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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Authorities are warning people about chilly river temperatures as the heat begins to build this weekend. -
As public pools closed during the pandemic, lifeguards had to find other jobs. Now the competitive job market is making it hard to get them back.
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Public pools all over the country are facing lifeguard and staff shortages this summer. It's a problem that's been exacerbated by the pandemic. In Portland, Ore., pools are struggling to keep up.
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The chairman of Oregon’s groundbreaking Psilocybin Advisory Board has quit. The departure comes after board members were asked to disclose any conflict of interests.
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Oregon releases draft rules for how to set up new psilocybin system and there are some surprises.
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More than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported Friday in Oregon. The latest modeling predicts cases from the omicron variant will peak in the state at the end of January with 30% more hospitalizations than during the spike from the delta variant.
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To deal with the looming omicron surge, Oregon takes several steps, including the addition of three new high-volume vaccination and booster sites to the six currently operating.
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Here’s a quick look at where things stand and what you should be doing as another COVID-19 surge looms.
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When thinking about drought, the Oregon Coast doesn’t exactly come to mind. It’s a temperate rainforest and there’s the ocean. But in several coastal cities, people have been asked not to wash cars or irrigate lawns over the last couple of summers. Now Newport is considering a permanent solution — a big new dam.
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As California reports the first omicron case in the US, Oregon authorities have a message of reassurance about the new variant.
