Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.
Chris is a native of rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was born in the upstairs bedroom of his grandmother's house, and grew up in a 230-year-old log cabin in the woods. Chris traces his interest in journalism to his childhood, when his parents threatened to take away his newspaper if he didn’t do his chores.
In addition to working full time in public radio for the past decade, Chris has also reported from overseas on a freelance basis. He's filed stories from Iraq, Burkina Faso, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe and Uganda. He lives in Salem with his wife and children.
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Senate Bill 513, approved in the state Senate Wednesday, would require public high school students to take at least one semester of civics in order to graduate.
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Most Oregon drivers will be able to renew their licenses online starting in early May.
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One Oregon death with dignity advocate leaves behind a mystery
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Jackie Winters, R-Salem, won a closed-door election to lead the 13-member Senate GOP delegation.
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Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has agreed to pay a $1,000 civil penalty to the state of Oregon for ethics violations.
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The Oregon Military Department is requesting an extra $260,724 for its current budget in order to pay for the costs of managing the crowds during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.
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The wildfires are largely out in places like the Columbia River Gorge and the southern Oregon coast, but the economic fallout continues in many nearby communities.
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Floated as a revenue-generating option, what would it look like if Oregon’s largest public universities fell into private control?
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A task force appointed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has released a series of possible options for shrinking the state’s public pension deficit.