Meerah Powell
Reporter & Producer | OPBMeerah Powell is a general assignment and breaking news reporter for OPB. She previously worked as a news reporter and podcast producer for Eugene Weekly in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon. Along with writing and audio work, Meerah also has experience with photography and videography. She graduated from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication.
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Starting Monday, Oregon State Parks will begin charging non-Oregon residents an additional fee for overnight stays. -
More than 400 people in about 40 states, and Canada, have been sickened in the outbreak tied to red onions. -
The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that the state had recovered more than 82,000 nonfarm, payroll jobs in the past two months. -
Gov. Kate Brown said Saturday that she wants to wait on the U.S. Congress for any additional aid that could help Oregon before convening a second special session of the Legislature. -
Jeremy Christian, the man who stabbed and killed two men and injured a third on a TriMet MAX train in 2017, was sentenced Wednesday to two life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole. -
“I blame the system for creating and facilitating people like Jeremy (Christian),” Demetria Hester said in court. -
At a minimum, Jeremy Christian faces at least life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years for the murders of two men, including one who was raised in Ashland, aboard a light rail train in Portland in 2017. -
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said it's facing a $22 million budget gap due to the coronavirus pandemic. -
The Oregon Employment Department on Wednesday said it has processed most of the backlog of its oldest regular unemployment insurance claims. It is now shifting its focus to gig workers, contract workers and self-employed people. -
Jeremy Christian, the man convicted of stabbing and killing two men and injuring a third on a Portland MAX train in 2017, is now set to be sentenced on June 23. -
Acting Oregon Employment Department Director David Gerstenfeld said the department has made progress in lessening its backlog, bettering its communication and making materials more accessible. -
As hair salons, tattoo studios and other businesses begin reopening around Oregon, people are navigating how to get back to work in fields where close physical contact is required.
