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Oregon Lives
Reporters Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler tell the extraordinary stories of everyday Oregonians.
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The Class Rings
Samantha Swindler and Tom Hallman tell the stories of two lost-and-found class rings. One was returned to its rightful owner after 40 years. The prove...
The Portland Sleestak
Brent Marr created his own costume of the Sleestak monster from the 1970s children’s show, “Land of the Lost.” You might come across one of his “Slees...
The Rose Queens
We speak with Rose Queens from the Portland Rose Festivals in 1947, 1962, 1980 and 2020, and the festival, a changing Portland, and a changing Rose Co...
The Riddle House
In the midst of the pandemic, a monument of sorts has been created on a quiet neighborhood street in Portland’s Southwest Hills, not far from Council...
The Good-News Cartographer
Tired out from an onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, Mark Lawton set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits.
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The Baker
Whitney Rutz made a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She ended up making more than 100 of them while raising thousands for the Oregon Food Ban...
The Searchers
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spent days searching for the body of 27-year-old Saul Gallegos Ruiz in the Willamette River, without success. Th...
Gratitude and Grief in a Pandemic
Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler sat down with Portland actress Wendy Westerwelle (outside, six feet apart) for some perspective during the coronavir...
The Church Pews
There’s a place in Portland where you can admire more than a half-mile of painstakingly created art — and sit on it. The needlepoint pew cushions of W...
The State Song
A few years ago, I wrote a column about the lyrics to Oregon’s state song. Afterward, I was contacted by Amy Shapiro, a Beaverton woman who had been w...
The Funeral Director
Last November, Tom Hallman and I went to a military funeral for two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the...
Mel's Scooter Club
Everybody's heard about biker gangs, the wild ones. Well, 97-year-old Mel Hayes has a gang of his own.
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The Wedding Ring
The mystery of a very special wedding ring: how it was lost, re-discovered, and took a long journey back home. Want more? Read the story and watch the...
Coming soon: Oregon Lives, a storytelling podcast from The Oregonian/OregonLive
Welcome to Oregon Lives, the new podcast in which Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler introduce you to Oregonians with stories to tell. Subscribe today...