Emily Cureton Cook
Central Oregon Bureau Chief | OPBEmily Cureton is OPB’s Central Oregon Bureau Chief. She's the former producer of the Jefferson Exchange on JPR and has contributed award-winning programming to Georgia Public Broadcasting. She began her career as a journalist reporting for community newspapers like the Del Norte Triplicate in Crescent City, California, and the Big Bend Sentinel in Marfa, Texas. Emily graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with degrees in history, studio art and Russian. Among other adventures, she’s driven a van from Oregon to Costa Rica and hiked from the California coast to the Pacific Crest in Ashland. Send her feedback and story ideas at ecureton@opb.org.
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Oregon has protected land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Lake County since 1944. Water is another story. -
In Malheur County’s Cow Valley, state regulators have ignored known issues with overpumping groundwater, leaving the region at risk of economic and ecological damage that will be difficult to reverse.
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Oregon lawmakers heard grim updates from state experts in water science, wildlife, emergency management, and public health at the legislature’s Water Committee meeting Wednesday.
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Health leaders in Grant and Harney counties cite fears of worker shortages as the virus surges among unvaccinated people. Legislators claim mandates will backfire in the long run, and further entrench vaccine skeptics.
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Air-to-water technology is seen as one way to help solve Warm Springs reservation's water woes.
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As Biden mulls a $1.7B bump, Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen says last year’s fire season was a call to action. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon agrees.
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The rate of teens testing positive for COVID-19 has more than tripled, as their schools bear down on safety protocols.
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In Grant County, health officials see more illness, and three deaths, while vaccines sit in the fridge.
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Rep. Cliff Bentz split over an immigration bill: "We're losing control of our food supply."
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Mass protests have brought attention to racism in systems, actions and beliefs. But as 15-year-old Lily Gallentine discovered, hate can also take shape in objects.
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The president faces an article of impeachment for inciting a riot in the U.S. Capitol, but the insurrection that unfolded last week was in step with extremist movements that have ties to county commissioners, legislators and other leaders in the state.
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It’s been more than a month since rising virus cases prompted Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to issue more emergency public health orders. Now, defiance is growing.
