Justin Higginbottom
Reporter | Jefferson Public RadioJustin Higginbottom has worked in print and radio journalism in Utah as well as abroad with stints in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He spent a year reporting from Thailand, India and Myanmar where he covered the Myanmar civil war. He’s also been a contributor to NPR, CNBC, The New Republic, and Deutsche Welle (Germany’s public media organization). Now he’s happy to be back in the West where he enjoys public lands and skiing. Justin can be reached at higginbottomj@sou.edu.
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Reaching a doctor can be difficult in rural Klamath County. A new mobile clinic is bringing care closer to home. -
The owner of the Grants Pass Tribune must pay damages to Chris Barnett after not properly responding to libel complaint. -
The Ashland City Council took the first step in changing how police can seek bans of repeat offenders from the city’s two enhanced law enforcement areas. -
The public comment period for rescinding the "roadless rule" ends this week. Federal forest land along the Oregon-California border could be affected. -
A lawsuit alleges Jackson County and Wellpath, a company that provides health care services at the jail, violated the rights of an inmate who died in custody. -
A federal lawsuit claims Medford authorities violated the constitutional rights of those working for harm-reduction group Stabbin’ Wagon. -
Curry County commissioners floated the idea of leasing tens of thousands of acres of federal land for logging. The U.S. Forest Service said no. Commissioners now say that was all part of the plan. -
In March of last year, voters passed a ballot measure making Shasta a charter county. But officials missed a critical step after that election. -
The Almeda Fire was a wake-up call for many in the Rogue Valley, where evacuations and coordination between emergency departments were somewhat chaotic. Since then, first responders and residents have worked to apply what they learned. -
Ashland police have opened a homicide investigation after finding a man dead from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend. -
Curry County has proposed leasing 80,000 acres of national forest land for timber harvests and tree thinning. -
Police have arrested the owner of West Coast Game Park Safari after raiding the roadside zoo this spring.
