There's something about Jacksonville, Oregon, that makes you want to slow down and stay awhile. Maybe it's the historic brick buildings, the charming little shops, or the feeling that you've wandered straight into another century. Whatever it is,…
Five-year-old Joshua James McCoy was supposed to celebrate his sixth birthday in November 2024. Instead, just days before that milestone, search crews discovered his body in the woods near his home on the southern Oregon Coast. He was…
We recently returned from a short trip to Jacksonville and the Applegate Valley, and something someone said during one of our tours has been sticking with us ever since. They pointed out that Southern Oregon doesn't seem to…
Several years ago, I was on a solo photography trip through Baker City when I came across a little cemetery in a place I never would have expected to find one. It sat along a quiet road, not…
NEWPORT, Ore. — Sunday, October 25, 2026: A massive fire at a Pacific Seafood processing facility on Newport's Historic Bayfront sent thick smoke billowing over Yaquina Bay Sunday morning, prompting emergency evacuations and concerns about potentially hazardous ammonia…
Imagine standing on a grassy hillside in Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 1905. Below you, magnificent white buildings rise above a sparkling lake. An enormous bridge stretches across the water toward a palace with twin towers. Thousands…
Imagine the World Cup, except instead of soccer balls, everyone's bringing cheese to the stadium. France shows up with centuries of cheesemaking tradition. Italy arrives with its legendary Parmesan. Switzerland is ready to defend its Gruyère reputation, Spain…
There's a little town outside Portland called Boring, Oregon, and this Halloween, it's doing everything in its power to live up to the exact opposite of its name. Tucked away in the countryside along SE Orient Drive, Dolan…
BEND, OR. — Just four days after a devastating shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School claimed the lives of three children and a beloved teacher, the parents of the youngest victim are taking steps to find out how…
Two Bend students are asking their neighbors to spend Tuesday, October 20, caring for one another. Zaki and Josiah, who contacted That Oregon Life on Sunday, are organizing a student-led Day of Love & Kindness called Bend Chooses…
In the terrifying moments when gunfire erupted inside a classroom at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, one educator reportedly made a split-second decision to protect a little girl in her care. According to a new report from…
BEND, OR. — A disturbing new report is shedding light on Thursday's deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, including allegations that the 16-year-old gunman deliberately returned to a classroom where he had once received special…
