On Oregon On The Record we bring you interviews and conversations about issues that matter most to western and central Oregon. From important topics in politics, the economy, education, the environment and more, Oregon on the record will move beyond the headlines and delve deeper into stories that matter to our community.
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Connected Lane County, Ophelia's Place and A Family for Every Child launch Eugene's Youth Hub, offering career training, mental health support and basic-needs resources for local youth.
KLCC's Oregon on the Record talks with CAMP founder Johannah Johnson-Weinberg about free veterinary care and pet retention services for unhoused pet owners across Central Oregon.
Cottage Grove's Community Sharing Program grew from a food pantry into a full service center. Director Mike Fleck on food, housing, energy and water aid in South Lane County.
KLCC's Michael Dunne talks with Will Acosta of Siuslaw Vision about fiscal sponsorship, child care support and disaster resilience work in western Lane County.
Can predators actually protect drivers? On this episode of Oregon on the Record, host Michael Dunne talks with Justin Suraci, senior scientist and director of wildlife conservation science at Conservation Science Partners, about groundbreaking research from Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Using data from 503 camera traps and 59 GPS-collared pumas, Suraci and his team found that areas with high mountain lion activity see up to a 76% drop in deer-vehicle collisions, because pumas change where and when deer roam, pushing them away from roads and into safer habitat. The conversation digs into the
A new Oregon State University study shows cats are far more trainable than most people think, and the benefits go both ways. On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with Monique Udell, an OSU professor who directs the Human-Animal Interaction Lab, about her research on cat-child training. The study paired 36 children with developmental disabilities with their family cats for a six-week training program covering basic commands, harness training and cat body language. The results: children took on more caretaking responsibility, cats showed increased sociability, and th
NYT reporter Noam Scheiber joins Oregon On The Record to explain why women's workforce gains often follow job degradation, from MLB umpiring to medicine.
The Portland Trail Blazers want major upgrades to the Moda Center, and taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with OPB Portland city politics reporter Alex Zielinski about the arena financing deal moving through Portland City Council and Multnomah County. They cover new Blazers owner Tom Dundon, the $600 million public funding push, what the city gets in return, and whether the Blazers could leave Portland if the deal falls through.
On this edition we talk with Grace Chinowsky of Lookout Eugene/Springfield to talk about her recent article about how ICE deported the father of a Eugene family and the aftermath of a family ripped apart.
On this edition, we talk with Oregon's US senator, Ron Wyden about the difficulties and disconnects he sees being created by President Trump and the rest of Oregon and America. We also talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White on efforts to cite a new landfill in the community.
On this edition, we talk with Kyle Williams of the Oregon Department of Forestry about how the agency has to change strategies as our wildland fires get more extreme in the era of climate change.
On this edition we talk with Haleigh Kochanski of the Register Guard about her story on a lawsuit against Eugene's Holt International. The suit alleges that Holt failed to disclose severe mental health challenges of an adopted child and coerced a family into the adoption. We also talk to KLCC's Zac Ziegler about his recent stories about housing and development in the community.
On this edition, we talk with Lt. Tim Wallace the new head of the Lane County Sheriff's Search and Rescue program. Wallace talks about the role and how search and rescue in Lane County is a complex team effort.
On this edition we talk with Annie Waldman of ProPublica about her investigative story, "The Milkman," about the largest raw milk producer in the country whose built his empire on bad science and denial of harm from his products.
On this edition, we talk with Mike Rogoway of the Oregonian about how the city of Hillsboro - once a champion of data centers - recently voted to stop all new construction on these controversial centers. It could be a harbinger of more prohibitions of data centers in Oregon. Then we talk with KLCC's Brian Bull about his story on the Elderberry Wisdom Farm and its struggle for funding in the age of anti-DEI sentiment.
On this edition, we talk with Alex Baumhardt of the Oregon Capitol Chronicle about her story on how Oregon's largest companies don't offer health insurance to workers even though they rake in huge profits.
On this edition, we talk with Jim Cornelius, editor-in-chief of the Nugget Newspaper in Sisters. He's both the chronicler of The Akawa Butte Fire, and its threat to the community of Sisters, as well as a friend and neighbor to people who've had to flea with their lives from the firestorm. We also talked to KLCC's Macy Moore about a unique and quirky race in Corvallis.
On this edition of Oregon on the Record, you’ll hear from Eric Gran, a Eugene man who braved hypothermia, avalanches, frost bite and respiratory distress, to stand on the tallest peak in the world - Mt. Everest.
On this edition we talk with Jen Baires, a reporter with OPB about continuing issues of trust, and allegations of lying by a deputy at Deschutes County Sheriff's office who is running to become head of the department. We also talk to KLCC's Love Cross about her continuing Oregon Ready series.
On this edition, we talk with Tia Nordstrand, who runs Kindred Matters a state-wide nonprofit that helps siblings separated by the foster care system to maintain connection through programs and camps that unite these kids for weekends and summers. We also talk to KLCC reporters Julia Boboc and Hannah Bush about helping animals through wildfire and new upgrades at the Cascades Raptor Center.
