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1 day ago | thatoregonlife.com | Tyler James

COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON – A terrifying and meticulously planned attack at a Washington shopping mall was narrowly prevented last month, thanks to a tip and rapid action by the FBI and local law enforcement. On May 22, 2025, deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office arrested a local teenager accused of plotting a mass attack at Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington—about 50 miles north of Portland, just off I-5.

2 days ago | thatoregonlife.com | Tyler James

by | Jun 5, 2025 | Dear That Oregon Life, Satire I’m writing to you with trembling fingers and a heart full of reclaimed anxiety. I need help. Not the kind of help you get from a therapist (I already have two of those), but the kind you get from a trusted Oregon-based lifestyle blog with a passive-aggressive Facebook comment section. Here’s the situation. In 2020, I bought a Tesla. I felt like a pioneer.

2 days ago | thatoregonlife.com | Tyler James

by | Jun 5, 2025 | Humor, News, Satire PALM BEACH, FL — After years of public praise, private DMs, and the occasional awkward photo op, former President Donald J. Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk have officially filed for divorce, ending what many believed to be the most chaotic power couple in modern American history.

2 days ago | thatoregonlife.com | Tyler James

by | Jun 5, 2025 | News, Satire SALEM, OR — With Oregon bracing for what forecasters are calling a “long, dry, sweat-stained summer,” local man Greg Landers is getting a head start on the statewide suffering after his car’s AC gave up the ghost before June even had the decency to hit 90.

3 days ago | thatoregonlife.com | Tyler James

by | Jun 4, 2025 | News, Satire PORTLAND, OR — In what friends are calling a “quiet but revolutionary act of vulnerability,” Portland resident Brandon Kepler, 29, recently came out as heterosexual — a decision he says has been “years in the making.” Kepler made the announcement in the safety of his shared NE Portland apartment while cuddling on the couch with his long-term girlfriend, Sierra, who says she “totally supports his journey” and has “pretty much suspected” for a while. “I just got...