Corvallis, Ore. – James Simpson is the first person I have ever met who witnessed in person Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech during the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, DC.
We first met James last week when reporting on an entirely different story, […]

Eugene, Ore. – One of our readers contacted us over the weekend, offering to introduce us to some of the homeless youth on the streets of this quiet college town in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley.
Eugene, home to the University of Oregon, boasts a large student population. But, like many cities along the busy I-5 corridor […]

Terrebonne, Ore. – Mike Volk has been rock climbing for almost 40 years, which is one reason he looks far younger than 53. The sport, quite simply, keeps you fit. And Mike doesn’t just climb rocks – he climbs mountains – which is what he was doing when he fell 80 feet in one of […]