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By Martha Freeman The hero of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a newbie U.S. senator who speaks on the Senate floor for 25 ...

As SXSW celebrates its 37th anniversary, it's safe to say that, for better or worse, it introduced Austin to the wider world, ...

In the early 1900s, Gladys Hardy rode more than 1,000 miles across the West with her horse. Along the way she learned to hunt ...

Austin Casey, a musician from Portland, Ore., calls himself a Bill Kenny super fan ... Casey says Kenny was performing at Vancouver's Cave Supper Club in 1948 when he met Audrey McBurney.

Long had glimpses of his uncle's musical career. He remembers Kenny bringing him and his brother out on stage during a nightclub performance in Victoria, B.C. He also remembers that Kenny kept ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural ...

Several dates will include a duo performance with fellow guitar experimentalist Bill Nace. Darkside—the ... New York, Nashville, Portland, Seattle, and more will follow. Dead and Company can ...

Senator Noah Robinson, who hails from Cave Junction in southern Oregon, said the maps were the wrong approach. He's introduced Senate Bill 678 as way to repeal the provision in the 2021 bill (SB ...

William Denns, of Sunk Mines in Putnam Valley, was arrested on charges of selling hard cider. He pleaded not guilty but ...