Roman Battaglia
Reporter | Jefferson Public RadioAfter graduating from Oregon State University, Roman came to JPR as part of the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism in 2019. He then joined Delaware Public Media as a Report For America fellow before returning to the west coast. When not out in the field, Roman enjoys travelling and finding new books.
Get in touch with Roman at battaglir@sou.edu
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A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day. -
Postal workers across the country protested Thursday against fears the agency could be privatized. In rural areas like Northern California, the impacts could be worse. -
Shasta County’s old courthouse building is going to be demolished. That’s after a vote by county supervisors on Tuesday. -
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley said the nation is already in a constitutional crisis. He made these remarks at a town hall event in Ashland, his first following a dramatic vote in the U.S. Senate to keep the government open. -
One of the first endangered California condors released by the Yurok Tribe has died from lead poisoning. -
Demolition began this week at the North Medford High School gym, where the roof collapsed last month. -
The historic Holly Theatre in downtown Medford plans to reopen its doors Thursday after a $13 million fundraising campaign. -
An Arizona businessman said he stumbled across the abandoned plan for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Southern Oregon. Now he’s trying to resurrect the controversial project. -
The Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the scientists behind the plan say it hasn’t been very successful. It cost thousands of timber industry jobs and failed to protect vulnerable species. Now that the government is reconsidering it, the scientists reflect on what was considered the best option 31 years ago.
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The Eureka City Council overwhelmingly voted to become a sanctuary city on Tuesday night. The city decided to do it in the face of possible backlash from the federal government. -
Public safety agencies in Shasta County say they don’t have enough resources to do their job. The county Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Thursday to learn more. -
Federal funding that was supposed to be used to build a wildlife crossing spanning I-5 south of Ashland has been paused amid a larger review of transportation grants by the Trump Administration..
