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 Republican state senator introduced a bill that would ask Oregon voters if they want to end the state’s long-standing vote-by-mail system. The bill got so much public testimony that it overwhelmed the state’s website. -
A new state assessment of a proposed wind turbine project in Shasta County found that the project isn’t critical enough to override county law. -
The elections clerk in Shasta County is resigning at the end of April. He was appointed less than a year ago after the previous clerk stepped down. -
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.
