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Finn on KPNW's Wake Up Call: Minor political hack became opium king of West Coast
A recording of an on-air conversation with Bill Lundun and Gerry Snyder of the Wake Up Call on Eugene's KPNW Radio AM 1120. Topic: James Lotan's path from political fixer, to state party president, t…
Published on 1 day, 4 hours ago
Missing gold suggests something sinister in shipwreck mystery
There were, so far as we know, no survivors. But when the upside-down hulk drifted ashore, it was 200 miles off course — and there was no sign of the 40-pound keg of gold it had been carrying. What h…
Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago
“Shorty” Davis may be Oregon’s oldest cold case
Shorty Davis was a popular sheepman who one day in 1900 disappeared ... and no one has ever seen a sign of him since. Virtually everyone suspects foul play. (Prineville, Crook County; 1900s) (For tex…
Published on 3 days, 17 hours ago
Filming of “worst Western ever” was a real spectacle
It was no 'Heaven's Gate' -- 'The Way West' was more like the 'Ishtar' of the late 1960s. It was spectacularly and expensively shot on location in Oregon, but plans to celebrate its release here foun…
Published on 4 days, 17 hours ago
Boys’ summertime shipwreck adventure couldn’t happen today
They pedaled their bicycles from Portland to Astoria, snuck aboard a wrecked ocean liner, and spent the night marooned on board, with breakers crashing all around them. (Peacock Spit, Pacific County …
Published on 5 days, 17 hours ago
First Ashland Shakespeare Festival kayoed competing boxing event
The city business leaders hoped the Shakespeare Festival would do OK, but just in case it tanked, they insisted that it share the stage with a series of prizefights. The boxing matches bombed badly; …
Published on 6 days, 17 hours ago
Oregon's ‘King of moonshiners’ was an old-time music legend
Among musicians and fans of old-time string-band music, Benjamin Franklin Jarrell is basically royalty. As a member of one of the most influential bands from the golden age of old-time music — DaCost…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
What really happened to DB Cooper? Pick a theory
For more than 40 years, amateurs and pros alike have put forward dozens of theories, many quite plausible and backed with some evidence. But the story seems destined to remain a delicious historical …
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
D.B. Cooper deplanes like a boss: Getting away with the loot
The hunt for the man who called himself Dan Cooper started just hours after he disappeared into the night sky with a bag of $20 bills tied to his waist. Did he get away? Did anyone find him? The sear…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
D.B. Cooper deplanes: Getting away with the loot
After demanding four parachutes and a knapsack of $20 bills, the legendary anonymous skyjacker disappeared into the night sky over southwest Washington with $200,000 — touching off a massive manhunt.…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago