Emily Cureton
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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State and local leaders from rural Oregon seek more power over the COVID-19 response, as state records record number of daily cases and deaths. -
Long after Election Day, thousands of Oregonians’ votes are in limbo. The routine process to prevent fraud could affect the outcome of a close state senate race.
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Nullification of a fraudulent 1865 treaty passes Congress unanimously.
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After organizing a protest, Prineville resident Josie Stanfield got racist threats. When the town's police chief called her a liar, things only got worse.
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An attempt by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to detain two men in Bend did not go as planned Wednesday afternoon, after hundreds of protesters stalled the action for more than 10 hours, leading to a standoff with Border Patrol agents later that night.
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Frustration over 'unattainable' metrics leads to negotiations between state officials and rural leaders.
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Resentments over restrictions boiled over in rural communities with few COVID-19 cases, as local leaders watch large crowds demonstrate for racial equality while church and other gatherings remain prohibited.
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In Central Oregon, an all-Republican county commission is challenging Democratic Gov. Kate Brown’s authority to limit the size of faith gatherings during the pandemic.
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Republican Cliff Bentz won his party’s nomination Tuesday in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, a GOP stronghold unlikely to flip for the Democrats in November.
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Traditional politics are out. And no one is certain what the winning strategy will be in Oregon's only GOP stronghold.
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Some Oregonians are using social media to organize care for neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak. A Facebook group in Bend is teeming with requests and offers to help with childcare and errands.
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The director of clinical services for Harney District Hospital in Burns, Oregon, has a side hustle that cashes in on medical conspiracy theories.
