Tourism

Oregon Rail Heritage Center to buy four miles of track to ensure future visitors can go on excursions

In the final episode of Stop Requested, OPB's Lillian Karabaic and Prakruti Bhatt spend a 12-hour travel day going from Enterprise to John Day. And are driven by a buffalo riding champion.

A group of about a dozen farmers is lobbying state legislators to expand how they can use agricultural land in Oregon.

As Oregon Coast communities are increasingly dominated by tourism, many long-term residents are struggling with housing instability, and homelessness.

The 60-mile Aufderheide Drive in Lane County rides past dense forests, hot springs and campgrounds.

Oregon Department of Transportation has been working to rebuild the old Columbia River Highway for 37 years.

In its heyday, the festival was an annual event that drew 80,000 people to Portland’s waterfront. It is off for 2023, after returning last summer from a two-year hiatus.

The city has received funding to improve its park and historical downtown district.

The tourist and relatives were cited by local police because they went off the authorized path to get closer to the crater, apparently to take a selfie, according to news reports.

While patrons of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival stayed away during the pandemic, others tourists came to Ashland, once the first waves of the public health crisis receded. Many went mountain biking or on wine tours, or were simply passing through on their way to somewhere else.