Sophia Prince
ReporterSophia Prince is a reporter and producer for JPR News. She began as JPR鈥檚 2021 summer intern through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in journalism and international studies. She has previously worked on podcasts for the Daily Emerald and done editorial work at Flux Magazine. She likes skiing, reading thrillers and listening to true crime podcasts.
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New data from 2020 shows Oregon has the second-highest alcohol and drug addiction rates in the nation and ranks last in treatment options. -
The City of Brookings, Oregon is being sued after the city passed an ordinance that prohibited St. Timothy鈥檚 Episcopal Church from serving more than two free meals a week to the homeless without a permit. -
The Army Corps of Engineers is being fined over $30,000 for an unpermitted dumpsite at the Eagle Creek Dam in Jackson County. -
The video will add to Oregon鈥檚 public school curriculum about tribal history. They are prompted by a state law passed in 2017 aimed at developing curricula that are culturally relevant to individual tribes. -
A comedy short film shot in the Ashland area is airing in the Sundance Film Festival this week. It has ties to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. -
The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was awarded $100,000 this week to reduce damaging wildfire risk in the watershed that provides drinking water to Medford and surrounding communities. -
The Pacific humpback whale is at the center of a lawsuit filed last week against the National Marine Fisheries Service. It claims that they failed to protect the endangered species from entanglements in fishing gear. -
Ashland High School will transition to distance learning until Jan. 31. School administrators announced the change on Monday afternoon as high numbers of students, teachers and staff are isolating because of exposure to COVID-19 amid a surge in cases driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. -
California approved new emergency water-wasting prohibitions this week amid a continued drought, despite water conservation efforts in Northern California. -
A new Oregon State University lecture series that begins Tuesday explores the future of living with wildfire. The series frames wildfires as something to understand and live with, rather than fear. And it focuses on adding an artistic perspective to a conversation that is often focused on science. -
$25 million in grant money will soon be available for areas of Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou County. -
Sunflower sea stars, a large 24 armed marine predator that lives on the West Coast, are one step closer to receiving protections under the Endangered Species Act.
