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As It Was: Old Courthouse Building Becomes Jacksonville, Ore., City Hall

The Jackson County Courthouse, newly renovated in 2016 with modern heating and air conditioning, has transitioned into the Jacksonville, Ore., City Hall.…

As It Was: Stage Coach Outruns Flooding Wall of Destruction

In 1906, stage driver Frank Reid was moving in a downpour toward Lakeview, Ore. Just as he headed downhill into a narrow canyon between steep hills on…

Hung Liu, <em>Resident Alien,</em> 1988. Oil on canvas. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art, gift of the Lipman Family Foundation.

Remembering Hung Liu, A Portraitist Who Memorialized The Invisible

A career retrospective for the Oakland-based Chinese-American painter, who died on Aug. 7, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on August 27.

The design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture was inspired by the Yoruba, an African people with origins in Benin and Nigeria.

Mission Of African-American Museum Writ Large In Its Very Design

The "dark presence" of the bronze and brooding National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates black history, and by extension, the history of America itself.

As It Was: Bill Sweet Creates Top Dairy Herd in Langlois, Ore.

Bill Sweet grew up raising cows on his family’s Elk River ranch, near Langlois, Ore., so he jumped at the chance when offered a job in 1937 as tester for…

Selene San Felice's editor, Rob Hiaasen, was killed during the shooting. She was assigned a new editor, and even though their first edit went well, she said, "It felt so bad to get that from somebody that wasn't Rob." She went out in the hallway and cried.

'People Will Forget About Us': The Capital Gazette Shooting Survivors, Years Later

After the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, the surviving staff resolve to rebuild their paper.

As It Was: Kenn Knackstedt Records Southern Oregon in Pictures

There was little in the background of Kenn Knackstedt to suggest his future contribution to Southern Oregon history.Knackstedt grew up in Medford. After…

The Ground Floor: Noble Coffee Brews Success

Jared Rennie picked a good time in history to get into the coffee business. He started Noble Coffee Roasting in Ashland at about the time the taste for…

Lilah, Shoshana, and Georgie outside of their bunk.

Why You Probably Won't Have Racial Microaggressions At This Jewish Summer Camp

Camp Be'chol Lashon is a sleep-away camp that is specifically for Jewish youths of color. The campers are encouraged to discuss race and identity against a backdrop of swimming and horseback riding.

Cars make their way toward downtown Los Angeles on April 22. California could regain the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was moving to curb a Trump-era policy that sought to erode the state's previously-held power.

White House Is Preparing To Give Back California's Smog-Busting Powers

California may regain the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards as part of the Biden administration's push to reverse Trump-era environmental policies.

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