Kathryn Styer Martínez
Kathryn Styer Martínez is a reporter for OPB covering Bend and Central Oregon. She is an award-winning, nationally recognized journalist and has worked in local news for KQED, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper The Press Democrat, and Minnesota Public Radio News as a Toni Randolph Fellow where her reporting won an award from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
She was a production assistant with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, where she worked on award-winning and Peabody-nominated projects Mississippi Goddam and the Covid Tracking Project as well as the award-winning After Ayotzinapa series. She helped produce and contributed reporting to Buried Secrets, a series by ICT senior correspondent Mary Annette Pember and Reveal about Indian boarding schools.
She got her start as an intern at KPFA News in the San Francisco Bay Area where she lived for 20 years before relocating to Oregon. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Latest Stories
Oregon authorities are still searching for 1 missing after a fatal waterfall accident
Rescuers in Central Oregon recovered one body from the Deschutes River after two days of efforts.
Cram Fire grows to more than 90,000 acres in Central Oregon
The Cram Fire in Central Oregon has grown to more than 90,000 acres east of Madras, forcing evacuation orders across Jefferson and Wasco counties.
Gov. Kotek invokes Conflagration Act for fast-growing wildfire moving through steep, challenging terrain
Gov. Kotek invokes the Conflagration Act for the Cram Fire in Central Oregon.
Redmond Airport starts $180 million expansion with federal help
The Redmond Municipal Airport broke ground in June on an 80,000 square foot expansion that will bring new jet bridges, more food options and seating to the growing regional airport. The multi-million dollar project is funded in part by grants, savings and a revenue bond.
Central Oregon makes it easier for e-bikes, even as vouchers uncertain from state
Bend launches e-bike voucher program while the Deschutes National Forest considers allowing class 1 e-bikes on 161 miles of trail.
Juneteenth to carry on despite other groups canceling large cultural events in Bend
Bend's Juneteenth celebration was canceled in April as organizers feared racist attacks. But with a renewed spirit — and a new location — the event will carry on.
Alder Springs Fire forces evacuations in Jefferson and Deschutes counties
Nearly 4,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare for evacuation in Deschutes and Jefferson counties. The fire jumped the Deschutes River Monday evening.
City of Bend ends informal deal with property manager over short-term rentals
Bend cleans up short-term rental code language with ordinance ending informal deal with Meredith Lodging, a vacation rental property management company in Oregon and California.
Bend considers historic housing style, increased ADUs and relaxed restrictions to help housing crunch
At the prodding of a local architect, the Central Oregon city is on track to approve the row houses, single-family detached townhomes.
Amid uncertainty under Trump, Central Oregon’s Latino nonprofit secures a place for la gente to call home
In Bend, the Latino Community Association purchased the building they were renting and working out of for the last four years. The real estate purchase in Bend's competitive and pricey market brings the nonprofit stability and a chance to celebrate.