Liam Moriarty
Digital News EditorLiam Moriarty has been covering news in the Pacific Northwest for three decades. He's reported on a wide range of topics 鈥� including politics, the environment, business, social issues and more.
Liam was JPR News Director from 2002 to 2005, reporting and producing the 老夫子传媒 Daily regional news magazine. After covering the environment in Seattle, then reporting on European issues from France, he returned to JPR in 2013 and was promoted to News Director in 2019 to oversee JPR's expanded newsroom.
Liam retired as News Director at the end of 2021. He now edits and curates the news on JPR's website and digital platforms.
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Airports in Medford, Eugene and Klamath Falls are among those getting federal funds to help cover costs associated with the pandemic. -
There were no statewide races or measures on Oregon鈥檚 Election Day ballot Tuesday, but here's a round-up of results from some local measures in southwest Oregon. -
County officials say illegal cannabis operations are sprouting up all over Jackson County, outpacing local code and law enforcement efforts. -
Since California legalized cannabis in 2016, many growers in Humboldt County have struggled with the transition to the legal market. The costs of production have gone up and the price they鈥檙e paid for their harvests has plummeted. Now, the county has approved the equivalent of disaster relief. JPR鈥檚 Humboldt correspondent Daniel Mintz recently spoke with JPR鈥檚 Liam Moriarty about the cannabis crisis. -
In this driest of years in the Klamath Basin, the nation鈥檚 oldest wildlife refuge for water birds is now getting this season鈥檚 first major infusion of fresh water. -
Humboldt County has launched a program to build economic development support for the local cannabis industry using cannabis tax revenue. Now the county鈥檚 growers can get technical and capital assistance that was never available before. JPR鈥檚 Liam Moriarty recently spoke with Humboldt reporter Daniel Mintz about Project Trellis. -
Federal energy regulators have approved a key step in the long road toward removing four hydroelectric dams on the lower Klamath River to help threatened salmon. -
When Rep. Cliff Bentz visited Klamath Falls Thursday, he brought promises of government aid for farmers who won't be getting irrigation water from the federal Klamath Project this season. And he urged irrigators to resist the temptation to take matters into their own hands. -
There鈥檚 not enough water to go around, as irrigators, tribes and fishermen all come up short. -
For the first time since the federal Klamath water management project in Southern Oregon was opened in 1907, the main canal supplying water to irrigators will remain closed this season. -
We journalists tend to believe we鈥檙e the good guys. We鈥檙e the only profession with specific protections written right into the very first amendment of the Constitution. -
The proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project in southwest Oregon was dealt another setback this week when a pair of local permits was overturned by the state land use board.
