It's not every week that a former president shows up in a federal courtroom to answer to felony charges. It's been that kind of a week, and fortunately, NPR has people to cover that.

Reporters in our neck of the woods also had some big stories to work on this week, including another court case: the big verdict against Pacific Power in the September 2020 fires.

Ryan Haas of Oregon Public Broadcasting covered that trial; he's part of the mix of reporters on this week's edition of The Debrief. Also, JPR's Jane Vaughan shares her reporting on the financial situation at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and tells us how she got the story.

Lightning could still turn this into a big news week for the region, but the JPR newsroom is just fine with things being a bit more laid-back. This and every week, our reporters spend their days digging up stories of interest to a region where "local" means a lot of different places.

News staffers gather at week's end to look back on the stories of the week and what it took to cover them, in The Debrief. News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia for our latest session.

We get a special visit from Dirk Vanderhart, who covers the currently deadlocked Oregon Legislature for JPR and other stations.

Even in a short work- week, our region is chock-full of news with more changes at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Jackson County's plan to remove Josephine County from its Emergency System, and civil liberties groups in California demanding law-enforcement agencies stop sharing license plate data outside of the state. JPR reporters assemble for another edition of The Debrief.

Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan discuss the details of this week's happenings.

Any week with an election is bound to be a busy news week. So it is for this week in the region, with ballots returned for a plethora of races and measures on the Oregon side. Some--like Ashland's vote to change the allocation of the meal tax--may take a while to get to a final count. Also, Chinook salmon is being re-introduced in the Klamath Basin for the first time in a century.

JPR's reporters scooped up the goods for newscasts and the website. The Debrief gives our team a chance to talk about the stories behind the stories. News Director Erik Neumann and reporters Jane Vaughan, Juliet Grable and Roman Battaglia gather for the overview.

The trial for a rare Ashland homicide wrapped up, just days after another news story rocked the town: the boss at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is leaving.

Nataki Garrett announced her departure just minutes after the last edition of The Debrief, our regular reporter roundtable on the big news stories of the week. "Slow news day?" We didn't have a single one this week.

News Director Erik Neumann and JPR reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan visit about the big stories and the process of coverinAshland homicideg them.

The suspect in an Ashland murder went on trial this week and an upcoming election features some controversial ballots. Those are just two of the stories making news in the region on a busy week.

The JPR reporting staff kept eyes and ears on the events, and they gather for another session of The Debrief to unpack further info on the stories of the week and their coverage. KLCC reporter Karen Richards joins JPR News Director Erik Neumann and reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia.

JPR News Director, Erik Neumann leads a conversation with JPR reporters about the issues and events that impact our community. Listen for a deeper look at the stories unfolding in our region. This week's topics include a look at harassment and bullying complaints in the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department, the start of the trial against the man accused of murdering a Rogue Valley teenager, and a wildfire insurance map bill heads to Gov. Tina Kotek's desk.

All that work to bring California condors back to the wild, and now they're threatened by bird flu. The recent release of the big birds in Yurok country forces some regional attention to the issue.

That's just one item on the agenda for our regular JPR reporter discussion, The Debrief. News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan to talk about the work behind the scenes to get the stories on the air.

Just a week before the planned season opening, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival dropped a huge bit of news: the season and the festival itself were in financial trouble, and needed an infusion of cash to keep going.

The emergency fundraising campaign tops the list of stories we covered at JPR News this week. We run down the list in another installment of The Debrief, our reporters' roundtable. JPR News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan to discuss the big news and its coverage.

We started talking about elections on the news this week. Actually, we never really stop, do we? But local elections are approaching in some of our communities, and Shasta County currently has no way to run elections.

That's just one of the issues covered by JPR News this week, and we unpack that and the rest in this week's edition of The Debrief.

News Director Erik Neumann chats with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia about the week's happenings.