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Business

Oregon gas prices hit their lowest levels in four years

Whether you like to admit it or not, one of your biggest expenses as a skier or a snowboarder is probably the gas you burn getting up to the mountain. Given that, the next best thing to a...

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Business

Ski clubs sell Mt. Hood Passports to connect mountain regulars with participating businesses

Familiar with the McMenamins Passport that gets you all sorts of deals on food, drinks, movies and shows? Local snow sports clubs are working on a similar passport concept, to connect Mount...

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Culture/Style

Oregon Field Guide will air a story about the Stumptown Birkebeiner urban ski race Nov. 20 + 23

Oregon Public Broadcasting will run a story about the great Stumptown Birkie urban ski races of February 2014 during the Oregon Field Guide episode scheduled for 8:30 pm November 20....

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Accidents and Rescues

Search and rescue teams find lost teenage hikers on Mount Hood

Editor’s Note: This article was updated from its original version to include the names of the rescued hikers and details about their adventure. A hastily organized search and rescue...

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News

Forest Service bows to pressure and drops proposed permit scheme for filming in wilderness areas – for journalists anyhow

The Forest Service has backed away from a plan to require expensive permits for journalists filming in wilderness areas after critics slammed it as blatantly unconstitutional....

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Culture/Style

Portland SkiFever revs up for its 33rd preseason extravaganza

34 years ago, U.S. Freestyle Ski Team veteran Dan Schindler convinced the big Portland ski shops to put aside their differences and work together on a huge preseason ski festival to get...

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Transportation

Wet weather washes away the original US 26 wrap-up plan, bringing more weekend delays

Torrential rains have interfered with wrap-up road work on US 26 on Mount Hood, necessitating one more day of delays, on Monday, November 10. ...

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Business

Evo opens its Portland store

After months of renovations and bureaucratic wrangling, the Seattle-based action sports gear and fashion apparel retailer evo is opening its Portland store today at 200 SE MLK Jr. Blvd....

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Business

Exit Real World exits the snowboard selling business

Exit Real World is the latest Oregon store to stop selling snowboards as low-priced competition on the Internet and in chain stores continues to take its toll on independent shred shops....

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Weather News

Your guess is probably as good as the weatherman’s when it comes to predicting Mount Hood snow conditions for 2014-15

KGW Meteorologist Rod Hill, who has been making forecasts in Portland since 1999, looked out at a packed crowd of weather buffs gathered for the 2014-15 winter forecast and grinned:...

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