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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Douglas fir trees around Ashland are dying in the thousands. It’s one example of how our changing climate is affecting forests in the region. -
This summer JPR welcomes James Kelley, our sixth intern in the program. James joins JPR from Oregon State University where he was the city editor of OSU’s student-led publication, the Daily Barometer and where he hosted a radio show on KBVR FM. JPR News Director Erik Neumann spoke with James, who will be arriving in Ashland this June. -
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors recently proclaimed a local emergency related to concerns about heavy metals being present in the Klamath River. California's regional water board says those worries are overblown. -
At the end of the Oregon legislative session this week, lawmakers approved funding of nearly $6 million for a handful of arts and cultural organizations. -
Approximately 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry are believed to have died while passing through the lowest dam on the Klamath River in late February. -
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced more than $72 million for the Klamath Basin on Wednesday. -
JPR News Director Erik Neumann spoke with OPB politics reporter Lauren Dake about what the legislature will focus on during the upcoming short legislative session. -
Construction crews blasted a hole in the Copco No. 1 dam on Tuesday. It’s the final dam of four that will be removed in the hydroelectric reach of the Klamath River this year. -
'It means the river has a future': Advocates cheer milestone as water flows from a Klamath River damThis week, water started being released from a reservoir on the Klamath River, kicking off the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
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The next big phase of the Klamath River Dam removal started this week. It's the largest dam removal in U.S. history and is expected to last through 2024. -
In the coming weeks, water will be let out from behind the three remaining dams on the Klamath River. A century's worth of sediment that has piled up behind the dams will also flow downriver. -
The Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford is working with law enforcement to investigate allegations that misuse of opioids at the hospital resulted in deadly infections.
