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This ’50s-Style Burger Joint In Oregon Serves Up Milkshakes So Good You’ll Never Forget Them

Nobody warns you that a single milkshake can completely rearrange your priorities, but that’s exactly what happens at Cruiser’s Drive-In in Portland, Oregon. One sip of one of their thick, creamy shakes and suddenly everything else on your afternoon agenda feels significantly less important than finishing this glass.

Portland, OR · 7d

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Sneaker waves nearly sweep away child, dog on Oregon coast over weekend

Dangerous sneaker waves nearly swept away a child and a dog on the Oregon coast over the weekend.

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This Gluten-Free Oregon Bakery Turns Out Croissants So Flaky Nobody Guesses the Secret

Gluten-free pastry has a reputation problem, and most people who avoid wheat have learned to expect less from the bakery case. One small shop in Beaverton, Oregon, is quietly changing that, one flaky layer at a time. Friends who eat regular bread keep ordering seconds without realizing anything is missing, and people with celiac disease drive across the Portland metro just to stock up.

Beaverton, OR · 3d

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Roseway Sports Bar Checkpoint One Brings Louisiana Fried Seafood To Sandy Blvd

A new sports bar with a Louisiana twist has landed in Roseway, serving up fried catfish and gumbo alongside a dozen screens for game day. Checkpoint One soft opened Saturday, November 7, at 7325 NE Sandy Blvd, bringing Southern food and a motorsports-inspired theme to the stretch of Sandy Boulevard.

Portland, OR · 1d

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Cheese and Meat Festival 2026 Returns to Portland This Weekend

It’s back! Cheese and Meat Festival 2026 returns to Portland this coming weekend—and this time they’ll be at Montgomery Park in Northwest Portland. Here’s what you need to know to attend this lively food festival. But Why Did They Change Venues?. It seems the Leftbank Annex...

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Portland Ghost Hunters Monique and Joss Rose Share New Tours and Paranormal Documentary

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Are you sad spooky season is over? There’s no need to fear. One of Portland’s iconic ghost-hunting duos is back to catch us up on their latest frightful adventures. Monique and Joss Rose, hosts of The Fright Life Paranormal Podcast, cover some of...

Campus Times

16 Years in the Making: Wildwood

LAIKA released the most highly anticipated piece of stop-motion animation since “Kubo and the Two Strings” Oct. 23, entitled “Wildwood.” With a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes, it’s the longest stop-motion animation film to date. The theatrical experience of watching a stop-motion film is special as it’s not humans on screen, but handcrafted, classic “Claymation” characters.

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Pawsitively Saved Rescue Searches for New Location as Year-End Move Looms

NEWBERG, Ore. — Walking into Pawsitively Saved Rescue is a little quieter these days. Not necessarily because there is a shortage of adoptable animals in the area. The rescue, which previously housed 40 dogs, is down to five at the facility and is not taking in new dogs at the moment because it does not know where it will be in the near future.

Newberg, OR · 2d

Woodburn Independent

Fun things to do beginning Monday, Nov. 9!

Fall Jazz Nite at Pacific University is a great way enjoy a mid-November evening. Check it out or one of the many other events we’ve highlighted for this week! ALOHA […]

Hillsboro, OR · 3d

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‘The Evergreen’: Meet the Oregonian who created the first Black queer superheroes

Rupert Kinnard loved drawing his favorite superheroes as a kid: Superman, Batman, Flash and Green Lantern. But he quickly noticed a problem. “The superheroes that I was creating were white superheroes,” he said. Years later, Kinnard would publish The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé. They were the first...

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BUTCH’S BLOG – MOVIE REVIEW: “Wildwood”—an amazing film

I’m not normally a fan of animated films, and so was somewhat hesitant to go with my wife to see the new animated movie, “Wildwood”, that was playing at our cute little local movie theater. As usually happens, I was glad I followed Beverly’s lead. Even though the film was long, and I was squirming in my seat at times — more about a sketchy back than a loss of interest in what we were experiencing — I never checked out of the thoroughly immersive experience.

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Country Herald

Oregon Christmas Movie Fans Could Win $2,500 by Dec. 6

Portland-area residents could win cash for watching Christmas movies, plus a charitable donation.

Oregon · 2d

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Newberg Community Band set to perform at George Fox

The Newberg Community Band’s fall concert, unofficially called “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas” after one of the tunes it will perform, is on tap this weekend. Set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, […]

Newberg, OR · 2d

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Prairie High School presents musical 'Singin' in the Rain'

Prairie High School drama students will bring the classic movie musical "Singin' in the Rain" to the stage with six performances scheduled for Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 20-21. The musical

Vancouver, WA · 1d

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Oregon Has A Restaurant Where French And Norwegian Food Meet On The Same Plate

Butter and lingonberries walk into a dining room, and somehow everyone gets along beautifully. French technique meets Scandinavian simplicity on every plate here, and the result feels both elegant and cozy. Delicate pastries sit beside smoked fish, rich sauces meet bright pickles, and each bite surprises in a good way....

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‘Wildwood’ movie turns real life Portland into stop-motion wonderland

LAIKA Animation Studios’ latest stop-motion film “Wildwood” is widely considered a love letter to the city of Portland and turns its real-life streets and woods into a magical, mysterious world through a combination of cutting-edge technology and old-school stop-motion animation. Known for classic animated films like “Coraline,”...

Portland, OR · 4d

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Portland Book Festival draws thousands to hear from ‘Wildwood’ creators, use tarot for writing

Thousands of people flocked downtown on Saturday for the busiest day of the Portland Book Festival, which started on Nov. 2 and runs through Sunday. Mayor Keith Wilson lauded the crowds in a part of the city that still hasn’t returned to its daily pre-pandemic bustle, telling an audience waiting to hear a talk about the “Wildwood” movie and book series that “you continue to show up for arts and culture in Portland.”

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This Oregon Bookstore Fills An Entire City Block With Rooms Of New And Used Books And Is A Cozy Pick For 2027

Most bookstores get by with a few aisles. This Oregon one needs nine color-coded rooms and more than 3,500 subsections, so grabbing a map isn’t optional. It takes up an entire city block. The collection tops one million new, used, and rare books between the store and its online inventory, which is a lot of happily-ever-afters under one roof.

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Lizzy McAlpine’s new album feels like melancholic fall

2026 has been filled with new music from Olivia Rodrigo to Phoebe Bridgers. One artist I wasn’t expecting was Lizzy McAlpine. I’ve been a fan for a few years, so when I saw she was dropping her new album “Angel” on Sept.18, followed by a world tour with locations spanning across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, let’s just say I was ecstatic.

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Portland State University study reveals attitudes around living with beavers in urban areas

Probably no animal is more associated with the state of Oregon than the beaver. After all, the semiaquatic rodent adorns our state flag and is found across much of the state, including urban waterways in the Portland area. In July 2024, a law went into effect that changed their classification...