
Roman Battaglia
Reporter | ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½After graduating from Oregon State University, Roman came to JPR as part of the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism in 2019. He then joined Delaware Public Media as a Report For America fellow before returning to the west coast. When not out in the field, Roman enjoys travelling and finding new books.
Get in touch with Roman at battaglir@sou.edu
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Environmental groups in Southern Oregon got a win in court this week in a lawsuit over old-growth forests.
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A Republican state senator introduced a bill that would ask Oregon voters if they want to end the state’s long-standing vote-by-mail system. The bill got so much public testimony that it overwhelmed the state’s website.
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A new state assessment of a proposed wind turbine project in Shasta County found that the project isn’t critical enough to override county law.
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The elections clerk in Shasta County is resigning at the end of April. He was appointed less than a year ago after the previous clerk stepped down.
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A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day.
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Postal workers across the country protested Thursday against fears the agency could be privatized. In rural areas like Northern California, the impacts could be worse.
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Shasta County’s old courthouse building is going to be demolished. That’s after a vote by county supervisors on Tuesday.
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Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley said the nation is already in a constitutional crisis. He made these remarks at a town hall event in Ashland, his first following a dramatic vote in the U.S. Senate to keep the government open.
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One of the first endangered California condors released by the Yurok Tribe has died from lead poisoning.
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Demolition began this week at the North Medford High School gym, where the roof collapsed last month.
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The historic Holly Theatre in downtown Medford plans to reopen its doors Thursday after a $13 million fundraising campaign.
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An Arizona businessman said he stumbled across the abandoned plan for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Southern Oregon. Now he’s trying to resurrect the controversial project.