Conservation

It happens occasionally that non-native species are found along the chilly coastal waters of Oregon. In just this past week, two endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles washed up on local beaches. One found in Lincoln City did not survive, but another is expected to thrive for eventual re-release into...

"The Breitenbush Hot Springs is a getaway that is sure to please anyone who’s looking to escape for the weekend in Oregon" is how we opened a popular 2016 article on the Breitenbush Hot Springs Resort. Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon Enter 2020's devastating fire season, when the resort lost...

The event Tuesday with the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde was a groundbreaking of sorts that represents one of the clearest steps forward at Willamette Falls after nearly a decade of planning. A blessing prayer was said, and then an excavator finally tore into the crumbling old Blue Heron...

Largest, and according to many sources, MOST AWESOME. It was part carnival, part water park, and existed on 128 acres of Hayden Island land between Portland and Vancouver on the Columbia River. “Portland’s Million Dollar Playground”, Jantzen Beach Amusement Park opened on May 26, 1928, to huge...

Before I had developed an interest in and explored many of Oregon's "Ghost Towns", Maxville was quite unknown to me. Located deep in Wallowa County, little is physically left of the old logging town but rich and sometimes disturbing history remains. One night I managed to catch an episode of OPB's...