/tags/jpr-news-featured JPR News | Featured en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district A group of political outsiders in Southern Oregon now find themselves on the inside of a government agency. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district Justin Higginbottom /economy-and-finance/2024-10-27/coos-bay-looks-to-shipping-as-its-future-economic-engine-after-decline-of-timber The Port of Coos Bay is planning a $2.3 billion project that would create a massive deep-water terminal where large cargo ships drop off 20 to 40-foot-long shipping containers full of goods from across the Pacific Ocean. Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:13:50 GMT /economy-and-finance/2024-10-27/coos-bay-looks-to-shipping-as-its-future-economic-engine-after-decline-of-timber Kyra Buckley /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong The drive to generate clean wind power off the state's south coast went off the rails. Here's how, and what's next Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:12:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong Monica Samayoa /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/californias-plan-to-overhaul-a-key-climate-program-and-raise-the-cost-of-gas-ignites-debate The state air board will vote on changes to its landmark clean fuel program that would cut more greenhouse gases but could raise the cost of gas and diesel. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:44:41 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/californias-plan-to-overhaul-a-key-climate-program-and-raise-the-cost-of-gas-ignites-debate Alejandro Lazo /music-arts-culture/2024-10-22/a-lull-then-a-celebration-idea-for-beckett-shorts-festival-came-during-the-pandemic When performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett’s short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project. Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:23:49 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-22/a-lull-then-a-celebration-idea-for-beckett-shorts-festival-came-during-the-pandemic Vanessa Finney /law-and-justice/2024-10-18/drug-laws-are-back-in-oregon-how-theyre-enforced-depends-on-the-county Counties will approach enforcement differently, providing yet another large-scale experiment in drug policy. Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:40:31 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-10-18/drug-laws-are-back-in-oregon-how-theyre-enforced-depends-on-the-county Troy Brynelson /politics-government/2024-10-17/josephine-county-voters-to-decide-if-they-want-to-pay-for-veterans-services On the ballot in Josephine County this November is a tax levy that would support one office that helps veterans apply for government benefits. Veterans are trying to build support for this measure. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:24:26 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-17/josephine-county-voters-to-decide-if-they-want-to-pay-for-veterans-services Roman Battaglia /wildlife/2024-10-15/wildlife-rehabilitators-treat-birds-one-by-one-as-botulism-outbreak-at-a-klamath-refuge-drags-on A non-profit group fights an uphill battle to save the victims of a massive outbreak of avian botulism that continues to ravage waterfowl at one of the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:59:19 GMT /wildlife/2024-10-15/wildlife-rehabilitators-treat-birds-one-by-one-as-botulism-outbreak-at-a-klamath-refuge-drags-on Juliet Grable /politics-government/2024-10-13/in-a-rural-stretch-of-washington-a-constitutional-sheriff-and-his-growing-volunteer-posse-provoke-controversy Where some see a “rural neighborhood watch” that saves money, others worry about liability and ties to extremism Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:15:29 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-13/in-a-rural-stretch-of-washington-a-constitutional-sheriff-and-his-growing-volunteer-posse-provoke-controversy Paul Kiefer /music-arts-culture/2024-10-12/playwrights-find-humor-in-hard-topics The Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect. Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:36:15 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-12/playwrights-find-humor-in-hard-topics Vanessa Finney