Kristian Foden-Vencil
Kristian Foden-Vencil is a veteran journalist/producer working for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He started as a cub reporter for newspapers in London, England in 1988. Then in 1991 he moved to Oregon and started freelancing. His work has appeared in publications as varied as The Oregonian, the BBC, the Salem Statesman Journal, Willamette Week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, NPR and the Voice of America. Kristian has won awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. He was embedded with the Oregon National Guard in Iraq in 2004 and now specializes in business, law, health and politics.
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Portland will take down the bust of York, in part because it won't weather well. There'll be meetings to discuss what to replace it with.
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Restaurant and bar owners around Oregon are frustrated that Gov. Kate Brown may impose fresh restrictions in response to a fourth surge of COVID-19 infections.
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Cameron’s Books in downtown Portland was scheduled to close Friday after more than 80 years in business. A big decline in foot traffic in the last year has hurt many downtown businesses.
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As more Oregonians get vaccinated and the state begins to re-open, performance venues and tourist attractions are figuring out how to do it both quickly and safely.
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Oregon governor Kate Brown toured the mass vaccination site at Portland International Airport Friday and said everyone who wants vaccine will get it — but it’ll take time.
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House Bill 2528 would create a third kind of dental license — a dental therapist — more educated than a hygienist, but less than a dentist.
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Tinkerers and small repair shops in Oregon are asking the Legislature to pass a bill giving them the right to repair their household electronics, like computers and phones.
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Oregon health officials are monitoring four people who recently returned from West Africa.
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The Oregon Health Authority was asked by the Biden administration to make all adult Oregonians eligible for vaccine May 1. On Wednesday, the agency confirmed it expects to meet that target.
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A select group of doctors, social workers and fungi experts will now spend the next couple of years creating Oregon’s new psilocybin-assisted therapy program.