An Ashland-based non-profit, Black Alliance & Social Empowerment Southern Oregon, is helping foster a sense of community and belonging for Black residents and their families in a region where they ...

“Being in Oregon is being in a place where people that look like us have been excluded in every aspect of community,” said Vance Beach, the founder of BASE, or Black Alliance & Social ...

There’s an old, grainy black-and-white video floating around YouTube that shows Black Panther Bobby Lee addressing a group of poor white migrants from the South and Appalachia. “I wanna ...

Supporters and advocacy groups like the Black Alliance and Social Empowerment of Southern Oregon (BASE) are calling on Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek to exonerate Simpson and have him released as soon ...

The efforts tie into a statewide initiative. A group of organizations that became part of a pilot advisory think tank two years ago have received $480,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation. The ...

Tom Calvanese, the Kelp Alliance director, and his friend Dave Lacey, a boat captain, steer a boat on May 25, 2024, out of Port Orford in southern Oregon toward Nellies Cove. The picturesque cove ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A dead bear found in a tree has prompted a search for poachers in Southern Oregon. Oregon State Police troopers responded on Oct. 29 to reports of a dead bear in a tree ...

An Oregon man accused of killing a Black teen at a hotel during a dispute over loud music has pleaded not guilty to the slaying. Robert Paul Keegan 47, swears he is innocent in the murder of Aidan ...

An Oregon community group is calling for change to address racism after the fatal shooting of a Black teenager by a white man in an incident that police said began as an argument over loud music.

Partial returns showed strong support among voters for Measure 110, a coup for the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, the same criminal justice reform group that backed Oregon’s successful ...

Southern California’s 11 professional sports teams have come together to help Black and Latinx children with The Alliance. The five-year partnership will merge with two local initiatives, the ...

An Oregon man accused of killing a black teen at a hotel during a dispute over loud music has pleaded not guilty, prosecutors said.. Robert Paul Keegan, 47, of Talent, entered the plea Friday to ...