Rafting on the Rio Grande in limbo

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Rafting on the Rio Grande in limbo

BERRYDALE, Portland: Struggling to recover from an extended shutdown of the tourism sector brought about by the global pandemic COVID-19, raft captains assign to the Rio Grande rafting, Portland’s premier tourist attraction, have taken up new...

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