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After Horror in Bandon, Four Rescued Big Cats Are Finally Learning What It Means to Feel Safe

Louie paced endlessly. Nasha was found soaked in urine in a dark den. Lyla desperately wanted to get away. Bently had been declawed and lived with severe arthritis. More than a year after their rescue from Oregon’s West Coast Game Park Safari, their lives look almost unrecognizable. There’s...

This Wildly Fun Oregon Fall Tradition Sends Costumed Racers Across a Lake Inside Giant Pumpkins

There are normal fall festivals. You know the type. Apple cider. Corn mazes. Hayrides. Maybe somebody puts on a flannel shirt and spends twenty minutes choosing a pumpkin that somehow costs more than lunch. And then there's the Oregon fall festival where grown adults climb inside hollowed-out...

Kyron Horman’s Disappearance Featured in New Hulu and Freeform True-Crime Series

One of Oregon’s most haunting unsolved missing-person cases is getting renewed national attention as part of a new true-crime series from Freeform and ABC News Studios. The disappearance of Kyron Horman, the Portland-area second grader who vanished from Skyline Elementary School in 2010, will be...

This Tiny Oregon Coast Town Has People Driving Hours for the Best Smoked Salmon Around

Wheeler is one of those Oregon Coast towns you can drive through a dozen times without ever really stopping. Highway 101 cuts right through the middle of this tiny community on Nehalem Bay, and with Manzanita just up the road and Rockaway Beach a few miles south, Wheeler has always been easy to...

A Field Guide to Oregon’s Flying Stripey Things: Bees, Bumblebutts, Tiny Pollinators, and Ones That Definitely Aren’t Bees

There are two kinds of folks. There are the people who look at an insect hovering over the lavender and say something useful like, “Oh, that appears to be Bombus vosnesenskii, the yellow-faced bumblebee.” And then there are the rest of us: “Look! A chunky fuzzy stripey guy!” To be fair, both...
5 Heart Pounding Oregon Adventures In 2020

5 Heart Pounding Oregon Adventures In 2020

With a new year comes new opportunities for adventure. Here are five adrenaline pumping adventures for Oregon's thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies to get your heart pounding. 1. Bungee Jumping In Bend Oregon This Bend Oregon company will help you take a 250 foot...

20 Jaw-Dropping Trails to Hike in Oregon Right Now

20 Jaw-Dropping Trails to Hike in Oregon Right Now

Whether you're young or old, fit or self-described couch-potato, hiking is one of those diversely perfect activities that can cost little to no money but be a richly rewarding experience. From easy jaunts to find a hidden waterfall, to 750-mile excursions through the...

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