Mark Graves

| Golden retrievers usually stand out in a crowd. At a Wilsonville pumpkin patch Sunday, their sunlit golden coats provided some unlikely camouflage, blending them right into a sea of pumpkins.

Roughly 60 people and their dogs gathered at Yesteryear Farm in Wilsonville for PDX Goldens’ annual Halloween meetup and costume contest on Sept. 27, 2026.

Hundreds of parents, students, teachers and community members packed Portland Public Schools headquarters in North Portland on Oct. 6, 2026, as the school board discussed proposals to close up to 14 schools, reconfigure grades and programs and redraw attendance boundaries. Demonstrators rallied outside before the meeting, then filled the boardroom and overflow area, with some pushing past security guards to get inside.

Leopards hauling prey into trees. Tiny owls hunting lizards. Foxes facing off. Explore wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne's remarkable images from his native Sri Lanka to Oregon and beyond, documenting his adventures before and after moving to Corvallis in 2024.

He photographed more than 160 individual wild leopards in Sri Lanka. Now in Corvallis, Toshan Wijeratne sees Oregon's owls and other wildlife with fresh eyes.

Don't let those big yellow eyes fool you. Northern pygmy owls are pint-sized predators with enormous appetites. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne captured these little hunters in Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest, including one carrying a northern alligator lizard and another showing off its second pair of fake eyes.

They weigh as much as an egg, with big yellow eyes and Pixar faces. Don’t be fooled. These cute little murder machines take down prey three times their size.

A northern pygmy owl weighs about as much as a chicken egg. They're adorable, with big yellow eyes. They're also ruthless predators known to kill chickens far heavier than themselves.

In Sri Lanka, wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed more than 160 individual wild leopards. Now in Oregon, one of the predators he's obsessed with weighs about as much as a chicken egg.

Hundreds of people gather at Peace Corner in downtown Bend, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, to mourn three children and a teacher killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School the previous day. The gathering marked a second night of vigils for the grieving community.