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Born in 1894, Alfred F. Ross, Jr. was the third generation of his family to call Shasta County, Calif., home. He was the son of Albert and Lizzie Greer…

Samuel Handsaker quit school at the age of 11 and emigrated from England to Alton, Ill. He lacked a formal education, but was a gifted writer and…

The orchard boom of the 1900s stimulated rapid population growth in Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley. Among the new arrivals were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Madden…

Richards has been scrutinized over earlier allegations of a hostile work environment, as well as inappropriate comments he made about women on a podcast he once hosted.

Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett announced the 31 charges, including 11 felonies, against PG&E, saying it failed to perform its legal duties and that its "failure was reckless and criminally negligent, and it resulted in the death of four people."

Pictures of Steve Oster show him with gold pan, pick and axe, a solitary prospector who mined in the Applegate area in the 1860s and 1870s. Little is…

On March 19, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a statewide shelter-in-place order. In response to an unprecedented public health threat, it was an equally unprecedented shuttering of day-to-day life.

Giddens explains how the new song she composed for Morning Edition's Song Project series grew from this year's extreme ups and downs.

Quick, name some of the fabulously rich men of the 19th century. John D. Rockefeller? Check. Andrew Carnegie? Check. John W. Mackay? Uh, who? Not a…

For a girl on the Oregon Coast in 1895, Francis Hofsess, her most prized possession was a plaster of Paris effigy of a lovely woman’s head and bust. The…