Emily Cureton Cook
Oregon Public BroadcastingEmily Cureton Cook is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Emily is 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.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
![Warm Springs Economic Development Corporation CEO Jim Souers, pictured June 21, 2021, says the hyrdo panels should last 10-15 years, and applauds the technology as largely self-sustaining: "I've got panels, I've got a spring bar in a building. I open the door. This is less than one [full time employee] to maintain."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a517ec9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/767x427+0+42/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2F9e%2Ff4cda03b402d9f8d06c744c421e1%2Fcbdabcr6pjda7pq2qhlb7uyetu.jpg)
Air-to-water technology is seen as one way to help solve Warm Springs reservation's water woes. -
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. -
The rate of teens testing positive for COVID-19 has more than tripled, as their schools bear down on safety protocols. -
In Grant County, health officials see more illness, and three deaths, while vaccines sit in the fridge. -
Rep. Cliff Bentz split over an immigration bill: "We're losing control of our food supply." -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
![Warm Springs Economic Development Corporation CEO Jim Souers, pictured June 21, 2021, says the hyrdo panels should last 10-15 years, and applauds the technology as largely self-sustaining: "I've got panels, I've got a spring bar in a building. I open the door. This is less than one [full time employee] to maintain."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a895ca9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/767x427+0+42/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2F9e%2Ff4cda03b402d9f8d06c744c421e1%2Fcbdabcr6pjda7pq2qhlb7uyetu.jpg)
