Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital ChronicleAlex Baumhardt is a JPR content partner from the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Before that Alex was a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media. She has reported from the Arctic to the Antarctic for national and international media, and from Minnesota and Oregon for The Washington Post.
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The wolves kept other species in check, like deer and elk, and maintained a healthy environment. -
Agency officials said firefighters are hard to hire and retain, and are often left to sleep in their trucks or camp on the job due to a lack of housing. -
Oregon kids are healthier than average but lag their peers nationwide when it comes to education, according to a new report. -
The estimated value of Oregon farmland has skyrocketed in recent years, outpacing averages nationwide and leading to concerns about affordability for the next generation of farmers. -
Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more money for prescribed burns. -
An annual report from a prominent higher education association ranks Oregon 44th in the nation for public higher education funding. -
Wave energy experts from Oregon State University and Cal Poly Humboldt will contribute to research, public information around marine ecosystem impacts. -
Electricity demand in the Northwest is expected to grow more than 30% in the next decade, or about 5% more than estimated last year and triple the prediction three years ago, industry experts said in a new report. -
Oregon’s public four-years already charge some of the highest tuition and fee rates among public universities in the West. -
Experts from the University of Oregon offered generally good news about wildfire risks for the West but uncertainty for Northwest. -
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week denied petitions to reevaluate the project that delivers gas from Canada to the Northwest and northern California. -
The drop in production comes at a time of higher demand for electricity which is expected to continue.
