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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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Thursday approved 26 counties to move to Phase 2 of her reopening plan as soon as Friday.
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Real estate agents say the coronavirus pandemic may have homebuyers turning their attention to smaller cities and rural areas.
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More than 1,000 people rallied in front of Medford City Hall on Monday to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other black people at the hands of police.
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Oregon state agencies this week provided thousands of masks and bottles of hand sanitizer to agricultural workers across the state.
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Despite a couple of weeks of light rain, Southern Oregon continues to struggle with extreme drought conditions.
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Humboldt County’s first coronavirus-related deaths have come from an outbreak at an assisted living facility.
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Several hundred people crowded around the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse Saturday to oppose Gov. Kate Brown's coronavirus restrictions and support a range of conservative causes.
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The Oregon State Police is bracing for major budget cuts later this month due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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After a nearly three-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Census is now picking up the 2020 count again in certain states, including Oregon.
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Oregon’s wildfire agency is starting the fire season with a budget that is well below what it’s expected to need. It will also need to make even deeper cuts after revenue shortfalls resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Yurok Tribe this week joined seven other tribal governments in suing the federal government for not disbursing coronavirus relief funds.
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City and county leaders in Oregon say they have yet to receive their share of a federal aid package the state received late last month.