Erik Neumann
OPB Southwest Washington Bureau Chief / Former JPR News DirectorErik Neumann is OPB’s Southwest Washington Bureau Chief. He has more than a decade of experience as a radio reporter, writer and editor. Before working at OPB, he was JPR's news director and a health care reporter at KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah. Erik has a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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Several missed deadlines for crucial permits for the development of the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas pipeline and terminal in Coos Bay are adding to questions about whether the project will go forward at all. -
Hospitals in Southern Oregon are overwhelmed. The COVID-19 Delta variant has created a surge unlike anything the region has seen during the pandemic. -
On Aug. 16, the Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon reached 100% containment. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Lisa Ellsworth, an assistant professor at Oregon State University who studies fire ecology about what comes next. -
The heat in Oregon is back. Triple digit temperatures this week are prompting communities in Southern Oregon to open cooling shelters this week. -
Southern Oregon State Representative Gary Leif died of cancer in late July. Now, three candidates have been chosen by the Douglas County Republican party as potential replacements to fill the vacant seat in the Oregon House. The choice largely falls on the Douglas County commissioners. -
A planned mass shooting at South Medford High School has been prevented, according to the Medford Police Department. -
A Klamath Falls official representing the city’s new equity task force says he was threatened this week because of his race and sexuality. And he says he’s not the only non-white person in the area concerned for his safety. -
In recent weeks, protests have roiled Siskiyou County. They’ve focused on an officer-involved shooting of a local Southeast Asian American man and restrictions on water used to grow illegal marijuana. Those water restrictions could be voted into law on August 3rd. -
As the Bootleg Fire continues to burn across south central Oregon, some conservationists are beginning to question how the region’s past forest management played a role in the speed of the wildfire’s growth. -
Every year, over a million birds migrate to several National Wildlife Refuges along the Oregon-California border. Low water levels this year pose a serious threat to migratory bird species’ survival. -
The Bootleg Fire in south central Oregon continues to grow. On Wednesday, it had burned more than 212,377 acres. It’s drawing resources from around the state. -
The extremely low water year in the Klamath Basin is prompting the Karuk Tribe to push for new water restrictions to protect salmon in Northern California’s Scott River basin.
