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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More than a dozen chronically homeless people in Grants Pass will soon have a warm, dry place to stay. Spearheaded by the non-profit Rogue Retreat, the Foundry Village project will provide sixteen tiny houses for homeless people in the area. -
The 2020 wildfires damaged many domestic wells in Oregon, which could contaminate drinking water for over 2,000 households. The Oregon Health Authority is providing these households with free water testing. -
The large storm that hit the West Coast last week added to reservoirs in Northern California but officials say the drought is far from over. -
Booking photos are no longer being released to the public in Oregon. It鈥檚 an effort to protect the privacy and safety of people who have not been convicted of a crime -
The Humboldt marten, a cat-sized animal in the weasel family, stands to gain over a million acres in protected habitat along the coast of Oregon and California. That鈥檚 according to a new proposal by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. -
A Trump-era change to the 1971 Clean Water Act which restricted state and tribal voices in large water projects has been overturned by a federal court. -
But high compliance rates don't necessarily translate into high vaccination rates. -
After several difficult years for the salmon industry in Oregon, Governor Kate Brown has asked the US Department of Commerce for federal disaster relief for fishermen. -
Debris from the 2020 California wildfires has been cleared from 100% of the properties involved in a California wildfire debris removal program. -
Fire danger levels were lowered from High to Moderate in South Central Oregon on Monday, including in the Fremont Winema National Forest, the Klamath Basin and most of the Lakeview district. -
A new initiative to reconsider discriminatory names on public features in California has led to the renaming of Patrick鈥檚 Point State Park in Humboldt County. The park is now called Sue-Meg State Park. The name change comes at the request of the Yurok tribe. -
Two Ashland high school students have started an online petition to convince the school board to put in place a vaccine mandate for students. The petition at change.org has garnered more than 800 signatures.
