Bryan M. Vance

Oregon's rate of new cases dropped, with 125 new confirmed and presumptive cases of the coronavirus reported Wednesday. Follow this story for the latest news and information on COVID-19 in the Northwest.

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.

The Oregon Health Authority announced 227 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 diagnoses Monday and one virus-related death.

Oregon reported 342 new confirmed or presumed cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, with five new deaths linked to the contagious disease. The new numbers put the state’s total cases at 19,699 since the outbreak reached the state earlier this year; 333 people have died from the virus as of Tuesday.

Is there something about Oregon or Southwest Washington which you find curious? Whether it's a person, a place, a custom, or something else entirely, tell us about it. We might look further into it for a story.

The public transportation agency for the Portland region said it saw 140,000 fewer riders than usual in just one day.

Located inside Portland, tiny Maywood Park isn't a neighborhood — it's a city that formed when its residents battled the state over development. Today it lives on as a slice of old Portland.

America’s first female governor served in Oregon three years before women in the state gained the right to vote. But history has largely forgotten her. That wasn’t an accident.

Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington woke to icy but mostly clear conditions Sunday morning — but more winter weather is moving in, fast.

What are the images that define 2018 in for the Northwest? We look back at some of OPB's best photos of the past year.