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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The event lasted just under two hours and looked substantially different across the state. While only 23% of the sun was blocked in Portland, 33% was missing in Jordan Valley, in Oregon’s southeastern-most corner.
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Authorities have shot and killed a black bear in Cottage Grove after they say someone fed it and it got too comfortable around people.
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Authorities are warning people to be better prepared after several incidents across popular hiking areas in Oregon during the sunny weather.
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Backers say attracting commuter flights can be the difference between businesses settling in town or moving somewhere more convenient.
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The conservation group took its original name from John James Audubon, the American artist, adventurer and naturalist. Audubon was also a slaveholder who criticized the abolitionist movement.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving Oregon and Washington school districts more than $51 million to buy new electric school buses.
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Winter storms in Oregon are suspected of causing at least 8 deaths, felling hundreds of trees, damaging homes, and leaving tens of thousands of people without power for multiple days.
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The piece of the plane’s fuselage landed in Bob Sauer’s yard, not far from his house. “So I’m really glad it landed where it did.”
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As most of Oregon’s school districts close for the winter break this week, many families usually head to the slopes, but the lack of snow is keeping people away.
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High water inundated portions of Highway 101 on the Oregon Coast, forcing closures at Tillamook, Neskowin and Seaside.