Courtney Sherwood

2 weeks ago | heraldandnews.com | Courtney Sherwood

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1 month ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Courtney Sherwood |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone

An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it By Courtney Sherwood Oregon Public Broadcasting May 14, 2025 Category: Forestry After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience.

1 month ago | opb.org | Courtney Sherwood

After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. Among other things, Senate Bill 762 created a map of areas at high risk of fire. But that map led to a huge backlash from property owners — a backlash so strong that a few weeks ago, the state Senate voted unanimously to eliminate it. FILE - Democratic Senator ​Jeff Golden, at the Oregon state Capitol, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Salem, Ore.

1 month ago | ijpr.org | Courtney Sherwood

The closure will mark the continued retreat from Southern Oregon of a door-and-window-making business that once had a major presence in the region. Jeld-Wen was founded in Klamath Falls in 1960, and by the late ‘80s it was one of Oregon’s largest private companies. But after the housing market crashed in the late 2000s, Jeld-Wen changed ownership. It later became publicly traded and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2017.

1 month ago | opb.org | Courtney Sherwood

Undated photo of a Jeld-Wen employee manufacturing windows at the company's plant. Jeld-Wen will be closing its Chiloquin door-making factory and laying off all 128 people who work there by the end of the year, according to a notice filed with Oregon officials earlier this week. The closure will mark the continued retreat from Southern Oregon of a door-and-window-making business that once had a major presence in the region.