Donald Orr
Reporter | OPBDonald Orr is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He was a news production assistant for OPB through the Emerging Northwest Journalists Internship created by AAJA-Portland and the Society for Professional Journalists Oregon. He is an alum of NPR’s Next Generation Radio. He’s previously worked as station manager and productions director for his college radio station, KBVR-FM, and was a news contributor for Orange Media Network at Oregon State University.
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Oregon residents who are still waiting for their unemployment benefits can apply for a one-time payment of $500 in emergency relief starting Wednesday. -
The Oregon State Police denied that a trooper flashed a racist hand gesture during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Capitol in Salem on Saturday. -
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a class-action lawsuit Sunday, claiming Portland police are targeting and attacking journalists on duty at protests. -
The sentencing of Jeremy Christian has been postponed again, according to the Multnomah Circuit Court. -
Oregon is on the verge of its next major step toward reopening the state’s businesses and institutions, as coronavirus case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths are flattening out.
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Protests rolled through Portland for a third night Sunday as civic leaders and elected officials grappled with how to respond to both increasingly large demonstrations and Oregon’s legacy of institutional racism. -
Mountain rescue crews were busy this Memorial Day weekend after being dispatched twice to save stranded climbers on Mount Hood. -
In a letter to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has asked for federal assistance toward stopping the community spread of COVID-19 in Oregon. -
Oregon health officials have identified a third presumptive case of COVID-19 Monday for an adult living in Umatilla County. The person has been hospitalized in Walla Walla, Washington.
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Officials with the Oregon Health Authority announced Sunday evening the second presumptive case of COVID-19 in Oregon. -
The Bureau of Land Management announced a proposal Friday that would fund up to 11,000 miles of strategic fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah in an effort to better control wildfires.
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Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency Friday in Umatilla, Union, and Wallowa counties after severe flooding, increased snowmelt, landslides and erosion struck northeastern Oregon.
