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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Public health officials from Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties said they're suspending outreach to private medical practices and other health workers who still want access to the COVID-19 vaccine, due to limited supply. -
It would take roughly double the current supply to fully vaccinate every adult Oregonian by the end of fall. Then there's the need for trained staff and the volunteers to support them, a plan for essential workers, getting the vaccine to pharmacies, and a campaign to tell the public about all of the above.
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Stay home, avoid parties of any kind and remember you are most likely to get COVID-19 from your own friends and family. That's the message from the governor as COVID-19 cases spike in Oregon.
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Oregon would be the first state in the nation to do away with criminal charges and jail time for personal drug possession. Starting next year, drug use cases would be handled in civil court. Individuals would be given a choice between a fine and completing a health assessment.
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Supporters say the goal is to take people who are addicted to drugs out of the criminal justice system and to treat their addiction as a medical problem. Opponents counter the measure goes to far toward decriminalization without investing enough in treatment.
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Nine have died, and law enforcement officials say that number is unlikely to rise.
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State officials are using it as a cautionary tale to keep virus transmission down as the Labor Day weekend approaches.
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Case investigation and contact tracing are key to slowing COVID-19. Oregon may not have enough people doing it.
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Union County in eastern Oregon is now battling the state's single largest outbreak of COVID-19 yet, according to public health officials.
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Portland’s mayor is planning to introduce an ordinance that would force short term rental companies like Airbnb to take down unpermitted rentals or share their host data with the city.
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A new report estimates about 2% of the Portland metro area’s population, or 38,000 people, were homeless at some point in 2017.
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A federal judge has ruled that President Trump and the attorney general wrongfully interfered with about $6 million in federal grants for law enforcement in Oregon.
