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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 · 3d

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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 ’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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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 · 17h
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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 · 1d

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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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REVIEW: Brandi Carlile burns, writes the setlist in Portland on first night of intimate club tour

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ever been fortunate enough to purchase or be gifted a VIP package to a concert where the artist plays some acoustic songs by request and chats with fans along the way? Brandi Carlile delivered two and a half hours of that up-close-and-personal experience Thursday during the opening night of her Burn the Setlist Tour at Revolution Hall.

Portland, OR · 4d

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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 · 3d

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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 · 1d

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Berries, blood and mud: Oregon’s most delicious invasive weed

Picking berries is a quintessential summer tradition for many Pacific Northwesterners. The region has many farms, but fruit can easily be found in everyday corners. For about the past 140 years, the Himalayan Blackberry has taken over Oregon’s alleyways, waterfronts, forests and backyards. This thorny vine is actually a cousin of the rose, the plant behind Portland’s most famous nickname, but instead of beautiful flowers, the vines produce juicy fruit.

Oregon · 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 · 1d

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Walking Into This Oregon Italian Market Feels Like A Trip To Rome Without The Plane Ticket

A full Italian deli counter greets you at the door, and it sits inside a strip mall. That alone made me grin. Shelves of olive oils, herbs, pasta salads, gelato, and sweets wait before you even reach a table. Keep going and the place opens into a trattoria with an...

Lake Oswego, OR · 2d

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CeCe Winans Announces “Christmas with CeCe Winans” feat. Angie Winans & Debbie Winans | Kicks off December 10th, 2026

CeCe Winans Announces Return of Christmas with CeCe Winans for 2026 Holiday Season. West Coast Run Features Special Guests and Sisters Angie Winans & Debbie Winans. NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, July 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — 18-time GRAMMY® Award-winning icon CeCe Winans is bringing her acclaimed Christmas tour to the West Coast for the first time in over a decade. Joined by special guests and her sisters Angie Winans and Debbie Winans, Christmas with CeCe Winans will visit six cities this December for an evening of beloved Christmas classics, worship favorites, and songs from throughout CeCe’s celebrated career.

Portland, OR · 2d

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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....

Portland, OR · 1d

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This Oregon House Museum Is Packed Wall To Wall With Glittering Rocks And Ancient Fossils

A family built their dream home around a rock collection, right down to a basement fireplace studded with petrified wood. Today that mid-century house is a museum, and it is packed with gems, geodes, meteorites, and fossils. The doors are made of myrtlewood. Some of the rocks even glow. Outside,...

Hillsboro, OR · 1d

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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.”

Portland, OR · 2d

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A Wine Bar for Every Mood In and Around Portland

The Portland area has a lot of wine bars these days — so many, in fact, that it can be a challenge to pick amongst the bunch. And with so many great wine lists to choose from, why not just go by pure vibes? Whether the mood calls for a day trip to the Columbia River Gorge or just a quick trip to Sullivan's Gulch for good wine and focaccia, this list has a spot for every type of drinker — pure pleasure with no wine knowledge required (unless, of course, that's your thing).

Portland, OR · 3d

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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 · 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...

Portland, OR · 1d