Amelia Templeton
Reporter | OPBAmelia Templeton is a multimedia reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, covering Portland city hall, justice and local news. She was previously a reporter for EarthFix, an award-winning public media project covering the environment in the Northwest.
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. Amelia has also worked as a freelance journalist for NPR, American Public Media's Marketplace, and CBS News. From 2007 to 2009 she was a Refugee Policy Analyst with Human Rights First in Washington, D.C.
She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College.
Amelia enjoys hiking, exploring the Northwest, and raising chickens in her backyard.
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A rise in home testing and a decrease in disease severity has masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s sewers don’t lie. -
What does the current wave say about the long-term trajectory of the pandemic?
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No longer convinced their employer is committed to service, roughly a third of nurses employed by Providence stand ready to strike if their pay and policy demands aren’t met.
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The nonprofit is leasing a medical office in Ontario, Ore., as the legal right to an abortion is contested in nearby Idaho.
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Oregon has joined the list of states suing a pair of Illinois businesses that allegedly provided inaccurate covid-19 tests while funneling money to the owners.
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Experts say it is unlikely to fuel a large spike in new cases like the original omicron wave.
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A discernable flu season has been absent in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Recent data suggests that could soon change.
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A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage.
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The governors of Oregon, Washington and California have announced they will lift their mask mandates for schools on the same date, after the CDC changed its guidelines.
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A a policy shift in the Oregon Health Plan could make it easier for doctors to bill the state for treatments categorized as unimportant in the past — from removing a crayon from a kid's nose to inpatient care for children with severe autism.
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Salem Health in Oregon is a major hospital, but the omicron onslaught has strained the staff like never before. Still, they show up. For the patients, and for each other. And some see signs of hope.
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More than 700 days have passed since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Oregon. Deep into the second year of the pandemic, the staff at Salem's only hospital are fighting to keep serving all the patients that come through their doors, without breaking under the pressure.
