April Ehrlich
Oregon Public BroadcastingApril Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the impacts of wildfires on marginalized groups. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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Two educators in Grants Pass are on leave after they started an online campaign pushing back against efforts to accommodate transgender students. -
A new staging area for wildfire disaster trailers has rumors flying and has attracted visitors armed with guns. -
Ashland is soon opening an urban campground for unsheltered people. Homeless advocates say this is part of a trend of smaller communities welcoming alternative shelters. -
Hundreds of families in Talent and other cities in Jackson County are still scrambling to find a place to live six months after the Almeda Fire.They’re calling on government officials to do more. -
A new study shows that adding seaweed to cows' diet could significantly reduce their impacts on climate change. -
Oregon environmental regulators are fining a contractor tens of thousands of dollars for mishandling hazardous wildfire debris at a mobile home park. -
The Klamath Basin is facing another year of drought. Klamath County commissioners have requested that Gov. Kate Brown make a state-level declaration. -
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s office reached a settlement with four hotels due to price gouging during last year’s wildfires. -
Many rural counties in the West rely on a federal program to help fund schools, roads and law enforcement. But they could see their last payment weeks from now. -
Jackson County leaders are hosting a public hearing on Thursday for people to air their grievances about state COVID restrictions — even though the governor decreased the county’s COVID risk levels this week. -
It’s been five months since wildfires destroyed thousands of homes across Oregon, including 2,500 in Jackson County. State lawmakers with the Oregon House Wildfire Recovery Committee held a public hearing Wednesday night for people to share their stories. -
It’s been nearly a year since the Oregon Shakespeare Festival had live performances on its stages because of the pandemic. Now the festival has announced that its new season will have a creative mix of digital and live productions.
