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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In December, United States Department of Agriculture inspectors found underfed lions with protruding ribs. -
Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired over the weekend, including some in Southern Oregon and Northern California. -
The unique legal status of Native American tribes creates an opportunity that some use to host high-interest, online lending companies. -
Providence Medford says striking nurses have rejected a contract offer by the hospital, continuing as part of one of the largest health care worker walkouts in the state鈥檚 history. -
Curry County is considering taking over management of federal forests within its borders by applying a novel legal strategy used by a county in Arizona.
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Non-logging forestry work, like planting trees or fuels reduction, is big business in Oregon. But if you鈥檙e picturing those doing this work as classic lumberjacks 鈥� plaid shirts, big beards, white guys 鈥� think again. Foreign guest workers make up much of this labor. And Jackson County is a national center for the industry. -
The Trump administration鈥檚 planned undocumented immigration crackdown has spread anxiety in some immigrant communities. We asked Southwestern Oregon sheriffs if their policies on immigration enforcement have changed. -
The non-profit group Disability Rights Oregon and five disabled homeless residents have sued the city of Grants Pass claiming new camping restrictions violate state laws. -
A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows Humboldt residents to fight against county cannabis fines they claim are unconstitutional. -
A statewide walkout of Providence health care workers continues with little progress on negotiations. -
Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago. -
The Curry County Board of Commissioners has sued their sheriff in the latest escalation of tensions between the offices.
