
Ryan Haas
Ryan Haas has been with Oregon Public Broadcasting since 2013. His work has won numerous awards, including two National Magazine Award nominations for the podcast "Bundyville." Prior to working at OPB, Haas worked at newspapers in Illinois, Florida, Oregon and the Caribbean.
Latest Stories
May Day protests planned across Oregon, Southwest Washington as Trump ire continues
Originally a day to commemorate the fight for an eight-hour work day, May 1 encompasses a wide variety of demonstrations in the Pacific Northwest each year.
Port of Portland revokes equity policy over federal funding concerns
The Port of Portland’s board of commissioners voted Monday to eliminate a social equity policy over concern the Trump administration could remove a sizable chunk of the agency’s funding.

NOAA, federal weather and research agency, is firing workers in Oregon and Washington
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.

Oregon fights wrongful conviction payouts. A new bipartisan bill aims to end that
Since passing a law to pay exonerees for wrongful convictions in 2022, Oregon has paid less than five people who have applied for the money. Lawmakers now want changes to the law.

Oregon nurses, Providence reach tentative deal to end 26-day strike
Both sides have been in mediation talks urged by Gov. Tina Kotek since last week. Tuesday’s deal applies to nearly all the bargaining units that had joined the strike.

Oregon’s nitrate ground pollution became notably worse in past 10 years, report finds
The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have their first fresh look at nitrate levels in the region, and it’s concerning.

Amid questions about Capitol riot pardons, Trump invokes Portland chaos
Speaking to reporters Monday, President Trump justified his decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters by claiming that prosecutors took a lighter touch with activists aligned with racial justice protests in 2020.

‘The Evergreen’: The case of the zombie newspaper in Southern Oregon
The Ashland Daily Tidings, a newspaper in Southern Oregon, shut down in 2023 after nearly 150 years in business. So…why are new articles being posted on its former website nearly every day? Who’s putting them there? And how does artificial intelligence fit in?
Facing layoffs, Bend Bulletin union staff file labor complaint against Carpenter Media Group
Earlier this month, Carpenter Media Group laid off two newsroom staff at its papers, and proposed more job cuts at the Bulletin as a way to reduce its operating costs since buying dozens of papers in Oregon this year.

The state of Oregon’s local media in 4 charts
OPB has collected data to document the current state of media in Oregon, and where Oregonians are finding it more difficult to locate reliable information and reporting that holds powerful people accountable.