I’ve only lived in Oregon 17 years and I’m yet to put my finger on what, exactly, makes this state tick. I’ve read Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey. I’ve stood in line at Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland. I’ve gone to Powell Books — about a hundred times — and I’ve tromped along the beach at the Oregon Coast […]
To most 16-year-old kids, six months seems like forever. According to an Oregon law, young drivers in the first six months after receiving their license are prohibited from transporting passengers younger than 20 years old, except for immediate family members.
Dust billows and chaff flies behind the roaring machine that full-time, second-generation farmer Ryan Eder is using to harvest a local wheat field. “I am just helping out a neighbor,” said Eder, who raises other crops as well as wheat.
Mike Grant doesn’t mince his words when asked about his thoughts on Measure 67. “Cowardly, deceptive and foolish,” said Grant, owner and founder of The Grant Company, a design-build commercial contractor in Mount Angel.
There are a couple of seasons upon us – the time of year seed farmers start the soil-cleansing process that paves the way for optimum grass seed yield and the time of year the legislative session, which had two bills pertaining to field burning, draws to a close.
Mt. Angel’s fountain will get a splash of red, white and blue and Silverton plans projects to celebrate Oregon’s 150th birthday.
They came at the plodding pace of the oxen pulling their wagons thousands of miles over dusty prairies and forested mountain passes. Others made their way in creaking schooners on voyages down the Atlantic coast of two continents, around the treacherous tip of South America and up the lengthy Pacific coast before sailing into the Columbia River to their goal.
In times of freezing temperatures and snow, drivers should get a handle on winter-related traffic safety information. A year-old publication, the Oregon Winter Driving Guide developed by the Governor’s Transportation/ Tourism Task Force, is available to help motorists safely navigate the roads this winter.
