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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On Friday, a federal judge sentenced a Klamath Falls man convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women. -
The federal government has approved a new casino for the Coquille Indian Tribe in Medford. That comes after over a decade of pushback from state and local officials, as well as other tribes in the region. -
Oregon鈥檚 Providence hospitals and nearly 5,000 of its workers have yet to agree on terms to bump wages and address staffing shortages. -
President Biden established two national monuments on Tuesday, spanning over 800,000 acres. One of those protected areas is located near Mt. Shasta. -
This year the Redding Police Department is losing one of its teams trained in responding to mental health emergencies. -
Providence hospital staff gave a 10-day notice for the largest strike of health care workers in Oregon鈥檚 history. The walkout includes nurses in the Rogue Valley. -
As wolf populations grow in Southern Oregon, ranchers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep the protected animals away from their livestock. -
After over a decade of legal wrangling, a proposed new casino in Medford run by the Coquille Indian Tribe is close to federal approval. Tribes opposed to the project aren鈥檛 done fighting.
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Oregon has sued the companies that allegedly botched construction of homes for Jackson County wildfire survivors. -
Some residents of Northern California are trying a new tactic to stop U.S. military aid to Israel: a class-action lawsuit against their Congressional representatives. -
Despite nationwide overdose deaths dropping in 2023 鈥� the first decrease in over five years 鈥� deaths in Oregon rose. -
New therapists in private practice will no longer be able to bill Oregon鈥檚 largest Medicaid providerOregon鈥檚 largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, is making a policy change that some therapists say could reduce mental health services to low-income people.
