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Travelers care more about airline safety protocols than cost this holiday season

November 4, 2020, 6:04am Life

Consumers planning trips for the upcoming holiday season are putting airline health and safety protocols and flexibility before cost, according to a new survey by The Points Guy. Read story

A pair of climbers trek up Mount Jefferson.

Mountaineering raises the stakes of hiking and backpacking

A pair of climbers trek up Mount Jefferson.

November 2, 2020, 6:20am Life

Mountaineering is for the people who look up at a mountain and decide, "that is the place I want to be." Read story

Ice age glaciers carved the features on Broken Top, a stratovolcano in the Central Oregon Cascades. Itis seen from the southeast on July 13, 2007, from the Cascade Lakes Highway just north of Mount Bachelor.

Hike near Oregon’s Broken Top offers escape, stunning scenery

Ice age glaciers carved the features on Broken Top, a stratovolcano in the Central Oregon Cascades. Itis seen from the southeast on July 13, 2007, from the Cascade Lakes Highway just north of Mount Bachelor.

November 2, 2020, 6:00am Life

BEND, Ore. [--] My hiking friends and I needed an escape. Read story

Oregon’s Sparks Lake a great destination for fall hiking

November 1, 2020, 6:00am Life

A few Saturdays ago, I awoke with a plan to clean, mow the lawn and generally "be productive" — that dubious phrase commonly heard in adulthood — necessary, but also a very bland way to start the weekend. Fortunately, my wife and daughter began discussing their plans for a hike.… Read story

The bare bones of the Peter Iredale, a British four-masted bark that ran aground in 1906, are a magnet for beach visitors to Fort Stevens State Park, Ore.

Visit the ‘Graveyard of the Pacific’ at the mouth of the Columbia River

The bare bones of the Peter Iredale, a British four-masted bark that ran aground in 1906, are a magnet for beach visitors to Fort Stevens State Park, Ore.

October 26, 2020, 6:05am Entertainment

Many places in the Pacific Northwest are inherently fraught with danger. From crumbling cliffs to rumbling volcanoes, perilous conditions exist everywhere. Read story

6 tips for a perfect fall road trip

October 25, 2020, 5:00am Life

This year may come to be remembered as the moment the great American road trip made its comeback. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are turning to car-based trips to avoid planes during a time when air travel feels riskier. Read story

A pair of geese preen their feathers at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge at the western end of the Columbia River Gorge.

The 10 best bird watching spots close to Clark County

A pair of geese preen their feathers at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge at the western end of the Columbia River Gorge.

October 19, 2020, 6:02am Latest News

Whether you’re craning your neck to see sandhill cranes or hoofing it down the trail for a rough-legged hawk, there are several ways and places to go bird watching close to Portland this fall. Read story

The Storey Burn Trail runs through the Tillamook State Forest in Oregon&#039;s Coast Range, near the start of the original Tillamook Burn fire in 1933.

Hiking through the Tillamook Burn: An Oregon forest recovers, decades after devastating fires

The Storey Burn Trail runs through the Tillamook State Forest in Oregon&#039;s Coast Range, near the start of the original Tillamook Burn fire in 1933.

October 18, 2020, 12:45pm Latest News

It’s quiet in the Coast Range forest, the morning mist giving way to blue sky, sun cresting the hilltops and filtering in through the trees. Read story

Jayde Brown, from left, Jay&#039;Elle Brown, Jayson R. Brown, Tammy Brown and Jayson E. Brown at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Dec. 27. (Jayson E.

Resorts to RV parks: Parents take school year on the road

Jayde Brown, from left, Jay&#039;Elle Brown, Jayson R. Brown, Tammy Brown and Jayson E. Brown at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Dec. 27. (Jayson E.

October 4, 2020, 6:05am Life

In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through “roadschooling” amenities. Read story

FILE - In this April 4, 2020 file photo, workers perform maintenance on the Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic while it is docked at Port Canaveral,  in Cape Canaveral, Fla.  Carnival Cruise Line is canceling most U.S. sailings through the end of this year. It&#039;s the latest sign that the cruise industry&#039;Aos recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could still be many months away. The company says it&#039;s canceling sailings from all ports except its home ports of Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, but it stressed that it still might not sail from those ports in November and December.

Carnival cancels most 2020 U.S. cruises as CDC extends ban

FILE - In this April 4, 2020 file photo, workers perform maintenance on the Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic while it is docked at Port Canaveral,  in Cape Canaveral, Fla.  Carnival Cruise Line is canceling most U.S. sailings through the end of this year. It&#039;s the latest sign that the cruise industry&#039;Aos recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could still be many months away. The company says it&#039;s canceling sailings from all ports except its home ports of Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, but it stressed that it still might not sail from those ports in November and December.

October 4, 2020, 6:02am Business

Carnival Cruise Line is canceling most U.S. sailings through the end of this year, the latest sign that the cruise industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could still be many months away. Read story