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A Forgotten Newspaper Clipping Reveals Oregon’s Wildfire Debate Was Already Raging More Than 120 Years Ago

Smoke had drifted into Lane County again, turning the sky a sickly-yellow and the surrounding hills into indistinct hazy blue, when I found myself remembering an old newspaper clipping I’d saved during some research into western Oregon history. The clipping came from Hazel Dell, the small...

Oregon Wildfires Top 2 Million Acres, Closing In on State’s All-Time Record

Oregon’s already devastating 2026 wildfire season is now within striking distance of becoming the largest on record for total acreage burned. As of Monday morning, August 3, 60 large fires had burned an estimated 2,014,481 acres across the state, according to figures provided by the Northwest...

The Blue Angels Return to Oregon for 80th Anniversary, Massive Three-Day Air Show This August

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are returning to Oregon this August, bringing their unmistakable blue-and-gold fighter jets, tightly packed formations and thunderous aerial maneuvers to the Oregon International Air Show in McMinnville. This year’s show is shaping up to be one of Oregon’s biggest family...

Oregon’s Timber Crisis Is Real And So Is the Threat to Its Ancient Forests

Part two of two. Read Part One here. At the bottom of Crabtree Valley, the argument seems impossibly far away. Crabtree Lake lies dark beneath the trees. Water gathers along fallen logs. Moss hangs from branches and spreads across the forest floor, softening the remnants of trees that lived for...

A Former Coast Guard Ship Is Now One of the Oregon Coast’s Coolest Seafood Restaurants

Some restaurants give you a waterfront view. Big Fish Cafe gives you that, plus the entire boat. Tucked beside the Umpqua River in Reedsport, this wonderfully unexpected restaurant occupies a former Coast Guard cutter that’s been transformed into a warm, quirky place to settle in for fresh...
Oregon’s Lavender Season Is About To Explode And These Summer Festivals Smell Like Pure Magic

Oregon’s Lavender Season Is About To Explode And These Summer Festivals Smell Like Pure Magic

There are certain moments in Oregon that feel almost unreal. The first warm evening on the coast. The smell of pine after rain in the Cascades. Sunlight breaking through vineyards in wine country. And then there’s lavender season. Every summer, parts of Oregon...

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