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New Owner Plans to Stop Making Oregon’s Full Sail Beer After Hood River Brewpub Closes

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Full Sail Brewing Co., one of Oregon’s pioneering craft breweries, is facing the end of its nearly 40-year beer-making history after Kentucky-based spirits company Sazerac acquired the business. Sazerac plans to use the brewery’s production facilities to expand its manufacturing capacity. A company spokesperson...

Hood River, OR · 3d

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James Beard Once Declared The Onion Rings At This Vintage Oregon Steakhouse The Best In America

You can spend a lifetime searching for the perfect onion ring, or you can go to RingSide Steakhouse in Portland, Oregon, where James Beard already did the searching for you and left behind a verdict that still holds up today. The man knew what he was talking about, and what...

Portland, OR · 5d

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This 2.8-Mile Oregon Trail Walks Your Family Through Ruins Of A Forgotten Industrial Past

A huge old water pipeline still snakes along a riverbank in Oregon, and families can walk right beside it. It once carried river water downhill to make electricity. Now it mostly carries curiosity. The hydropower project it served was shut down years ago. Its dam is gone, but pieces of...

Hood River, OR · 2d

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This Little Oregon Excursion Train Rolls Your Family Through River Canyons Most Drivers Never See

Partway up the line, the train runs into a switchback, so the whole thing has to change direction to keep climbing. That’s not a glitch. It’s one of the coolest parts of the ride. The tracks wind through forest, past a river, and into orchard country. Then the...

Oregon · 2d

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5 Best Restaurants in Hillsboro, Oregon You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Hillsboro, Oregon — a city where the Tualatin Valley rolls green and generous beneath a sky that always seems to be shifting, where the scent of cedar mingles with the aroma of roasting coffee, and where neighborhoods are stitched together by the laughter of children, the hum of tech workers, and the quiet pride of families who have called this place home for generations. Here, glass towers rise beside berry fields, and food trucks park in the shadow of historic storefronts, each corner humming with the stories of newcomers and old-timers alike.

Hillsboro, OR · 3d

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Former Rajneeshpuram commune member describes experience in book

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Go inside the religious commune that took over Wasco County and dominated Oregon headlines with a brand-new book from a woman who spent ten years with Rajneeshpuram. “A Slice of Oregon” follows the experience of Nicola Ranson, a former disciple of Osho, and the conspiracy, attempted murder and manipulation she witnessed […]

Portland, OR · 4d

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The Oregon Pie House That Never Closes Serves Homemade Lemon Meringue At 2 AM? Here Is What It Really Serves

A pie called the Elvis stacks chocolate, banana cream, and peanut butter into one slice. That alone deserves a road trip. The same dessert case also holds a marionberry poppyseed cake that gets mentioned more than almost anything else on the menu. Then there’s the cherry pie, the key lime, and a banana cream that counts as a house signature.

Tigard, OR · 2d

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New photo book shows life on the streets of Portland

Three years ago, Keith Zimmerman picked up a camera for the first time at the age of 49. His new photo book "Outside" is his self-published debut depicting the lives of dozens of people sheltering on the streets of Portland — an experience that he is personally familiar with. This month Keith celebrated eight years of sobriety after experiencing addiction and homelessness for decades. “People living outside are just like you — they’re our neighbors,” said Keith, who goes by his artist name, Keith Z. “I wanted to allow a space for somebody who’s not necessarily had that experience to be able to get close to these people and consider them as human beings.” Video and writing by Jireh Deng/OPB Additional photos by Keith Zimmerman.

Portland, OR · 4d

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Portland man loses half of his foot after salon pedicure, sues for $900K

A 40-year-old Portland man says he lost half of his foot after it became infected from unsterilized tools used during a pedicure he received at a local nail salon. Nathan Fields has filed a $913,000 lawsuit against Eden Salon & Spa, claiming that a nail technician “severely cut” his big toe during the March 2025 pedicure and that ultimately led to two amputations that carved away all of his toes and much of his foot.

Portland, OR · 4d

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This Oregon Restaurant Is So Hard to Book That Diners Refresh the Page for Weeks

Some people set alarms for concert tickets. In a small Willamette Valley town, people set them for dinner. A modest Italian dining room in Newberg has become so popular that open tables vanish fast, and hopeful guests keep checking the booking page week after week for a single opening. Weekend...

Newberg, OR · 2d

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This Oregon Pizzeria Is So Good Everyone Says You Have To Drive And Try It

People rarely agree unanimously on where to find the best pizza. Somehow, this Oregon spot ends every single one of those arguments before it even starts. Crust comes out charred just right, blistered at the edges from a wood fired oven that clearly knows what it’s doing. Toppings stay simple, nothing overcomplicated or trying too hard, just quality ingredients treated with enough respect to let them actually shine through.

Portland, OR · 3d

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Locals Say This Secret Oregon Diner Serves One Of The Top Breakfasts Around

You’ve probably driven past this unassuming corner spot without a second glance. But the locals know. They line up on weekends, often waiting 30 to 45 minutes just to get a table. And they’ll tell you it’s absolutely worth it. The cafe is the definition of old-school...

Portland, OR · 1d

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Crows looking for grub leave Portland-area lawns in tatters

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland-area lawns have nothing to crow about these days. Crows are feasting on grubs, leaving turfs torn up. A grub is essentially a beetle. It’s an invasive species. It’s a tasty snack for crows and racoons and other scavengers, but it’s the crows that are doing the most damage to yards.

Portland, OR · 3d

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This Oregon Craft Thrift Store Is Where Your Unfinished Projects Are Born, And It’s Cheap

One shopper went hunting for a single purple pipe cleaner. Another needed exactly one googly eye for a toy that lost its partner. That’s the magic of this Oregon craft thrift store. It sells donated art supplies, from color-sorted yarn to bags of undeveloped film and boxes of doll parts.

Portland, OR · 2d

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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 · 5d

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Longstanding Eastern Oregon brewery seeks new ownership

Terminal Gravity has joined a trend of established Oregon businesses searching for new owners.

Portland, OR · 4d

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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 · 2d

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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 · 3d

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This Oregon Fabric Store Lets Budget Sewists Fill a Whole Cart Without the Guilt

Some shoppers walk in needing one zipper and walk out with three projects’ worth of fabric tucked under each arm. That happens a lot at one big fabric shop in Beaverton, Oregon. Since the big chain closures left many sewists without a go-to spot, a familiar local store has become even more important to people who still make, mend, and quilt at home.

Beaverton, OR · 4d