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Bloomin’ Blues | Longhorn Plectritis an early native bloomer

Name: Longhorn Plectritis

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Managing a new reality

YACHATS — It is late March on the Central Oregon Coast. The rock shelf below our rental condo…

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Caught Ovgard | Sick — at heart — due to the coronavirus

On February 12, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at an all-time high of 29,551.42. In…

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The ‘desert glacier’

My right boot puffed dust and my left sunk into grainy snow of the sort that’s usually squeezed…

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Trails beckon for hiking, riding, skiing

The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is the constant topic of conversation for the last few weeks and will continue…

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Caught Ovgard | Doors might shut, but windows could open

BROOKINGS — In a remarkably short time period, COVID-19 has shut the door on so many things. Without…

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Shed hunting the wheat country

PENDLETON — March is a fine time to work a bird dog on the Palouse. With the upland…

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Caught Ovgard | A boy and his rod at the end of the world

Without a doubt, I always expected the events of Sept. 11, 2001, to be the cause of the…

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Idaho wildlife agency kills 17 wolves in Lolo Zone

LEWISTON, Idaho — More than a dozen wolves were killed last month to help curb struggling elk populations…

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Five deer hunts in Blue Mountains canceled due to disease outbreak in fall 2019

SALEM, Ore.—ODFW is canceling five 600 Series deer hunts, meaning hunters will not be able to apply or…

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