Courtney Sherwood
Oregon Public BroadcastingCourtney Sherwood is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
Courtney is a past recipient of a Wharton Business Journalists Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Grinnell College.
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Climate change is bleak, it鈥檚 accelerating and it鈥檚 affecting lives around the globe 鈥� but it鈥檚 not too late to prevent the worst, according to a report led by Oregon State University researchers that鈥檚 drawing notice from around the world. -
In a typical year, the agency hires more than 1,000 summer workers for temporary roles in Oregon and Washington鈥檚 federal forests. -
More Oregonians had their electricity or natural gas service cut off in April than at any time in the six years the state鈥檚 been tracking disconnections, according to a presentation the head of the Oregon Citizens鈥� Utility Board gave to a state Senate committee this week. -
PacifiCorp can鈥檛 limit how much it will have to pay for wildfire damage in Oregon, under a decision Thursday by state utility regulators. -
At least 10 birds covered with oil have been found along the Northwest coast between Long Beach, Washington, and Lincoln City, Oregon, since Sunday. Three of them died. -
Many Oregonians whose homes were destroyed in 2020 wildfires will soon be protected from potentially massive property tax bills waiting for them after they rebuild. -
Much of Oregon's 2024 short session was focused on housing regulations and drug criminalization, putting many of the state's lands and climate policies on the backburner. -
Oregon Health Authority staff say a look at behavioral health treatment across the state will help it map out solutions. -
For Pacific Northwest residents with ties to Ukraine, this week鈥檚 headlines have been more than alarming. Russia鈥檚 full-scale attack on previously unoccupied Ukrainian territory by air, land and sea is an attack on their ancestral homeland and, for many people, a threat to friends and family members as well. -
Much of Oregon is in high or extreme fire danger, with red flag warnings in effect for hot, dry, windy conditions and dry thunderstorms. -
Temperatures climbed into the mid-90s in Portland and the Willamette Valley on Tuesday, and could be up to 105 in parts of Eastern Oregon Wednesday. With wind and thunderstorms forecast for South Central Oregon, officials are warning of potential fire danger. -
Restaurants and bars will be able to return to some in-person service under a framework unveiled by Gov. Kate Brown.
