Joni Auden Land
Oregon Public BroadcastingJoni Auden Land 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.
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Scores of nonviolent protesters were hit with chemical munitions during a union-backed rally Saturday. -
Advocates say the man who allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington D.C. does not represent all Afghans. -
Federalized members of the California National Guard who deployed to Oregon on orders from President Donald Trump are set to return home “in the coming days." -
Federal offices and agencies began reopening in Oregon after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on Wednesday. -
Oregon is among the states that provided full SNAP benefits on Friday. Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that Oregonians will still be able to use SNAP benefits they already recieved. -
Attorneys for Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez argue his rights to due process were violated when immigration enforcement officials arrested him last month. -
Four homes have been lost to the Flat Fire as it continues to threaten nearly 4,000 homes in Deschutes and Jefferson counties. -
Outside of Portland, protests drew hundreds of people in Tigard, Madras, Pendleton, Medford and elsewhere across Oregon on Saturday, as part of the national “Hands Off” day of action. -
Despite many public warnings ahead of the summer, Oregon still saw multiple accidental drownings this year. -
The process could look slightly different since Gov. Tina Kotek paused the Motor Voter program last week. -
Oregon is the only state that has no impeachment clause for statewide elected officials. -
Meteorologists, whether in an office or near a wildfire, say it’s been an incredibly busy summer tracking and forecasting the wildfires across Oregon.
