Molly Solomon
Molly Solomon joined HPR in May 2012 as an intern for the morning talk show The Conversation. She has since worn a variety of hats around the station, doing everything from board operator to producer.
She is now the General Assignment reporter and covers a number of important topics including education, tourism, and food sustainability. A California native, Molly joined HPR after graduating from University of California Santa Cruz with a BA in Sociology. At UC Santa Cruz, she volunteered at KZSC as well as the student newspaper, City on a Hill Press. When she's not reporting local news, Molly can usually be spotted riding her bike around Kaimukī or eating her way through Oʻahu's plethora of Japanese restaurants.
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Backers of proposed ferry are hoping to entice drivers to consider a commute by water. The vision is for passenger ferries to run along the Columbia and Willamette rivers.
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Burgerville says it has discovered a cybersecurity breach that may have affected customers who paid with a credit card at any restaurant location in the last year.
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Battle Ground teachers voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve a new salary contract, ending a 12-day strike.
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As a teachers strike in Battle Ground enters its third week, hundreds of people filled a school board meeting to capacity Monday night.
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A regionwide teacher strike over salary increases is disrupting the start of school for the more than 78,000 students in the area.
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Initial returns for Washington’s primary election Tuesday night revealed some closer than expected races in southwest Washington.
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When summer hits in Wasco County, wheat ranchers like Jeff Kortge know to throw a water tank in the back of his truck. Before he heads out, he also grabs a CB radio, just in case he gets the call.
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Immigration attorneys told a federal judge at a hearing Monday that visiting immigrant detainees at a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, is still a challenge.
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A human-caused wildfire burning in southwest Oregon grew to an estimated 300 acres Sunday night, and is expected to grow.
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The U.S. House approved a bipartisan bill Tuesday that makes it easier to kill or remove sea lions that threaten imperiled salmon.