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Former House Minority Leader Christine Drazan, a Republican who wasn’t afraid to use legislative tactics to leverage power for her caucus, will resign from the Legislature at the end of this month.

Many of the actors who star alongside Adam Sandler in the new basketball movie Hustle are real NBA athletes. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson talks with director Jeremiah Zagar about the film.

You probably know well the story of the African-American man breaking the color barrier in his sport. But this is not a story about Jackie Robinson or…

Last year, three of the five nominees in the Grammys' children's music category withdrew their names from consideration, outraged the list was all-white. But the slate is very different this year.

Candy, Under the Banner of Heaven, I Love That For You and Made for Love are all on our TV critic's list.

As Oregon is facing a wave of landfill closures in coming decades, a group of mysterious investors hopes to cash in on Lake County officials' willingness to become a destination for all that trash.

One of the early colorful characters of Jacksonville, Ore., was Zany Ganung. Born Mary Ross in 1818, she moved from Ohio to Southern Oregon in 1853 with…

The first Henley, Calif., schoolhouse was a simple building at the southwest end of the community’s main street.Big enough to handle 40 students, it was…

Most winters, Upper Klamath Lake becomes an immense sheet of ice for up to 20 miles.The frozen lake served as a smooth passageway for travelers when…

In 1948, Portland hosted the United States’ first-ever nationally broadcast presidential debate. The face-off, between two candidates competing for the Republican nomination, is widely seen as the precedent for today’s debates.