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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Two beetle species are native to Oregon and often help keep its forests healthy by taking out weak or dying trees. -
Curry County is transferring its public health services to the state after nearly all of the department’s staff quit. -
The assistant principal and seventh-grade science teacher started an online campaign pushing back against efforts to accommodate transgender students. -
Hundreds of families in Talent and other cities in Jackson County, Oregon, are still scrambling to find a place to live six months after the Almeda Fire. They’re calling on government officials to do more. -
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s office reached a settlement with four hotels due to price gouging during last year’s wildfires.
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Oregon lawmakers said they hope stories shared at a recent hearing will help them draft bills and policies to better address the needs of wildfire victims in the coming months. -
More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires. About 57% of them were denied.
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Many victims of the Almeda Fire are now looking for housing in Medford. But the city was struggling with affordable housing even before the fire. -
The shooting of a Black teenager by a white middle-aged man who confronted him for playing loud music is causing soul searching in the mostly white community where he lived.
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Hundreds of students in southern Oregon lost their homes to a wildfire. Some are showing signs of extreme stress, causing school leaders to consider resuming in-person classes to help them.
