/tags/history history en-US Copyright Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:52:49 GMT /music-arts-and-culture/2024-06-14/juneteenth-celebrations-and-festivals-ahead-across-the-region Next Wednesday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. Throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California, municipalities and groups will celebrate in a variety of ways. Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:52:49 GMT /music-arts-and-culture/2024-06-14/juneteenth-celebrations-and-festivals-ahead-across-the-region Jane Vaughan /politics-government/2024-03-28/is-california-headed-for-another-tax-revolt It’s an eternal struggle in California: Businesses want to cut taxes while governments say doing so would decimate services. Three competing measures headed for the November ballot could drastically change California’s tax landscape. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:45:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-03-28/is-california-headed-for-another-tax-revolt Nicole Nixon /history/2024-02-11/new-digital-images-reveal-the-lives-of-early-black-oregon-residents The Oregon Historical Society recently released a new batch of digitized historical images of some of the state’s earliest Black residents. The photographs provide a rare look into the lives of Black pioneers — and may help solve an intriguing mystery. Sun, 11 Feb 2024 14:21:42 GMT /history/2024-02-11/new-digital-images-reveal-the-lives-of-early-black-oregon-residents Kami Horton /history/2023-10-15/shining-a-light-on-a-southern-oregon-hotels-haunted-past Through October, the Klamath County Museum offers flashlight tours of the four-story, historic Baldwin Hotel Museum. Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:18:30 GMT /history/2023-10-15/shining-a-light-on-a-southern-oregon-hotels-haunted-past Kami Horton /history/2023-07-12/southeast-oregon-archeology-suggests-human-habitation-18-000-years-ago Archaeologists have new evidence suggesting that humans occupied Oregon more than 18,000 years ago. This makes it one of the oldest known sites of human occupation in North America. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:13:02 GMT /history/2023-07-12/southeast-oregon-archeology-suggests-human-habitation-18-000-years-ago Ella Hutcherson /politics-government/2022-07-11/its-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-oregon-political-icon-mark-hatfield Mark Hatfield, one of the most iconic figures in Oregon political history, would have turned 100 years old Tuesday. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:54:45 GMT /politics-government/2022-07-11/its-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-oregon-political-icon-mark-hatfield Chris M Lehman / KLCC /international-affairs/2021-08-06/hiroshima-remembrance-held-in-ashland On Friday, several dozen people gathered in Lithia Park in Ashland to hold a vigil in remembrance of the atomic bomb being dropped in Hiroshima, Japan 76 years ago. Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:15:52 GMT /international-affairs/2021-08-06/hiroshima-remembrance-held-in-ashland Sophia Prince /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-17/house-passes-a-bill-to-commemorate-juneteenth-as-a-federal-holiday The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:59:55 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-17/house-passes-a-bill-to-commemorate-juneteenth-as-a-federal-holiday Alana Wise /international-affairs/2021-06-13/bidens-summit-with-putin-follows-a-harrowing-history-of-u-s-meetings-with-russia When Russia was still the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, summits with its leaders were largely about fears of a thermonuclear duel and mass annihilation. Here's a look back at the highlights. Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:31:07 GMT /international-affairs/2021-06-13/bidens-summit-with-putin-follows-a-harrowing-history-of-u-s-meetings-with-russia Ron Elving /politics-government/2021-06-02/oregon-senate-approves-making-juneteenth-official-state-holiday House Bill 2168 will officially recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday in Oregon beginning June 19, 2022. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:28:27 GMT /politics-government/2021-06-02/oregon-senate-approves-making-juneteenth-official-state-holiday Sam Stites