Roman Battaglia
Reporter | 老夫子传媒After 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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Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl. -
The tiny town of Scotia, California on the state鈥檚 remote Redwood Coast was built up entirely around a large sawmill. An attached biomass plant that burns the wood waste for electricity stands in the middle of a climate debate in the region. -
Thousands of nurses at Oregon鈥檚 Providence hospitals are heading into their second week of a walk-out. Negotiations over a new contract are going slowly and Providence says it's "prepared for a lengthy strike." -
A new coalition has been formed to fight disinformation about floating offshore wind on the West Coast. The group has different opinions about the energy source, but they鈥檙e still working together to get the facts. -
The Providence hospital system said it鈥檚 ready to begin scheduling negotiations with nurses at six out of its eight hospitals. Thousands of the company鈥檚 nurses are currently on strike. -
D.L Richardson and Kamilah Long offer insights into MLK Day celebrations in the Rogue Valley and the meaning of Dr. King's lesser-known legacy. -
The "R/V North Wind" is Cal Poly Humboldt's new $8.5M research boat. -
In one of their first moves as a newly-reconfigured board, the Josephine County commissioners unanimously decided to terminate the county's lease with the Grants Pass Library. This puts the library's near future in limbo. -
Final maps were released Tuesday by the Oregon Department of Forestry showing the wildfire hazard for every property in the state. -
Some significant cash rewards are being offered for information about the illegal killing of wolves across Oregon and Washington last year. -
After extended rains across Southern Oregon and Northern California, the water levels in the region鈥檚 reservoirs have shot up significantly. -
Oregon鈥檚 power regulators denied a proposal by a watchdog group that would cap electricity rate increases by 10%.
