Liam Moriarty
Digital News EditorLiam Moriarty has been covering news in the Pacific Northwest for three decades. He's reported on a wide range of topics – including politics, the environment, business, social issues and more.
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 and was promoted to News Director in 2019 to oversee JPR's expanded newsroom.
Liam retired as News Director at the end of 2021. He now edits and curates the news on JPR's website and digital platforms.
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Officials in Klamath County say a Nigeria-based email phishing scam last week resulted in personal information of some county workers and clients being…
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Oregon’s Second District Congress member Greg Walden says he believes stakeholders in the Klamath Basin can come together again to negotiate a…
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Students at Ashland High School joined others across the region – and the nation – in a walkout Wednesday morning to raise awareness about gun…
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In Klamath Falls Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order declaring a drought emergency in Klamath County.
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In Klamath Falls Tuesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed an executive order declaring a drought emergency in Klamath County. This is the 11th time a…
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The crest of the Siskiyou Mountains runs along the Oregon-California border, linking the Coast Range with the Cascades. Ranchers have grazed cattle on the…
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A Utah Congressman’s attempt to get the Trump Administration to reverse an Obama-era ban on mining in southwest Oregon has failed.Nickel mines proposed in…
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A survey by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that 97 percent of the wheelchair curb ramps the department is responsible for don’t fully meet…
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Last year’s intense fire season led to calls for more “treatment” of federal forests to remove excess fuel that can make for bigger, hotter wildfires.
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Last year’s intense fire season led to calls for more “treatment” of federal forests to remove excess fuel that can make for bigger, hotter wildfires.In…
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Several thousand people gathered in Medford’s Hawthorne Park and marched to downtown on Saturday for the second annual Southern Oregon Women’s March. Many…
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If you haven’t voted yet in the special election on Oregon’s ballot Measure 101, you still have time. It’s too late to mail your ballot, but you have…