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Local Elections Matter! Marion County Clerk Candidate: Anna Munson

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Anna Munson, running...

Keeping Oregon Oregon with Update on No. Plains UGB Controversy

Keeping Oregon Oregon follows up with Aaron Nichols, Stoneboat Farm, about the Urban Growth Boundary controversy in No. Plains Oregon. The 2024 legislature passed a bi...

Local Elections Matter! Meet Judicial Candidates for Marion County Circuit Court

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. In this program, the four candidates for Marion County Cir...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 7 City Council: Vanessa Nordyke

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Vanessa Nordyke, can...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 5 City Council: Irvin Brown

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Irvin Brown, candida...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 5 City Council: Michael Hoselton

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Michael Hoselton, ca...

Behind the Business Visits Brew Coffee & Tap House

Behind the Business visits Brew Coffee & Tap House in Independence to find out why they created their business here and how they built a gathering place for the commun...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 3 City Council: Nathan Soltz

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Nathan Soltz, candid...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 3 City Council: Shane Matthews

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Shane Matthews, cand...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 1 City Council: Celine Coleman

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Celine Coleman, cand...

Local Elections Matter! Salem Ward 1 City Council: Paul Tigan

KMUZ is committed to civic engagement and informing voters so you can make an informed decision on May 21st. Here is a candidate conversation with Paul Tigan, candidat...

Conservation Spotlight on Salem's Nature Challenge

Conservation Spotlight talks with Stacy Teller, City of Salem and Kassi Roosth, Marion Soil & Water Conservation District about Salem’s first ever “City Nature Challen...

Monmouth Monthly Explores Trash and Recycling with Brandt Sanitary Service

Monmouth Monthly “talks trash” with Josh Brandt, head of this local family business that has celebrated over 70 years of service to local residents. He shares how we c...

Integrity of Elections in Marion County

Brian Van Bergen, Marion County Elections Division, explains how our election system works to ensure the integrity of our voting system. He explains the importance of ...

The Job of a City Councilor in Salem

First time Salem city councilors Deanna Gwyn and Linda Nishioka explain what it's like to be a city councilor in Oregon's capital city - time commitments, challenges a...

Policy for the People talks Kicker and IRS Staffing

Policy for the People explores Oregon’s record-breaking kicker, with Oregon Center for Public Policy's Daniel Hauser, which is sending massive tax rebates to the rich,...

Invisible People Explores Simonka Place

Invisible People explores people who are homeless and the community's response to addressing homelessness.  In this episode we hear about the programs and services of ...

Salem Revenue Task Force Update

Salem's Revenue Task Force has been meeting to develop recommendations to the City Council about ways to increase revenue to meet looming budget deficits.  Task force ...

Thoughts and Gifts Ensures Everyone's Birthday is Celebrated

Thoughts and Gifts is a nonprofit organization in Polk County, Oregon whose mission is to celebrate birthdays of under served youth, people with qualifying intellectua...

Keeping Oregon Oregon Recaps Legislative Session with 1000 Friends of Oregon

Keeping Oregon Oregon talks with Mary Kyle McCurdy, 1000 Friends of Oregon, who explains the “good, bad, and ugly” legislation affecting  land use planning after the 2...

Elephant in the Room Talks with Zena Forest Products

Elephant in the Room explores forest health with Ben Deumling of Zena Forest Products, and how this wood products business is pivoting to address the challenges of a c...

2024 Legislative Session Recap with Rep. Tom Andersen

Oregon State Representative Tom Andersen (HD 19) reviews the work of the 2024 Legislative Session.  He highlights a bill that makes exceptions to the land use planning...

Meet Salem's New Deputy Chief Debbie Aguilar

Meet Salem's new Deputy Chief Debbie Aguilar. Learn about her journey in law enforcement, what it’s like being a woman in a male dominated profession, how the SPD is r...

Child Abuse Awareness: Car Parade

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month.  Kyle Tarr, Liberty House and Vanessa Nordyke, CASA of Marion County talk about child abuse, how their organizations help disrupt...

Behind the Business Explores MaMere's Guest House in Monmouth OR

Behind the Business shines a light on the heartbeat of our local economies – our local businesses. In this episode, Emily McNulty, owner of MaMere’s Guest House talks ...

Conservation Spotlight Shines the Light on Beavers

Conservation Spotlight explores Oregon's state mammal. Jakob Shockey, Executive Director of Project Beaver, shares the history of beavers in the Willamette Valley, the...

Meet Salem's New City Librarian: Bridget Esqueda

Meet Salem's new librarian, Bridget Esqueda, and learn how she became passionate about libraries in her home state of Arizona, the data behind shortening library hours...

Monmouth Monthly Talks with Lucky Crow

Monmouth Monthly chats with Eden Olson and Lindsey Darling - the force behind Lucky Crow Farm and the Eat Crow Supper Club. Eden shares the benefits of a CSA (communit...

Policy for the People on Legislation: Debt Collection and Childcare

Policy for the People examines two bills that passed the recently adjourned legislative session: one to protect Oregonians from unfair debt collection practices and an...

Homelessness in Marion & Polk Counties: Spring 2024 Update

Jimmy Jones, Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, reviews what's going on to reduce homelessness in Marion & Polk Counties - from recent legislation to the o...

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