April Ehrlich
April Ehrlich began freelancing for Jefferson Public Radio in the fall of 2016, and then officially joined the team as its Morning Edition Host and a Jefferson Exchange producer in August 2017.
She previously worked as a reporter for the Roseburg News-Review, where she covered city government and housing. Before that, she covered the oil and gas industry and local government on the Oregon-Idaho border.
April served a two-year stint with AmeriCorps, where she worked with nonprofits helping low-income communities in rural Oregon. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English at Cal-State University, Fullerton, where she worked as an editor for the campus paper.
When she is not at work or napping between shifts, April is likely hiking through nearby forests with a rambunctious border collie, or reading fiction at home with her two favorite cats.
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Rural residents are waiting in line for hours to get prescriptions filled because pharmacies are closing down or limiting hours. Pharmacy companies blame high insurance fees and employee burnout.
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Southern Oregon University announced it is moving back to remote learning for the first few weeks of the fall term because hospitals in the region are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. -
Farmers in southern Oregon are pumping groundwater onto fields. They're not getting lake water for irrigation because water levels there were too low. Now, homeowners' wells are running dry.
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Southern Oregon's Jackson County has asked the state to help with a surge of coronavirus cases that’s overwhelming hospitals in Jackson and Josephine counties.
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The wet weather is keeping grass and other light vegetation wet. Winds are also slowing down. Klamath County has lifted all evacuations for its side of the fire. Some evacuations in Lake County remain in place.
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An investigation into FEMA claims after 2020's historic wildfires in Oregon and California reveals wide fluctuations in approval rates and denials of people who met aid criteria.
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A report assessing Jackson County’s response to last year’s devastating wildfires calls on government leaders to create a more coordinated emergency plan.
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More than a year after closing due to the pandemic, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced it will reopen its doors to in-person performances on July 1. That’s two months earlier than originally planned.
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The costs of construction materials have increased across the board — including windows, sheetrock, roofing, and even parts that are needed to build machines such as excavators.
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Two beetle species are native to Oregon and often help keep its forests healthy by taking out weak or dying trees.
