May 19th, 2005 · Javelin doesn't have a lot of cachet in the sports world. But high school athletes in the small town of Newberg, Oregon, have taken to the event in a big way. Under the tutelage of 70-year-old coach Joe Boutin, javelin throwers have won 10 state championships and earned many athletic scholarships to college.
May 15th, 2005 · Eight years ago, Shannon Applegate inherited a five-acre cemetery dating back to the pioneer era in western Oregon. The experience has led the historian and writer to pen a book, Living Among Headstones.
Apr 17th, 2005 · In the small town of Seaside, Ore., residents took time out of the weekend to participate in a tsunami evacuation drill. Producer Tom Banse sends this audio postcard of the disaster-preparation training day.
Apr 5th, 2005 · Reporter Nigel Jaquiss is among this year's Pulitzer Prize winners. Jaquiss, of Willamette Week of Portland, Ore., won for his investigative reporting on a 30-year state secret: The story of former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.
Mar 9th, 2005 · Oregon is experiencing a growing phenomenon of "chickenpox parties" -- events where parents wary of getting their kids inoculated against chickenpox knowingly expose them to infected children to build immunity.
Feb 2nd, 2005 · The White House wants to move the gray wolf off the endangered list, but a court in Oregon has struck down a rule that weakened protections for many of the nation's gray wolves.
Dec 28th, 2004 · Though online sales make up only about 4 percent of overall music sales, one Oregon company has found success in the Internet market. CD Baby has found a middle ground between corporate record labels and the independence of the Internet. Marcie Sillman of member station KUOW reports.
Nov 10th, 2004 · Oregon is the only state in the nation that allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with a doctor's assistance. That policy has come under scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice. Hear Oregon Public Radio's Colin Fogarty.