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The town of Drewsey, Ore., wasn’t always Drewsey. When Abner Robbins opened a store there in the summer of 1883, he called the place Gouge Eye. That…

E.R. Jackson and Reub Long co-authored a book a half century ago about the Oregon desert titled, appropriately, The Oregon Desert. Long had lived all his…

The utility giant had already acknowledged that the fire investigation would likely find its equipment responsible for the Camp Fire in 2018.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Maria Van Kerkhove, an emerging diseases expert at the World Health Organization, about the latest information on the spread of the coronavirus worldwide.

Could the 2019 Miami Dolphins wind up being the worst team in NFL history? NPR's Audie Cornish talks to the Miami Herald's Greg Cote about how pro football got so bad in South Florida.

Roads became desperately needed in Southern Oregon in the mid-1800’s as the growth of mining and agriculture required more access to markets.One road…

This week, for the first time, California courts began instituting a streamlined prosecution process for people detained after crossing the border illegally. The state is facing the added strain that zero tolerance has put on its courts.

Tubman's role as a professional cook has often been overlooked. She self-funded many of her heroic raids to rescue slaves through an activity she enjoyed and excelled at: cooking.

As 2017 draws to a close, we take a look back at some of the year's most important stories, as told through powerful images from around the world.

Mrs. P. J. Ryan died in 1913 in an asylum in Salem, Ore., where she had been placed one year after she was widowed because her dementia “had developed a…