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03.07.25 Legislative Update with Rep. Tom Andersen (House Dist 19)
Salem Area State Representative Tom Andersen gives a civics lesson on how a bill becomes a law, then talks about legislation he's sponsoring or following, including th...
03.05.25 Keeping Oregon Oregon Explores Legislation Affecting Agriculture
Keeping Oregon Oregon talks with Alice Morrison, Friends of Family Farmers, about the organization and their 2025 legislative priorities. Bills which would ensure the ...
03.04.25 Elephant in the Room Explores Ecumenical Earth Summit 2025
Elephant in the Room talks with Pattie Sloan, Salem Environmental Faith Network, about the Ecumenical Earth Summit coming in March, which will explore disaster prepare...
02.27.25 Holla for Labor Explores Transforming Unions for the Future
Holla for Labor celebrates Black History Month with a panel discussion on how the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists increased women and people of color in leadership ...
02.26.25 Federal Budget Implications for Reproductive Health Care
Dr. Sara Kennedy, Planned Parenthood of Columbia Willamette (PPCW), explores the ramifications for loss of health care in Oregon, if there are large cuts to the Oregon...
02.25.25 Salem Public Library Services & Programs
Salem residents will be voting in May 2025 to fund the city library, Senior Center Plus, and parks and recreation services. In this episode, Salem City Librarian, Brid...
02.20.25 Braver Angels & Citizens Commission on Immigration
Braver Angels is a national organization with state & local alliances. Its mission is to get people with different political points of view to listen to one another, w...
02.19.25 Salem Health and the Use of Virtual Nursing
Salem Health Hospital & Clinics are using "virtual" nurses to enhance patient care and support their "on-the-ground" health teams. Sarah Horn and Theresa Johnson share...
02.19.25 Conservation Spotlight Explores Rogue Farm Corps
Conservation Spotlight talks with Kait Crowley, Farmer Training Program Manager for Rogue Farm Corps (RFC). Kait will share how RFC trains and equips the next generati...
02.18.25 Monmouth Monthly Explores Western Oregon University
Monmouth Monthly welcomes Western Oregon University President (WOU), Jesse Peters and Executive Director of the WOU Foundation, Katie Wojke. They discuss what makes WO...
02.14.25 Salem Keizer NAACP on DEI & Black History Month
RJ Hampton, Salem-Keizer NAACP President, responds to efforts by the federal government to dismantle Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) programs and how the local NAAC...
02.14.25 Oregon's Sanctuary Law
States with "sanctuary laws" have gotten in the cross hairs of the federal government, because the laws make it more difficult for federal immigration officers to find...
02.13.25 Policy for the People Explores Tax Filing Assistance
Policy for the People explores two programs to make tax filing free and easy for low and moderate income families: Direct File and Oregon's Tax Infrastructure Grant pr...
02.11.25 Meet Independence Police Chief Tino Banuelos
Meet the new Independence Police Chief, Tino Baneulos. He became the Chief on Jan 1, 2025. Learn about his journey into law enforcement and his vision and priorities f...
02.06.25 How Partnership for Safety & Justice Supports People in the Criminal Justice System
Learn about Partnership for Safety & Justice and the Family Sentencing Alternative Program - a program to keep incarcerated parents connected to their kids. Plus, othe...
02.05.25 Keeping Oregon Oregon Explores Legislation Affecting Land Use Laws
Keeping Oregon Oregon talks with Jim Johnson, Working Lands Policy Director for 1000 Friends of Oregon, about land use legislation to be debated during the 2025 Legisl...
02.04.25 Town Hall Excerpts with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkely and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas
Hear excerpts from the Feb. 2nd Town Hall with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas in Salem. Several hundred residents and a dozen local electe...
02.04.25 Elephant in the Room Explores "Forever Chemicals" (PFAS)
Elephant in the Room examines "forever chemicals" with Crystal Weston, Oregon Environmental Council. She'll address the dangers to public health and the environment po...
02.03.25 Update with State Rep. Tom Andersen
State Rep.Tom Andersen talks about how the Oregon legislative session is going, two weeks into the session, bills that he's introduced and highlights from yesterday's ...
01.30.25 Salem Police Dept: Strategic Plan Update
Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack, four years on the job, shares his vision for Salem's law enforcement agency and the strategic plan to implement the vision. He'll tal...
01.29.25 Campaign for the Public Interest
Tom Ellis, Salem community member, shares his proposal to spearhead nonviolent resistance to tyranny and to hold elected officials accountable to democratic principles...
01.29.25 Salem Reads: Why Didn't You Tell Me?
Salem Reads 2025 is back! Executive Director of Salem Public Library Foundation, Taylor Sarman and Sonja Sommerville, with the library, talk about this year's book and...
01.28.25 Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
Dr. Sara Kennedy, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, explains where Oregon stands with reproductive health care, the variety of health services they provide throu...
01.23.25 Update on Salem Livability Operations Levy
Salem City Council is considering putting a "livability" operations levy on the May 2025 ballot. City Councilor Linda Nishioka explained what happened at the Jan 21st...
01.23.25 Holla for Labor Explores Why People Become Active in Unions
Holla for Labor talks with Coalition of Black Trade Unionist (CBTU) members on the value of having union representation and their motivation to become active. Plus, a ...
01.21.25 Monmouth Monthly Explores Monmouth Power & Light
Monmouth Monthly talks with Monmouth Power and Light Director, Wade Carey. Wade explains how Monmouth's utility district is different from privately owned companies; s...
01.16.25 Salem Mayor Julie Hoy Takes the Gavel
The day after Salem's Mayor Julie Hoy ran her first City Council meeting, we talked with her about how she'd been preparing for the job and how she plans to regain com...
01.15.25 Conservation Spotlight Explores Water & Pesticides in Agricultural Conservation
Conservation Spotlight dives into the issues of water quality and safe pesticide use in agriculture. Hear insights from agriculture conservation planners Becky Pineda ...
01.14.25 Chris Hoy & Virginia Stapleton Reflect on Salem
Chris Hoy and Virginia Stapleton recently finished their terms serving as City of Salem Mayor and City Councilor, respectively. They talk about what they "walked into...
01.13.25 Health Care for All Oregon (OHCA) Explores Health Care Policies
Valdez Bravo, President of Health Care for All Oregon (HCAO) explains the mission of HCAO, legislation they're following in this upcoming legislative session and the s...