Having lived on the Gulf Coast for four years before moving to Portland, I was used to covering hurricanes and the damage left behind. I had spent countless weekends in New Orleans, eating beignets at Cafe du Monde and shopping on Magazine Street in the French Quart...
Today photographer Kristen Henderson and I went to Salem to talk to a female soldier about surviving a roadside bomb. We drove through the beautiful Willamette Valley, and found the soldier and her family in a house tucked away off a windy road.
Staff Sargeant Tara Hutchinson was riding in a convoy last Febru...
I admit it. The only rodeo I've been to is Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles.
So when photographer Steve Redlin and I filed a story today on an 18 year old rodeo cowboy from Lebanon, I didn't know much about bull riding.
Fortunately, Steve grew up on a farm and filled me in on the basics during our drive down I-5...
