Search for Cat Litter Led Woman to Fateful Encounter With Stranger Who...
Miraculous days start “normally” – and on this fateful day, I was back home with my family for Christmas after returning from 500 miles away, having taken care of my mother for a year. Since our cats’...
View ArticleWatch Pilot’s Spectacular Rescue as he Lands Rear of Helicopter on Mountain Peak
The whole rescue operation only took about 30 minutes, but judging by the nature of the mission, it looks like a pretty intense half-hour. The post Watch Pilot’s Spectacular Rescue as he Lands Rear of...
View ArticleMan Has Spent Years Giving Antique Brooches to Strangers Who ‘Look Like They...
This 71-year-old man has made an unusual nickname for himself out of his favorite weekend past time: giving away brooches to strangers. Myron Boyer, also known as “The Bling Fairy”, has spent the last...
View ArticleDeliveryman is So Kind, Community Gets Batmobile to Throw Him a Parade and...
Every day for the last 20 years, Todd Kirnan has worked for hours to make sure that the people and businesses of Gresham are happy. The post Deliveryman is So Kind, Community Gets Batmobile to Throw...
View ArticleThis American Man Defied the ‘Impossible’ With First-Ever Solo Trek Across...
Antarctica is a frozen, wind-whipped continent, hostile to almost all forms of life—except, apparently, a lone man from Oregon. 33-year-old Colin O’Brady just became the first unaided person to...
View ArticlePaul Simon Donates Thousands So That Special Needs Kids Can Learn to Cook
Thanks to a generous donation from acclaimed singer-songwriter Paul Simon, dozens of special education students will be soon developing their culinary chops. During Simon’s recent farewell tour, he...
View ArticleState Recycling Rate Reaches All-Time High at Double the National Average...
A bottle recycling program has witnessed record-breaking results thanks to a 10-cent incentive for state residents. The post State Recycling Rate Reaches All-Time High at Double the National Average...
View ArticleEnduring More Than 36 Hours Aboard a Stranded Train, Passengers Praised Each...
Though there was obvious distress amongst the passengers aboard the stranded Amtrak train, there was also plenty of kindness as well. The post Enduring More Than 36 Hours Aboard a Stranded Train,...
View ArticleMan Praises Taco Bell Hot Sauce for ‘Saving’ His Life After Being Trapped in...
An Oregon man is crediting his leftover Taco Bell hot sauce packets as the thing that kept him going during his five days spent in the snowy wilderness. The post Man Praises Taco Bell Hot Sauce for...
View ArticleHere’s How You Play the World’s First Sport Designed by AI – and It’s...
A team of designers uploaded the rules of 400 different world sports into an AI program so it could design its own – and the result is apparently quite fun. The post Here’s How You Play the World’s...
View ArticleWatch Bus Driver Intervene When Dog Was in the Hands of Dubious Stranger...
When a man boarded Mike Thomas's bus with a dog in hand, his intuition told him that something was wrong – and he turned out to be right. The post Watch Bus Driver Intervene When Dog Was in the Hands...
View ArticleThousands of People Have Been Encouraged By Mom’s Yard Signs – and Their...
It has been two years since an Oregon woman started planting encouraging signs in people's yards – and the resulting testimonials have been amazing. The post Thousands of People Have Been Encouraged By...
View ArticleWoman Shocked to Be Reunited With Prosthetic Leg After Scuba Diver Happened...
Eric Gantner is used to seeing strange things in the Clackamas River—but he was particularly shocked to find a prosthetic leg during one of his scuba dives. The post Woman Shocked to Be Reunited With...
View ArticleCollapsed 73-Year-old Man Rescued From the Desert Thanks to Miraculous...
Gregory Randolph was near death with one of his dogs by his side when he was miraculously saved thanks to a cyclist who happened to be passing through the desert. The 73-year-old had been out driving...
View ArticleFemale Inmates Are Helping to Save Endangered Butterfly Species From Behind...
More than 1,200 of the endangered Taylor's checkerspot butterfly have been raised and released through the prison's conservation program. The post Female Inmates Are Helping to Save Endangered...
View ArticleSince Community College Started Printing Their Own Textbooks, Students Have...
When a team of educators in Oregon became sick and tired of their students being charged heaps of cash for college textbooks, they began making their own—and it has collectively saved their students...
View ArticleMissing Cat Finally Reunited With Owner After It Was Found Wandering the...
It has been five years since Sasha the cat disappeared from her home in Portland—but thanks to her microchip, she has finally be reunited with her owner. The post Missing Cat Finally Reunited With...
View ArticleMan Buys School Bus So He Can Take All 10 of His Grandkids to School Every Day
This devoted grandfather bought a school bus for Christmas so he could take his ten grandchildren to school every day. The post Man Buys School Bus So He Can Take All 10 of His Grandkids to School...
View Article‘Friendship Over Business’: Coffee Shop Owner Helps Competitor Stay Open...
This Portland, Oregon café owner has stepped away from her own small business so she can volunteer at her competitor's coffee stand for free. The post ‘Friendship Over Business’: Coffee Shop Owner...
View ArticleGirl Had Only Been Volunteering at Pet Shelter for Two Days When She Was...
Hannah Rountree had not seen her cat Spunky in three years—at least until he reappeared at the animal shelter she had only just started volunteering for. The post Girl Had Only Been Volunteering at Pet...
View ArticleAccidental Encounter Results in Tiny U.S. Town Becoming 14th Ever Location...
An accidental encounter with a glass-enclosed monument while she was turning her car around in Wales on vacation has led to a tiny city in Oregon becoming only the 14th location in the world to install...
View ArticleAs More Cities Install ‘Rain Gardens’ to Filter Pollution, Portland Offers to...
Portland and Los Angeles are installing bioswales—AKA “rain gardens”—to help filter rainwater runoff before it enters and pollutes the sewage system. The post As More Cities Install ‘Rain Gardens’ to...
View ArticleWatch Opera Singer Unexpectedly Join Student Recording National Anthem in The...
Portland State University graduate Madisen Hallberg was recording the national athem outdoors when opera singer Onry joined her unexpectedly. The post Watch Opera Singer Unexpectedly Join Student...
View ArticleKevin Costner’s New Road Trip App Tells History Stories Tailored Exactly to...
Kevin Costner has produced an iPhone app that tells stories of local history related to where you and your family are driving on a road trip. The post Kevin Costner’s New Road Trip App Tells History...
View ArticleWildfires: Bad For People – But Good for the Environment
With so much misery being felt in communities surrounding the West Coast wildfires, we were looking for any silver linings and wondering if these blazes might actually be beneficial to the environment....
View ArticleAfter Dad Revolutionizes the Modern Playground for His Daughter, Other Cities...
Since this Portland dad finished building a more inclusive playground for his daughter, other US cities have followed his example as well. The post After Dad Revolutionizes the Modern Playground for...
View ArticlePreemie Born the Size of a Superman Doll Now Poses For Photos at Every...
A premature baby the size of a Superman action figure has made a miraculous recovery—and now celebrates every milestone with his sidekick by his side. Logan Ray was born at 23 weeks gestation, weighing...
View ArticleWaiting For Vote Results? …Here’s Some Good News From State Elections Around...
As the world waits for the outcome of the U.S. presidential race, we found some good news to focus on down the ballot. From record-high voter turnout to a historic number of Native Americans winning...
View Article‘Frankie the Adventure Goat’ Has Traveled Over 60,000 Miles Across America in...
Meet Frankie, the adventurous goat who has traveled over 60,000 miles across the US with her owners in their colorful Airstream trailer. Cate Battles and her husband Chad moved from their house into a...
View ArticleHealthcare Workers Stuck in Snowy Traffic With Expiring COVID Vaccines Go Car...
With COVID vaccines in short supply, waiting times are not unusual—but not for those stuck in traffic alongside these dedicated healthcare workers who made sure that fresh doses didn’t go to waste....
View ArticleHow One Interior Designer Is Helping The Homeless With Her One Percent Project
Non-profits need profits, and one Portland interior designer has found a subtle, effective way to fund projects looking to alleviate the Oregon homelessness epidemic. A short-hand equivalent of when...
View ArticleLabradoodle Has Incredible Bond With 7-Year-old Who Was Adopted Into the...
Meet the labradoodle who acts like a human thanks to his incredible bond with his best friend, a seven-year-old boy who was adopted into the family at the same time. Reagan the dog was over the moon...
View ArticleTravel Agent Helps Aging Veteran Pilot Pals Go On Dream Boys’ Trip – Without...
A big-hearted woman has helped three nonagenarian veteran pilot chums go on their dream “last hurrah” boys’ trip—without costing them a dime. Julie Pflaumer got a call from veteran and former pilot...
View ArticleShade From Solar Panels Increases Abundance of Flowers, Benefiting Pollinators
A new study has found that shade provided by solar panels increased the abundance of flowers under the panels and delayed the timing of their bloom, both findings that could aid the agricultural...
View ArticlePremature Baby Becomes a Prodigy at 3, Joining Mensa After They Run Out of...
This story was submitted to GNN by one of our readers. If you have an interesting story of kindness or positivity, be sure and send it to us for review. More than three years ago at a hospital in...
View ArticleDon’t Worry, Birds Won’t Become Dependent on You Feeding Them, Says Study
Oregon State University researchers have some good news for the well-meaning masses who place bird feeders in their yards: The small songbirds who visit the feeders seem unlikely to develop an...
View ArticleA Talking Crow Befriending a School Has a Foul-Mouth But is Still Beloved by...
In one Oregon town, kids at a local school noticed that a particularly nosey and brave crow seemed dead-set on getting into the classroom. Sure enough. Finding an open window at Allen Dale Elementary...
View ArticleLegendary Spanish Galleon Shipwreck Discovered After Vanishing 300 Years Ago
In 1693, a Spanish trading ship left the colony in Manilla heading for Mexico. It was never to be seen again until our generation. Now, 15 years of volunteer maritime archeology and plumbing of royal...
View ArticleWoman Pairs a British Village Named ‘Dull’ with Oregon Town Called...
One day, a woman from Dull visited Boring on vacation, and inspired by the sense of connection, asked the town councils if they felt like spicing things up. Now Dull, in Perthshire, Scotland, is...
View ArticleLumber Company Grows Trees That Smile With Massive Grin for Oregon Drivers
Every autumn in Oregon, motorists traveling down the route 18 receive a “beaming” smile from the hills above the roadway. That’s because years ago, Hampton Lumber company logged the trees on that hill,...
View ArticleFor Halloween You Can Rent the 3-Story Ghostbusters Headquarters–And Even...
There’s something strange in the neighborhood, and it’s up for rent. Sony and vacation rental company Vacasa are taking bids for the holiday rental of a fully-furnished, fully-functional, and...
View ArticlePlanting Trees in a City 30 Years Ago May Have Lowered the Risk of Deaths...
Planting trees destined to live long healthy lives is believed to be a good way to save the planet, but what about ourselves? 30 years after a mass tree-planting event in Oregon, research has shown...
View ArticleEfforts to Save Endangered Blue Butterfly Quadruples its Population–but Also...
In the Willamette Valley of Oregon, the long study of a butterfly once thought extinct has led to a chain reaction of conservation in a long-cultivated region. The conservation work, along with helping...
View ArticleWife of WWII Soldier Spends Decades to Reunite Japanese Family With Photo...
With persistence, belief, and the amount of sheer dumb luck normally needed to win the lottery, a Portland senior tracked down an Okinawan family based on the photos left behind in an album her late...
View ArticleStranded in Snow With No Reception He Tied His iPhone to a Drone to Get Above...
An experienced mountain-going photographer got stuck in a snowdrift while trying to rescue another stranded vehicle on a remote mountain road in Oregon. He knew he needed to tell someone of his...
View ArticleAdorable Video Shows How Mama Otter Teaches Her Pup to Swim in Dramatic...
Take a sweet Mothers Day moment to check out how this doting river otter takes her baby to the water’s edge for its first swimming lesson. The video shows a 13-year-old North American river otter Tilly...
View ArticleBeautiful Homeless Shelters Get Radical Redesign to Impact Residents
Attempting to get a grip on the homeless epidemic, homeless shelters are making conscious choices to employ trauma-informed designs to make those who are sheltering feel calm, more autonomous, and...
View Article30 Wineries Sign Up to Refillable Wine Bottle Service in Oregon
Bringing a bit of European small-time organization across the pond, a US/Dutch resident of Oregon is launching a startup to allow wine drinkers to bring bottles back to wineries for a refill. Such...
View ArticleLithium Discovery in Crater in Nevada Could Be Biggest Deposit Ever Found
If even half of the lithium that’s estimated to exist in the McDermitt caldera is mined, it would change the world. Full stop. Early this year, GNN reported that massive lithium reserves totaling 5.9...
View ArticleRing Camera Video Catches Teenage Trick-or-Treaters Refilling Empty Candy...
A group of teenagers who came across an empty candy bucket decided to refill it with their own candy in order to ensure little kids could have some too. Going viral on social media, the act of holiday...
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