Here are the ten most-read life and culture stories from The Oregonian/OregonLive in 2025. 10. A tiny eastern Oregon town’s ...

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Upper Peninsula snow belts and northern lake country meet here in a set of groomed loops and wilder paths that show how soft, deep and atmospheric a Michigan winter walk can feel.

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Tetsuya Yamagami’s path to the assassination had many turning points, but his alarm over the Unification Church's ties with ...

The events of 2025 will be discussed - even debated - for decades. Tax issues, business closings and bird flu tested the ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...

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We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...