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, including 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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A developer says his proposed destination resort in Central Oregon will actually benefit the environment. Opponents say it exemplifies injustice in Oregon water law. -
As more wells go dry, a developer in Oregon's fastest growing region maneuvers for water rights.
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An Oregon wildlife official shot and killed a cougar Sunday after the animal attracted the gunfire of armed residents in a neighborhood south of Bend.
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Oregon has protected land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Lake County since 1944. Water is another story.
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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."
