Dirk VanderHart
Salem CorrespondentDirk VanderHart covers Oregon politics and government for OPB. Before barging onto the radio in 2018, he spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter—much of that time reporting on city government for the Portland Mercury. He’s also had stints covering chicanery in Southwest Missouri, the wilds of Ohio in Ohio, and all things Texas on Capitol Hill.
Dirk’s byline has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Columbus Dispatch, The Oregonian, and more. He’s got a journalism degree from Michigan State University.
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With the window for submitting signatures closing fast, backers of a ban on semi-automatic, military-style weapons in Oregon might finally win permission… -
After 10 days, the Oregon Health Authority has lifted an algae advisory for people swimming and boating in Detroit Lake.Health officials have also made it… -
Drivers in the Portland area are one step closer to paying tolls. A volunteer committee voted Monday on recommendations for tolling two major highways.The… -
Wasco County’s top prosecutor lied to investigators looking into whether he’d improperly investigated a county official, and should be suspended from… -
A drinking water advisory for the city of Salem doesn’t look like it’s going away just yet.After extending the advisory over potentially harmful…
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Images of migrant children kept in detention centers near the border have stirred strong feelings around the country. But the Portland-area shelter where… -
Days before a landmark Supreme Court decision is expected, Oregonians are launching an attack on a large public employee union.Seven state, county and… -
Following two days of raucous heckling and disruption from Portland demonstrators, a regional office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has… -
New hardline immigration policies from the federal government have led to backlash nationwide. And in Oregon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has… -
One of two gun-control proposals aimed at November’s ballot is facing possibly insurmountable odds.On Thursday, three parties appealed proposed ballot…
