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On Oregon’s coast, Port Orford fishers are changing how we eat seafood

Beyond the blustery charm of the Oregon Coast are small fishing communities creating sustainable seafood models that benefit the entire state. Take Port Orford, a small city on the southern coast, not a traffic light or fast food chain in sight. What you will find are wild-caught albacore and merciless wind gusts, cranes hoisting boats into the Pacific, sea stacks dotting the horizon, scientists and fishers fighting to save bull kelp, and a miso black cod bowl you’ll dream of long after you leave.

School districts are struggling financially. Weren't marijuana taxes supposed to help? | Letter to the editor

QuickTake: A breath test after he had been taken to jail showed his blood-alcohol content was zero, the lawsuit contends. The bus driver is seeking up to $100,000 and a judge’s order for Springfield police to train its officers better As we debate the best way to support our ongoing needs as a state, and […]

Nancy Nell Rountree

Nancy Nell Rountree, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Milwaukie, Oregon. She is a former resident of Eugene, Oregon. Stehn Family Funeral Homes, Inc. is handling the arrangements.

Steven Royal Fix

Steven Royal Fix, 77, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Aug. 28, 2026, at St. Alice Catholic Church, 1520 E St., Springfield. Major Family Funeral Home of Springfield is handling the arrangements.

Brian Forrest Woods

Brian Forrest Woods, 82, of Creswell, Oregon, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Sept. 5, 2026, at Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel & Crematorium is handling the arrangements.