The Other Oregon

01/23/2023

Rural women: here's a great (free!) opportunity to learn effective ways to improve your community!

Program begins March 22 View as Web Page   Turn Up Your Voice: Taking Action for Change Program Starts in March   Want to learn how to better connect to government to make change in your community? J

04/05/2022

On Feb. 25, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that a hundred-mile stretch along southern Oregon’s coast from Coos Bay to Brookings is now a designated a ‘"call

04/04/2022

Cover story from our Spring issue:

MORROW COUNTY — Shiny new wind turbines rise over the sagebrush and farmland in rural Morrow County, part of the expansive Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility that has crystallized in the

03/30/2022

A terrific piece from the Spring 2022 issue by Nella Mae Parks about how rural Oregonians can help their communities thrive.

I moved home to Cove a lucky 13 years ago — something no one expected I would do.

12/31/2021

An inspirational story to ring in the new year. Happy 2022 to all!

A rising star in the livestock industry, Alec Oliver was named 2021 Agriculturist of the Year by Oregon Aglink, a nonprofit group dedicated to agricultural education and promotion.

11/10/2021

Grant County's experience with a problem that is widespread in rural Oregon:

The phone calls do not get any easier for Josie Thomas, owner of the Growing Tree day care center in John Day.

11/09/2021

Are dollar stores affecting your rural community?

The town of Pilot Rock has less than 2,000 people, but will soon have two dollar stores. We’ll talk to reporter Antonio Sierra, who recently wrote about the impact of the expansion of dollar stores in Eastern Oregon.

11/04/2021

Widening perspective on the Lewis & Clark story, by Underscore:

New federal-tribal partnership will deepen the Corps of Discovery journey with stories from the many tribes who helped the explorers find their way.

10/18/2021

Share your experiences to help the Oregon-based Ford Family Foundation understand what's going on in different communities across the state!

Oregon Voices Survey What’s it like in your corner of the state? ¿Cómo es en la parte del estado donde vive? On This Page The Oregon Voices survey is a statewide listening effort aimed at connecting with Oregonians from every corner of our state. Funded by The Ford Family Foundation and develope...

10/05/2021

Redistricting: Next time, let's have Artificial Intelligence do the job.

From our bleacher seats in Eastern Oregon, the redistricting process can seem labored and, ultimately, futile.

10/01/2021

Our Fall 2021 issue should be hitting the mailboxes of print subscribers now. For everyone else, you can read online here:

View the The Other Oregon for Thursday, September 23, 2021

09/22/2021

Urban New York, meet rural Wallowa County, Oregon ... terrific story from the Wallowa County Chieftain

ENTERPRISE — Why is this wheat different from all other wheat?

07/03/2021

If you live in rural Oregon, how has Zoom (and Google Meet and Microsoft Teams etc.) changed your work and life?

One of the biggest cultural shifts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic was the increase of virtual communication. Virtual meeting spaces such as Zoom, GoToMeeting or Microsoft Teams became a staple

06/29/2021

Fifteen gorgeous photos by The Bulletin photographer Ryan Brennecke taken at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge this spring.

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

06/28/2021

From the Summer issue of The Other Oregon, online now and arriving in the mail to print subscribers by this week:

Small town journalism may be a calling but it’s a business, too, and newspapers live with the same economic forces that often dog enterprise in rural Oregon.

02/03/2021

A match made in heaven: Carman Ranch of Wallowa County, Oregon and Burgerville

WALLOWA COUNTY — Wallowa County’s own Carman Ranch is contributing a lion’s share of the meat to be featured in the new “Wallowa Burger,” offered by Burgerville, a Vancouver, Washington,

02/03/2021

Getting involved in local politics: super rewarding, sometimes frustrating, always important!

Get involved to work with others to take incremental steps toward a better tomorrow.

01/12/2021

The US Postal Service is an important connector everywhere, but especially rural areas.

DORENA, Ore. — Peggy Cameron drives a little green truck 44 miles a day delivering mail in Dorena, a rural community 45 minutes southwest of Eugene.

01/08/2021

Wonderful writing and wise words from Nella Mae Parks in these trying times ...

After a devastating year of COVID, of protests, of the election, what I may be the most tired of is hearing “I just can’t understand…”

01/04/2021

An innovative idea from Oregon Tech and The Official Klamath Tribes Page.. ... solar panels on floating islands in Klamath Lake designed to add oxygen to the lake and create refuges for the endangered shortnose sucker fish.

Oregon Institute of Technology is coordinating with the Klamath Tribes to try to save endangered Lost River and shortnose suckers while using energy efficiencies to power the process.

12/31/2020

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We have heard from hundreds of Oregonians – urban, suburban and rural – who have signed up for our e-newsletter and print magazine, shared experiences and story ideas and thanked us for our efforts with our fledgling publication. Clearly, The Other Oregon has struck a nerve. As we strive to clos...

12/31/2020

The Winter issue of The Other Oregon is being delivered ... here's a look at our cover story on wildfires:

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

12/16/2020

A Nez Perce village site turned Century Farm is Nez Perce tribal land once again.

JOSEPH — On Wednesday, Dec. 9 the Nez Perce Tribe completed the purchase of the historic Hayes Farm just west of Joseph and south of the Chief Joseph Days rodeo

12/07/2020

More on the "Zoom town" phenomena that Eric Mortenson reported on in our Fall 2020 issue:

“People are going, ‘Oh my gosh, I can finally live in this place where I’ve vacationed.’”

11/18/2020

This is a project that could be replicated all over Oregon.

This winter, four families who otherwise would have likely spent the winter living in their cars or on the streets will now have a home.

11/10/2020

Don't get your hopes up too high about the Pfizer vaccine too soon. If it does get FDA approval, the cold chain requirements present a significant challenge to distribution, especially in rural areas. Read on:

A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections.

11/06/2020

Is anything like this local food cooperative in the works in Oregon?
LINC Foods

‘I’ve always felt like this was something to do in case the world doesn’t end.’