History

In August of 1970, at the height of the Vietnam War, President Richard Nixon was slated to come to Portland, and so were thousands of antiwar protesters. That's when some young liberal Oregonians teamed up with Republican Gov. Tom McCall on a plan to lure thousands of potential antiwar demonstrators into the woods for a weekend of rock 'n' roll and avoid a projected violent clash in the City of Roses. This is the story of Oregon Vortex 1: A Biodegradable Festival of Life.

There have been few things as divisive in Portland's history as the debate over whether to add fluoride to the drinking water.

The Black Resilience Fund provides emergency financial support to Black Portlanders facing what some have called two overlapping pandemics: the coronavirus and ongoing systemic racism. 

The state is expanding its mask requirement to include all children five and older, a step initially announced by Gov. Kate Brown at a press conference Wednesday morning. That includes schools.

Fifty years ago Oregon officials decided to blow up a dead whale. What happened next is the stuff of legend.

OSU President Ed Ray said in an email to community members the change is happening now “to advance equal opportunity and justice for all and in recognition that Black Lives Matter.”  

Three geographic features in Southern Oregon all have the words “dead indian” in their names, but that could change.

The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl?

Taking a look at Oregon's election records over the past 30 years could get rid of other state's vote by mail fears.

Decades after it created a similar program during the Great Depression, Tenino, Washington, is dipping into its emergency accounts to give people in need up to $300 per month in wooden currency to spend.