Angela Decker
Morning Edition Host | Jefferson Exchange ProducerAngela Decker joined JPR in 2016 after a long history in print journalism. She's a JPR host of Morning Edition and also a co-producer of the Jefferson Exchange, uncovering interesting topics and booking guests to discuss them. When she's not at JPR, Angela is a freelance writer and part-time poet. She's the mother of two hungry teens and too many pets.
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For some, it’s practically a legend. In 2004, a group of local officials, including Oregon State Senator Peter Courtney, were touring the Oregon State Hospital in Salem and came across a small, neglected structure. Inside it, they discovered over 3,600 copper cans containing unclaimed cremated human remains, or cremains. Courtney called it the “room of forgotten souls.” -
The Ashland Independent Film Festival has been a growing cultural force in our region, and increasingly around the country, over its 20 years in existence. Yes, 20 years.
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Recently, I had to insist my husband go on a “news cleanse” when I found he’d been awake into the wee hours most nights reading article after news article about the snowballing impact of the novel coronavirus.
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About 30 gray whales have washed up dead along the west coast this year. Scientists say they expect some migrating whale deaths, but the high number is…
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UPDATE: Friday, Feb. 15, 4:30 p.m. -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company issued this update:ORIGINAL POST: Thursday, Feb. 14, 3:30 p.m. -- Shasta County and…
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More adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are thriving in their communities, living in foster homes rather than…
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In January of 1852, mule-packers John Poole and James Cluggage, owners of ‘Jackass Freight,’ were carrying supplies from the Willamette Valley to…
