Kami Horton

Southern Oregon residents recently opened a gift from the past: a time capsule discovered in the ashes of the 2020 Almeda Fire.

Oregon's trailblazing legislator and judge, Betty Roberts, would have turned 100 on February 5, 2023.

It began as the work of an Oregon Agricultural College physics instructor and his homemade fifty-watt transmitter. The first test transmission: an OAC football game.

For years people traversed the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn by a ferry and later a suspension bridge. Then came the Arch Bridge, providing a historic connection that still stands today.

In the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 1922, fire tore through Oregon’s oldest city in what was known as Astoria's Great Fire.

Oregon's Great Basin holds some of the oldest archeological finds in North America. This weekend the public is invited to learn about recent discoveries in the region at the "Human Experience in the Oregon Great Basin Symposium."

On October 28, 1947, a small plane crashed in rural southeast Oregon, killing the state's governor and other political leaders.

The Oregon Historical Society reports that it recently digitized more than 200 historical photographs of the state from the turn of the 20th century.

Originally named Typhoon Freda, the storm raged up the Pacific Northwest, toppling tens of thousands of powerlines, flattening whole swaths of forests, and causing destruction all the way into Canada.

Oregon musician Johnnie Ray was once arguably the biggest pop star in the world. In the early 1950s, his unique sound, coupled with his emotional performances, thrilled audiences and helped usher in rock and roll.