pullover Fleece is made from a poly-rayon polar fleece. The design includes sleeves engineered to eliminate armhole seams. Made in the USA. MACHUS is a family-owned retail space in Portland dedicated to curating a store “with the most compelling designers in the contemporary men’s market,” according to company officials. “We believe in every […]

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Economy Featured Oregon Technology

This Intel barista never gets your order wrong

Editor’s note: Intel is Oregon’s largest private employer with a reported 21,000 employees in the state. At Crown Coffee, a small-yet-homey coffee bar in downtown Singapore, the barista never gets your order wrong. Ella is her name and with uncanny consistency she makes a perfect cup of coffee every time. Ella is not human, but […]

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Environment Featured Oregon Outdoor Activities

DogPAC pushes for more off-leash river access

Bend Parks & Rec (BPRD) is working on a River Restoration and Access Plan to protect riparian habitats in the 8 miles of city parks along the Deschutes. BPRD staff will present their recommendation to the BPRD board on Jan. 19. DogPAC has been working with the district to identify sites for off-leash access, where […]

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Attractions Oregon

Beautiful, peaceful Manzanita

By Greg Johnson, ActiveLifestylesNW.com travel writer Manzanita is a beautiful, peaceful Oregon coastal town located 15 miles south of Cannon Beach. It is also the town ravaged by a 130-mph tornado in October 2016. The tornado damaged homes, businesses and ripped off a store roof. Yet the town has recovered beautifully. Driving north into the […]

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Featured Oregon Outdoor Activities Washington

My favorite Northwest dog walks

Written by Greg Johnson, travel writer Ruby the Mini-Aussie is a Central Oregon resident who regularly hikes on trails and urban walkways throughout the Pacific Northwest. Here are some of her favorite Urban Dog Walks: The Wildwood Trail Ruby and her canine friends like to walk this trail whenever she ventures to Portland. The trail […]

Fruits and vegetables
Featured Oregon Outdoor Activities

Follow the Great Umpqua Food Trail

Caption: Great Umpqua Food Trail: Umpqua Valley Farmers Market in Roseburg, Oregon. Photo Credit: Joni Kabana. Editor’s note: The following article was prepared by Travel Oregon. Heading out on a Southern Oregon road trip and need a great cup of coffee, an amazing farm-to-table dinner or a tasting room with a view around Roseburg? Now […]