Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study surveyed more than 35,000 Americans on religious affiliation and ...

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Tom McCall Waterfront Park hosts many festivals every year. But the park, arguably Portland’s most underutilized resource, has untapped potential to serve as the linchpin for downtown’s revival, the ...

Federal money to boost and protect the tree canopies of Portland, Oregon, could disappear as the Trump administration freezes ...

Down the Willamette Valley, a skosh east of Salem, quaint Silverton counts more than 35 murals adorning the facades of its ...

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It's official. Portland is no longer the owner of the world's smallest park, according to Guinness World Records.

Climate change's impact on Oregon's geography is vividly captured in "A Changing Landscape," an exhibition at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland, running through Nov. 23, 2025. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN ... But the original inspiration struck when a Nagaizumi resident vacationing in Oregon came across Mill Ends Park, measuring at 452 square inches. From there, Koyama ...

A woman accused of drinking and driving struck two paramedics, pinning one against an ambulance, while fleeing, Oregon police reported ... Feb. 20, Portland police said in a Saturday, Feb ...

Northwestern Oregon, including Portland, could see up to 3 inches ... The fires also added loose debris to the landscape, including ash, soil and rocks. Officials distributed sandbags ...