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10 Oregon Meat Markets Where a Full Freezer Won’t Empty Your Wallet

Grocery store meat prices have a way of making a simple dinner plan feel like a budget meeting. A lot of Oregon families have quietly found a better system: buy in bulk from a real butcher, fill the freezer, and stop paying full price every week. The shops on this list range from busy Portland counters to small-town markets in the Willamette Valley, Central Oregon, the coast, and the far east side of the state.

Oregon · 8d

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Bargain Hunters Leave This Massive Oregon Thrift Store With A Full Trunk For Under $40

If you’ve ever stood in a checkout line watching the total climb past what you budgeted and thought there has to be a better way, Deseret Industries Thrift Store and Donation Center in Happy Valley, Oregon, is your answer. Under $40 sounds like a constraint, but inside this store,...

Happy Valley, OR · 12d

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The Nostalgic Oregon Drive-In Where You Can Order More Than 100 Different Milkshake Combinations

There are places in this world that exist purely to make your day better, and Jim Dandy Drive-In in Portland, Oregon is one of those places. Walk up to the order window, take one look at the milkshake menu, and you’ll understand immediately why this spot has earned a permanent place in the hearts of Portland locals.

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Portland Tribune

A Portlander once tried to name Tilikum Crossing after late actor Patrick Stewart’s ‘Star Trek’ character

In 2015, Owen Lingley launched a Kickstarter campaign to convince Portlanders to call the bridge the Jean-Luc Picard Wunder Crossing When TriMet asked Portlanders to suggest names for its new […]

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: November 2026

November is here, which means a parade of holidays are coming your way, from Election Day to Veterans Day to Thanksgiving. Plus, it's Native American Heritage Month and the first round of festive winter events are popping up on the calendar. And of course, there's also the usual array of concerts, festivals, food & drink events, and tons more. As we do every month, we've compiled the biggest events you need to know about in every genre, from Portugal. The Man with the Oregon Symphony to the Portland Book Festival and from Fred Armisen to Plus Plus Fest.

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KOIN 6 News

Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn finds new home after 66 years at Lloyd Center Mall

Joe Brown's Carmel Corn is scheduled to reopen in the Washington Square Mall food court on Oct. 30 following its closure at the Lloyd Center.

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This 1909 Portland Department Store Now Hides Smash Burgers, Rooftop Views, and a Hotel Upstairs

You know that feeling when you walk past a big old building a hundred times and never step inside? Then one day you do, and suddenly your whole Oregon afternoon turns into a treasure hunt. Floors of stories, surprise snacks, and a few quirky details are waiting behind those tall...

Portland, OR · 13d

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Tula-Tu stable as Oregon Zoo vets treat for rapidly progressing strain of elephant herpes

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Zoo’s baby Asian elephant Tula-Tu has been diagnosed with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, and zookeepers are working on a treatment plan since “young calves are particularly susceptible” to the disease. Active elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus – or EEHV – can be life-threatening...

Portland, OR · 7d

The Reflector

Cowlitz County coffee staple arrives in Brush Prairie

A husband-and-wife team with nearly three decades of restaurant experience is expanding a locally grown coffee brand in Clark County, opening a second Red Leaf Organic Coffee

Brush Prairie, WA · 10d

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Portland Ramen’s Third Wave

Chefs are getting more specialized, more personal, and much less interested in following a script. When the staff at Toya Ramen were juggling a full house one day last summer, chef Colin Yoshimoto handed diners two bowls meant to represent both soup and birria beef while behaving like neither. Sure, the noodles were there, with broth in the smaller bowl as might be served tsukemen-style, but Yoshimoto had instructed staff to inform diners that they may “sip it, dip it, or pour it.” Part of a collab dinner with Diego Palacios of the Mexican street food project Machetes, the offering combined braised bone-in short rib with red masa noodles and caldo on the side.

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Where Was ‘Halloweentown’ Filmed? St. Helens, Oregon, and the Town That Never Took the Pumpkin Down

St. Helens, Oregon, did not just host a TV movie shoot. It kept the costume on. Disney Channel’s Halloweentown premiered on October 17, 1998, and the small Columbia County town north of Portland that played the title role is spending six weekends this fall pretending it never stopped. So the short answer to where was Halloweentown filmed is St. Helens, specifically its riverfront courthouse plaza, a movie theater a few steps away and a hillside bed and breakfast that stood in for Grandma Aggie’s house. The longer answer involves Canada, Utah and a replica pumpkin.

St Helens, OR · 8d

KOIN 6 News

‘Ryan GosWING’ could secure Oregon’s fourth consecutive win in BLM’s Bat Beauty Contest

The beauty contest is held in conjunction with BLM's Bat Week, which started on Oct. 24 and runs through Halloween.

Portland, OR · 7d

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Pacific Northwest author creates cozy, feral fantasy with new book ‘Goblin Market’

Family and home can be difficult concepts to fully define, especially if you happen to live in an ever-shifting magical market full of goblins, fairies and the occasional human visitor. In “Goblin Market” by Pacific Northwest author A.J. Hackwith, Toast, a goblin changeling girl, guides tourists through the market. Until...

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1927 S’Mores Company Under New Ownership

1927 S’Mores Company, the Portland dessert brand that closed its downtown shop without warning in 2024, is now under new ownership. Bryan Arnold and Nicole Tignor are the owners, and the company resumed operating in the Portland area in July 2025. Stephen Zimmerman, whose name appears alongside the new...

Portland, OR · 7d

Portland Tribune

Forget the coffee shop. This Portland neighborhood has ‘The Bratmobile.’

Rachel LaBrasca’s mobile coffee bar serves specialty lattes and matcha outside her Alameda home, brewing a sense of community one cup at a time What if you could roll out […]

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KOIN 6 News

BOO Cruise, Marlon Wayans stand-up among Portland’s Halloweekend events

The Portland Spirit’s BOO Cruise includes a costume contest and live DJ during a 1.5-hour ride across the Willamette River.

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The 1950s-Style Oregon Diner Where Locals Order Pancakes at Noon and Burgers at Night

You know that feeling when you pull into a plain parking lot, expecting a quick bite, and end up grinning at a wall of chrome? That happened to me in Oregon, and my stomach has not stopped talking about it. Behind the shiny front door sits a time capsule of...

Beaverton, OR · 10d

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Oregon’s Oldest Diners Have Been Passed Down Through These 7 Kitchens

Some Oregon diners have been feeding the same towns for so long that ordering breakfast there turns into a small history lesson. The seven kitchens on this list stretch from Pendleton’s Main Street to the Pacific coast, with stops in Portland, Bend, and Springfield along the way. Each one...

Portland, OR · 10d

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Wildwood brings new excitement, imagination to Portland's historic Pittock Mansion

PORTLAND, Ore. — A beloved Portland landmark is getting extra attention thanks to a new movie. LAIKA’s new film Wildwood puts a reimagined Pittock Mansion at the center of its story, drawing focus to the historic building where much of the action takes place. To mark the movie’s...

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