April Ehrlich
ReporterApril Ehrlich is a reporter at Jefferson Public Radio. She covers a little bit of everything, including stories about wildfires, poverty and homelessness, and cannabis. She focuses on in-depth investigative journalism and data reporting. She advocates for journalists across Oregon as the vice president of the Oregon territory chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Reach her at 541-552-7075 or ehrlicha@sou.edu.
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Police officers often deal with cases involving drug addiction, mental illness, and homelessness. These often require skills that are more like social work than law enforcement. But is using police the best way to deal with social issues such as homelessness in Jackson County? -
Jackson and Josephine counties have seen a spike of more than two-dozen confirmed coronavirus cases in a single week that health officials are tracing to two small, private parties.
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Three geographic features in Southern Oregon all have the words “dead indian” in their names, but that could change.
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Contact tracing is a crucial part of getting a handle on the coronavirus. But Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is warning people to watch out for scammers who are posing as contact tracers.
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Some Shasta County residents are bringing attention to a case in which a black man died suspiciously in the late 1990s. This is following several recent deaths in which black men died by hanging.
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When a natural disaster like a wildfire hits, the Red Cross usually sets up an emergency shelter at a school gym or church. But the coronavirus pandemic will change that.
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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.
