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Legislators representing Oregon's Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Caucus are happy with what they've achieved this legislative session, but they have no plans of slowing down in the remaining five-and-a-half weeks.

America is now the world's biggest exporter of ethane, a part of natural gas that's a building block for making plastics. That's helping fuel the fast-growing global plastics industry.

NPR's Ron Elving explains the history of the pardon, where it comes from and what the Constitution allows.

Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that offers a history of the world through the role that mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it.

Efforts to address hesitancy among Black people in America often overlook African immigrants, who get information from friends and family back home through social media platforms such as WhatsApp.

A significant measles outbreak in 1917 at Lincoln Elementary School in Medford, Ore., serves as a reminder that before vaccinations were available,…

Oregon and California had the warmest September months on record, according to a new report out this week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In the early days of mapping, between 1907 and 1930, there were plenty of places left to name in the Rogue River National Forest. Employees had to come up…

Some elected officials and community leaders in Oregon are expressing concern about the potential for violent protests or political unrest after Tuesday’s election.

Boy meets girl, girl and boy love each other, girl gets pregnant. Bam, the relationship ends, because boy does not want children. It's a true-life story,…