Liam Moriarty
News DirectorLiam Moriarty has been covering news in the Pacific Northwest for more than 25 years. He's reported on a wide range of topics – including politics, the environment, business, social issues and more – for newspapers, magazines, public radio and digital platforms.
Liam was JPR News Director from 2002 to 2005, reporting and producing the Jefferson Daily regional news magazine. After covering the environment in Seattle, then reporting on European issues from France, he returned to JPR in 2013 to cover the stories and issues that are important to the people of Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Liam was promoted to JPR News Director on May 1, 2019.
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Federal energy regulators Tuesday denied an effort by the Jordan Cove Energy Project to sidestep the State of Oregon’s denial of a key permit. The ruling casts serious doubt on the project’s viability. -
A small group of homeless people and advocates is camping in a little-used parking structure near the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in downtown Ashland.
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“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!” screams the exasperated Jacobim Mugatu, Will Ferrill’s fashionista character in the 2001 comedy Zoolander.
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A violent mob supporting President Donald Trump broke windows and overwhelmed police in Washington D.C. Wednesday, forcing their way into the Capitol building. Their actions drew rebukes from members of Oregon and California’s Congressional delegations, though some officials responded more forcefully than others.
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Some Democrats in the Oregon legislature say the state should opt out of several tax breaks that were a part of last spring’s $2 trillion federal COVID-19 relief package.
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A new report finds the decline in resident killer whale populations along the West Coast is due not only to various long-term human influences, but to direct human-caused harm, as well.
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A malicious software attack on a large web-hosting company in Minnesota has taken down Jackson County’s primary public website.
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One of the great things about being a journalist is that it’s rarely boring. It’s called “news” because new things are happening all the time.
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Governor Kate Brown came to the Rogue Valley Monday to get a first-hand look at the devastation caused by the Almeda Fire. After her tour of the damage in Phoenix and Talent, the governor spoke via cell phone with JPR’s Liam Moriarty about what she saw and what the state government can do to help.
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The controversial Jordan Cove Energy Project in Southern Oregon is among dozens of infrastructure projects being fast-tracked under a presidential order meant to stimulate the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oregon State Police believe the latest shooting is linked to several previous incidents along a stretch of I-5 in Douglas, Josephine and Jackson Counties.
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Several conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against federal wildlife managers for not approving endangered species protections for the California spotted owl.
