Justin Higginbottom
Reporter | 老夫子传媒Justin Higginbottom has worked in print and radio journalism in Utah as well as abroad with stints in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He spent a year reporting from Thailand, India and Myanmar where he covered the Myanmar civil war. He鈥檚 also been a contributor to NPR, CNBC, The New Republic, and Deutsche Welle (Germany鈥檚 public media organization). Now he鈥檚 happy to be back in the West where he enjoys public lands and skiing. Justin can be reached at higginbottomj@sou.edu.
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Three new lawsuits have been filed against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center and former nurse Dani Marie Schofield. The hospital could now face over $477 million in damages. -
Hundreds of farmers in Humboldt County owe cannabis cultivation taxes. The county decided what to do about an approaching deadline for those growers to either pay or lose their licenses. -
For years, an organic dairy farm in Del Norte County has claimed their animals were treated humanely. A recent lawsuit alleges otherwise. -
Heavy rains battered areas of Southern Oregon this weekend, resulting in widespread flooding and damage. -
President Donald Trump said he would target colleges that saw large pro-Palestinan protests in an effort to combat on-campus anti-semitism. Cal Poly Humboldt activists are wary. -
The county is aiming to cut its workforce in the face of budget woes. -
Millions of dollars have become available for medications to treat opioid addiction in Oregon jails. That鈥檚 given Jackson County a rare sign of hope in the opioid epidemic. -
A Ninth Circuit court decision has ended legal protections for officers responding to some mental health emergencies. That鈥檚 changing which calls police will answer. -
Due to the spread of avian influenza, the price of eggs 鈥� if you can find them 鈥� has remained high. That鈥檚 led to more people buying backyard chickens in the Rogue Valley. -
Humboldt County is getting around to enforcing a cannabis growing tax passed in 2016. Many farmers aren鈥檛 ready.
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Pauses in funding are shutting down wildfire prevention and education programs. -
In December, United States Department of Agriculture inspectors found underfed lions with protruding ribs.
