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The Oregon Legacy literary series returns to the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City for four Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.in February.

The grilled chicken breast sandwich with ham and Swiss cheese was oh so delicious as I sat at Rome Station in Rome, Ore., near the banks of the Owyhee River.

It’s tax time once again, but whether or not you have a big bill to pay, you have to admit that food is getting more expensive. A tight food budget doesn’t have to mean you can’t enjoy good food, though — some of the world’s best cooks know how to do the most with the least. In this week’s “Superabundant” newsletter, we examine how we can all live deliciously on a budget, with a recipe for spaghetti al limone with smoked sardines and garbanzos as an example.

Lots of urban areas have crow problems. But Portland may have pioneered a novel solution.

Reporter’s Notebook: Why would someone shed warm clothes and step into painfully cold water? In reporting a story for Oregon Field Guide, I had to find that answer by taking the plunge.

Visit a trio of trails along the magic Salmon River in Mount Hood National Forest.

Octopuses! They are escape artists, they camouflage in all kinds of surroundings, and they are incredibly intelligent creatures--and that intelligence evolved completely separately from humans. That separate evolution makes them the perfect animal to study for Dominic Sivitilli, a PhD candidate in astrobiology and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Washington.Short Wave co-host Aaron Scott and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) camera person Stephani Gordon visited Dominics lab to lear...