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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The Bonneville Power Administration is attempting to rehire the staff it fired last month, after weeks of public outcry against the Trump administration鈥檚 cuts to the self-funded federal agency. -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face job cuts as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. -
Eighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and 鈥� at times 鈥� an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth. -
The Bonneville Power Administration is bringing back 30 employees it fired last week, according to multiple sources familiar with the agency鈥檚 operations. -
Linemen, engineers among hundreds of staff to leave Bonneville Power Administration as Trump trims workforce -
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.
