The JPR news team breaks down efforts to restore oak habitat, prevent an invasive beetle and a key Roseburg City Council vote.

The Oregon Remembrance Project's Sunrise Project is helping communities confront the legacy of sundown towns through free trips that connect Black Portlanders with Southern Oregon.

A new staged reading explores the life of Southern Oregon pioneer John Beeson, who defended Native Americans during the Rogue Indian Wars and was forced to flee his home.

A new $1 million gift will help Oregon Humane and Oregon State University expand hands-on veterinary training as rural communities face a shortage of veterinarians.

A North Bend project aims to digitize more than 80 years of local newspapers before fragile paper copies and microfilm deteriorate. Fundraising has surpassed the halfway mark toward its goal.

A planned wildlife crossing on Interstate 5 south of Ashland has secured $33 million in federal funding. Construction is expected to begin in 2027.

Cal Poly Humboldt researchers are using unused strands in fiber-optic cables to track earthquake vibrations across Northern California.

A childhood keepsake inspired Ashland author Michelle St. Romain's debut novel, "Song of Belonging," a story of ancestral memory, Louisiana roots and magical realism.

As America marks its 250th anniversary, Oregon librarians and a bookseller recommend fiction and nonfiction that offer new perspectives on U.S. history.

Darryl Goodson is an engineer who didn't plan to become a fish farmer. But he now owns a sustainable fish sturgeon farm in Fort Klamath, Oregon.

The Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum uses hands-on exhibits and a historic hatchery building to bring Northern California’s history and geology to life.

Two Southern Oregon food entrepreneurs launched Butter Babes, a Medford catering business built on local ingredients, community and friendship.