Erik Neumann
News DirectorErik Neumann is JPR's news director. He earned a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and joined JPR as a reporter in 2019 after working at NPR member station KUER in Salt Lake City. Erik grew up alongside the Puget Sound and is passionate about the power of narrative storytelling to explore the issues that impact people's lives. He has a diverse range of experience in public radio 鈥� reporter, host, producer of live events, and teacher of radio production to young people at Youth Radio in Oakland. Reach Erik at: neumanne1@sou.edu
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The Rogue Valley鈥檚 largest newspaper, the Medford Mail Tribune, announced it will cease all operations this week. -
In October, before the election, I covered a story about election deniers and claims of voting irregularities in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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A new program aimed at improving the health of imperiled salt lakes across the American West is moving forward, thanks to legislation passed by Congress this week. -
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Humboldt County in Northern California at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. -
The federal Bureau of Reclamation is considering reducing the amount of water sent down the Klamath River by up to 40% over the coming winter months. A draft proposal released this month outlined the cuts ahead of another possible drought year. -
On Thursday afternoon, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Iron Gate Dam, along the Klamath River, to celebrate its decommissioning in what will be part of the largest dam removal and river restoration project in U.S. history. -
Last summer, a wildfire destroyed much of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in Weed, California. Residents鈥� access to state and federal assistance will determine whether this historically Black neighborhood will be able to stay together. -
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This election season, county clerks in Southern Oregon and Northern California have reported hearing about so-called 鈥渧oter integrity鈥� groups questioning residents at their homes. The activity has been seen as voter intimidation by some, and it's part of a broader national trend motivated by election conspiracy theorists. -
Southern Oregon University is facing a challenging financial path ahead as it deals with declining enrollment. SOU president Rick Bailey told faculty and staff on Tuesday morning that the school is facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. -
Administrators at Southern Oregon University announced the largest gift in the school鈥檚 150-year history on Wednesday night. Approximately $12 million will be donated to SOU from Lithia Motors, the Medford-based auto dealership.
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A conversation with Will Harling of the Mid Klamath Watershed Council about the McKinney Fire and the need to talk more about beneficial fire in our public lands.