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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Patrick's Point State Park in Humboldt County could be getting a name change at the request of the Yurok Tribe. -
Due to a shortage of available veterinary appointments, the Jackson County Animal Shelter is cutting down on the number of unspayed and unneutered pets they鈥檙e able to accept. -
A new resource for people affected by wildfires in Jackson County is opening today, September 20th, in Medford. The newly opened Wildfire Victim Resiliency Permit Center will be expediting building permits for residents affected by wildfires in certain areas of Jackson County. -
While hospital bed availability usually lags a week behind general COVID case decline, in the county, the two are happening at the same time. -
Despite the fact that Americans have been relocating beavers all over the county since before the 1940s, a recent study by Oregon State University found genetic differences between beavers as close as neighboring watersheds. -
Hundreds of people are experiencing homelessness in Humboldt County. One nonprofit group has a new strategy they say emphasizes a personalized approach to getting people off the streets. -
The plan aims to keep endangered wildlife like the humpback whale from getting entangled in fishing gear off of the Oregon coast, specifically in Oregon鈥檚 Dungeness crab fishery. -
A bipartisan group of current and former Jackson County leaders has written an open letter to the current County commissioners, urging them to take more action on COVID. The letter cites overrun hospitals and the potential of businesses closing down as reasons the commissioners need to take action to protect their constituents. -
COVID-19 cases in Shasta County are surging, with over 291 cases reported over the weekend. The current transmission rate in the county is over four times what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deem a High Transmission Rate. Health officials say hospitals are under "significant" strain, with 91 people in the hospital with COVID. -
A cemetery often evokes images of mahogany coffins, ornate headstones and embalmed bodies. That鈥檚 not the case for The Forest Conservation Burial Ground, the first burial ground in Oregon that is completely dedicated to green burials. JPR's Sophia Prince recently took a tour ... -
Senator Jeff Merkley met with local leaders yesterday in Phoenix, Oregon to discuss rebuilding efforts a year after the Almeda fire. -
Yesterday, the Josephine County Sheriff's department raided a ranch in the Illinois valley that is being investigated on charges of illegal marijuana cultivation, involuntary servitude, human trafficking and forced labor.
