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The best cop stories are written by cops themselves — and the crime reporters who cover them. Rick Baker, a retired Compton, Calif., police department detective sergeant, recommends some hands-on, eyewitness accounts by and about the men and women who keep us safe.

NPR's Scott Simon asks writer A.J. Jacobs about the history of Labor Day and the labor movement.

Two public water management agencies in Lane and Douglas counties have been awarded millions in federal funds for drought resiliency.

EWEB is weighing what to do with a near century-old canal that’s feeling its age. The options are all expensive, and have their respective pluses and minuses.

The new interim Director of the Roseburg Veterans Administration Health Care system held a town hall this week on the Medical Center campus. This comes as…

Several dozen families displaced by last year’s Holiday Farm Fire were relocated again last month, to make room for athletes competing in the Olympic…

After a five year hiatus, Lane Community College’s student newspaper, The Torch, is back in print.

As students throughout Lane County wrap up their school year and head into summer, a community-wide book gifting program has made sure nearly 3,000 elementary students have brand new books to read over the break.

The measure would divvy up more than $6 billion in new taxes among Oregon residents every year.

Many public hiking trails that closed this past year in response to a civil lawsuit could start reopening again after Oregon lawmakers voted Tuesday to pass temporary liability protections for landowners.