Kristian Foden-Vencil
Oregon Public BroadcastingKristian Foden-Vencil is a reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He specializes in health care, business, politics, law and public safety. Kristian has won a Peabody Award along with awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. He graduated from the University of Westminster in London.
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Oregon employers wonder about masking as state drops medical mandate and reports lower illness levelAs the state prepares to lift the mask mandate for health care settings on April 3, employers at other types of businesses are wondering what precautions make sense for their workplaces. -
As the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine passes, Oregon legislators are considering a bill to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to do things like rent an apartment and get a driver's license.
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Oregon is starting a new meat inspection process with a view to boosting local slaughterhouse business and allowing local people to eat local beef.
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Of the three respiratory diseases circulating this winter, RSV has improved the most with hospitalizations decreasing rapidly, the Oregon Health Authority says.
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The interfaith group of churches, mosques, synagogues and other denominations that championed Oregon’s Measure 114 gun laws is trying to generate momentum to get them fully enacted.
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Oregon's fee break is an attempt to encourage more people to head outdoors to start 2023. Washington's fee-free day was put in place in 2011, when that state started charging for vehicle access to its parks and other state recreation sites.
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For years, Oregon’s cities have been looking for ways to create lots of small spaces for public gathering. When the pandemic hit, restaurants urgently needed outdoor spaces and hence an entire new system of so called "parklets" was born.
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A new state law allows Oregon cities and some counties to apply for the authority to designate speed limits on their roads.
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More than $6 million from the state will help towns that have 5,000 or fewer residents and that have roads considered inadequate and or unsafe for the capacity they carry.
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A new rule means voters have longer to mail their ballots, but it could slow results in races with national impact.
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This election more than two thirds of Oregon’s counties will vote on whether to opt out of the state’s new psilocybin therapy program. The debate is largely a rural discussion, and in some places, there’s not much discussion at all.
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Beach towns up and down the West Coast have feral cats living near the waterfront. But animal lovers increasingly say the colonies aren’t good for cats or cat lovers.
