Anna Lueck for OPB Peter Courtney, the longest-serving state lawmaker in Oregon history, died in July. But on Wednesday, in the state Senate where his booming voice was a constant for decades ...

Oregon bade farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and loved more than anything but his ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - Friends, family, legislators, and members of the public gathered in Oregon’s Senate chamber Wednesday for Peter Courtney’s celebration of life. Courtney was Oregon’s ...

Oregon bid farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and loved more than anything but his family.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Legislature celebrated the life of Peter Courtney on Wednesday. Courtney was the longest-serving legislator and Senate president in Oregon history. He died from ...

Oregon bid farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and loved more than anything but his ...

James DePreist was one of the first world-renowned Black conductors who is credited with establishing the Oregon Symphony as one of America's finest orchestras. A section of Northwest Cornell Road ...

Lawmakers thought they’d all but banned betting on dog racing in Oregon three years ago. Now they are trying again. In 2022, the late Sen. Peter Courtney (D-Salem) passed a bill that he and his ...

Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building, he became friends with the nighttime janitor. Courtney routinely would unplug the janitor ...

These must-read books for mothers and daughters are all about the relationship that defines us—and the trauma (and drama!) ...