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Dutch Love

Dutch Bros. brings Dutch culture to 200 locations in 7 states.

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Sound Off: Vaping

Vaping, or e-cigarettes are battery-powered personal aerosol units that deliver nicotine, flavorings and other elements to their users. Since there is no tobacco involved, smoking laws generally don’t apply to the new smoking technology. 

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How Your Local IPA is Quietly Becoming a Leading Economic Drive in Oregon

Headquartered in Belgium, Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world’s largest brewing company, thanks to well-known brands including Budweiser and Corona. The company has annual revenues of more than $43 billion, sells 200 brands of beer, brews more than 500 million barrels of beer and operates in twenty-four countries. Hop farmers in Oregon once were part of the massive conglomerate’s supply chain. 

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The Cure for Common Traffic

Craig Black spent his early marketing career days driving from one mall to the next on U.S. freeways. Simultaneously, he was experiencing what he describes as a personal renaissance, voraciously devouring books while he sat in traffic. After three minor car accidents, a friend gave him an audiobook, and Black’s life changed.

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Startup: The Future of Driving

Mark Frohnmayer always loved driving, but the pleasure came with a cost—the guilt of burning fossil fuels. In 2007, he founded Arcimoto with the goal of creating a three-wheeled electric vehicle with a smug factor as impressive as its fun factor. The Eugene-based company will roll out its pilot fleet this year.

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The Soft Hammer

Where a coffee table might otherwise be in Dave Hanson’s living room, there is a hefty anvil mounted to a tree stump.

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Wilderness at 50

A snag of a branch bobs up and down in the roaring whitewater of Hurricane Creek. In the milky light of dawn, dark green firs and hemlocks hover over the banks of Hurricane Creek as it pours down the mountainside. Daily life vanishes behind this compelling rhythm in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.