A proposed monument in Eureka would recognize sex workers whose fines helped fund city services in the early 1900s.

Packwood built a reputation as a maverick Republican and champion of women’s rights. It collapsed amid revelations of sexual misconduct.

Explore the Oregon Coast Historical Railway in Coos Bay, where century-old locomotives and hands-on exhibits preserve the South Coast's history.

After 28 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Scott Kaiser reflects on performing, directing and teaching every play in Shakespeare's canon.

Residents of Lincoln Heights in Northern California are working to preserve one of the state’s oldest Black neighborhoods after the Mill Fire destroyed much of the area.

Historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith discuss how World War I, the 1918 flu pandemic and social upheaval transformed America.

OPB's Jenn Chavez joins with Chelsea Rose, host of JPR's Underground History and director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, to dig into the little-known stories of eastern Oregon's Chinese cowboys.

It's been 20 years since Portland General Electric blew up its cooling tower, but the legacy of Oregon’s only nuclear plant lives on.

Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, especially for non-federally recognized tribes.

Historian Stephen Forrester examines how Richard Neuberger reshaped Oregon politics and advanced conservation in the U.S. Senate.

Author K.C. Winters discusses her book on the WWII balloon bomb tragedy in Bly, with events in Ashland, Klamath Falls and Bly.

The fire scars in Oregon forests tell a story, and it’s a familiar one to Indigenous communities.