This January, Jefferson Public Radio was selected as a 2026 newsroom partner by Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in newsrooms across the country as a way to strengthen coverage of under-covered communities and issues.

Jefferson Public Radio is expanding its newsroom with a new reporter covering government and community issues in Coos and Curry counties.

Updated 3/17 | 2pm — Our engineer has made significant improvements to our services in Shasta County. There may still be intermittent issues as he completes repairs.

As we look ahead to the challenges and opportunities of a new year, it’s becoming clear that our work to preserve independent public broadcasting stations, along with NPR and PBS, as vital institutions of our democracy and our culture has only just begun.

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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.

The annual contest for students in grades four through 12 is back for its eighth year — this time with a special prize for a podcast that marks the 250th anniversary of the United States.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with correspondent and former All Things Considered and Weekend Edition host, Susan Stamberg, about her career as she retires from the network this week.

All Things Considered is saying goodbye to Ari Shapiro, whose hosts his final show today following 10 years with the program and more than 25 with NPR.

NPR has promoted Thomas Evans, its editorial review chief, to lead the newsroom through a period of change, following Congress' decision to end federal funding of public media.

For the 2025 NPR Student Podcast Challenge, we've listened to nearly 2,000 entries from around the U.S., and narrowed them down to 11 middle school and 10 high school finalists.