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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The next phase of the controversial Jordan Cove Energy Project is now moving to the federal courts. Opponents say the proposal doesn’t meet state and federal environmental laws. -
From restaurants to retail shops, businesses have begun to reopen two months after Governor Kate Brown ordered them shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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Federal energy officials say they won’t reconsider their conditional approval of a liquified natural gas pipeline and coastal export terminal in Southern Oregon.
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Skarlatos will face DeFazio, Spenser will take on Bentz to fill Greg Walden's shoes, no new jail for Jackson County and more.
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More businesses are beginning to re-open their doors, after the state began easing restrictions last Friday after two months of pandemic-related shutdowns. For many, it’s a bumpy road.
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced late Friday that it won’t open its doors again in 2020.
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An extended ban on large gatherings during the pandemic caused the Britt Festival to call off the rest of its season.
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A lengthy list of landowners and conservation groups – as well as several Oregon state agencies -- is looking to reverse the recent federal approval of the Jordan Cove Energy Project.
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Thousands of businesses in Oregon have laid off workers in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, newly jobless Oregonians trying to get unemployment…
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A winter shelter in Ashland closed early because of the coronavirus pandemic. Like other homeless shelters across the country, organizers were concerned…
