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Juan HerediaJuan Heredia is a volunteer rescue diver with a gift for finding victims. For the last year, he’s traveled to stretches of water across California to Oregon. The problem is — not everyone wants his help. -
Tom Iraci/via U.S. Forest ServiceA budget crisis a century in the making is coming to a head as Oregon’s rural counties wait on Congress to approve funding they’ve long relied on.
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Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities. -
Women continue to lag behind men in certain science, technology, engineering and math programs. -
The milestone concert was conceived to be more inclusive of the Spanish-speaking community. JPR’s Vanessa Finney talks with three people at the heart of the process: Rachel Jones, Diana Ramos, and Victoria Bencomo. -
Whether it goes forward may be up to the Trump administration. -
How the rapid spread of misinformation pushed Oregon lawmakers to kill the state’s wildfire risk mapThis is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. -
California spent decades building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and built so much solar it now runs the world’s second-largest battery fleet to keep clean power flowing after dark.Now lawmakers are poised to tie that grid to coal-burning states. -
As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, high-profile projects are on the back burner. -
American wine industry stakeholders have different opinions about the potential fallout from tariffs on European wine, with California likely feeling the biggest impact. -
For several years, there’s been a large homeless encampment on a hill behind the Siskiyou Behavioral Health Services building in Yreka. Locals have debated what to do about it for just as long. That ended this week as authorities cleared the camp. -
JPR's Vanessa Finney interviews Emily Hartlerode, Director of the Oregon Folklife Network, about the organization's mission to support traditional arts and cultural heritage in Oregon. -
What happens when you take high interest rates, unpredictable tariffs, a shortage of homes, a 50-year-old property tax law and mix them together? A housing market stuck in molasses. -
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed along the Klamath River last year. The main goal was to restore salmon habitat and reclaim tribal lands. But it’s also providing new stretches of whitewater to enjoy.
