While the USDA recently extended another $15 million in drought relief for the Klamath Basin, the situation poses an existential threat for communities that depend on water for their economic, social and cultural livelihoods. Read more

The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of southeastern Oregon plays host to 340 bird and 67 mammal species. Read more

NEWPORT — In an industrial building near the port, men worked on a fishing net to the sounds of the radio, the rain, and the “click-click” of needles working the twine. Read more

Wildfires aren’t the natural enemies of forests, but the fire regime that’s taken hold of many Northwest forestlands is anything but natural. Read more

Jim Kelly spent 30 years in Portland building his business, Rejuvenation — a company that sold salvaged house parts and manufactured reproductions. In 1999 Jim and his wife, Sue  , bought the Johnny Creek Ranch in Grant County and started raising hay and cattle. Read more

A few miles southeast of Crater Lake National Park, the store at Jo’s Motel & Campground is open again — limited to two adult customers from a single household at one time, with face masks mandatory. But co-owner Robin Hurt has been in no hurry to reopen lodging for travelers passing thr… Read more

Gabe Salvage was on the phone when the cook from the local senior meals program approached the counter. Seeing he was busy, she held up two packets of Fleischman’s Active Dry Yeast and continued out the door. Read more

After years of glut, tight supplies mean high prices. Read more

Tens of thousands of people from across the country and around the world fill the city each year for Oregon's legendary rodeo and celebration of the American frontier. Cowboys in Stetson hats and Indians wearing colorful regalia march through downtown for festive parades, while contestants i… Read more

Let’s pick a sweet, bright-red strawberry — make it a venerable Hood variety, Oregon’s most beloved — and pop it into Portland’s mouth. Read more

John Neumeister, founder of Cattail Creek Lamb near Junction City in rural Lane County, buys lambs from three Oregon farms that raise them on a protocol he established. Neumeister buys live lambs on contract and ushers them through processing and marketing, selling primarily in Portland. He … Read more

Disputes over public land management linger. Read more

Resource-driven rural industries rely on consumers in the city, but are prone to boom-and-bust cycles Read more