Courtney Sherwood
Oregon Public BroadcastingCourtney Sherwood is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
Courtney is a past recipient of a Wharton Business Journalists Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Grinnell College.
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Heavy winds and steep terrain allowed the fire to take hold and grow. Meanwhile, more than 6,000 personnel are deployed to other fires burning across Oregon. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office told OPB Friday that hackers had gained access to an Oregon water district’s core operating technology. Officials would not identify which water district was targeted. -
It’s been a low-snow year for slopes across Oregon, including Mt. Ashland. -
Weather whiplash is in the forecast for much of Oregon, with warm temperatures expected to arrive just days after heavy rain brought flood alerts across a broad stretch of the state. -
The Cascade Subduction Zone affects where the ocean meets the land, and that land is rising in some parts of the Oregon Coast. -
The effort to build an ICE detention center was put on hold after community members raised concerns – and then sued to keep a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter in Newport, which court filings show was moved in the midst of ICE’s construction efforts. -
An Oregon company is blaming President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill for more than 100 layoff notices it sent to staff two days before Christmas. -
Tax credits for renewable energy developers will be phased out under the Republican-backed federal budget bill. Advocates say the Trump administration is going too far with strict new rules before then. -
The entire U.S. West Coast is under a tsunami advisory Tuesday evening, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake sent shockwaves across the land and sea several hours earlier. -
Congressional Republicans have passed their sweeping domestic policy bill. In Oregon, the impacts of the legislation will be significant. -
Rep. Cliff Bentz was among those questioning the proposal -
The federal government could start selling off thousands of acres of Oregon public lands if provisions added to the Big Beautiful Bill win Congressional approval.
