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Oregon has a very specific pod of grey whales that stays off our coast year-round due to a normally stable food source. But as OSU Professor Leigh Torres explains, climate change is reducing that food...

More than four years since it became the first Starbucks in Oregon to have its employees join a union, Eugene’s store on Willamette Street is being closed.

Data centers are water and electricity hogs, and a new study provides details on what it costs Oregon to continue to seek them out. OPB's Kyra Buckley joins the show to explain.

Behavioral scientist Gleb Tsipursky explains why AI rollouts fail and how leaders can ease employee fears about job loss and identity threat before adopting AI at work.

At Sand Master Park in Florence, "Dr Dune," Lon Beale and his colleague David Edge introduce the host to the relative new sport of sand surfing. We also talk with KLCC's newest reporter, Ellie Graham.

Connecting local farmers with the people most in need of food security is a critical role that the Ten Rivers Food Web nonprofit serves for Linn and Benton Counties. It's executive director, Kirsten M...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas breaks down the cost of Trump's $5,000 pledge, plus an update on Springfield's proposed behavioral health campus.

The Mazama newt can only be found in Crater Lake. But an invasive species is forcing the amphibian toward extinction. Biologists at the Oregon Zoo are trying desperately to save this native species.

Secretary of State Tobias Read runs Oregon's elections. But another man 3,000 miles away - President Trump - has him concerned about the upcoming midterms. We talk to the secretary on today's show. Th...

Due to national headlines, postpartum depression and psychosis are a big part of the national dialogue. We talk with Lyndsie Leech of local nonprofit WellMama about these illnesses and what families c...

While Eugene is a football town, South Eugene High School, the largest in the area, is struggling to even field a team. Jarrid Denney from the Register Guard talks about the tough road ahead for South...

Oregon is definitely cougar country. What once was a sparse population has grown to more than 6,000. And at times, people and cougars come into contact. Oregon On The Record talks with Beth Quillian o...

Oregon is one of the most secretive states in the nation when it comes to disclosure of low-income housing spends. A ProPublica reporter uncovers the details.

Oregon was the first U.S. state to launch an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging. Recycling Partnership experts explain how it works and a key court ruling.

Librarians and volunteers race to save federal public data from removal. Lynda Kellam of the Data Rescue Project explains their mission on Oregon On The Record.

A six-mile stretch of the trail was closed after the new owner of the land declined access to hikers.

Efforts to expand habitat for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly on the central Oregon Coast are finding support from a seldom-used resource: local property owners.

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'...

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 healt...

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 cente...

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 pro...

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 a...

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 - M...

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 o...

On this edition, we ride along with Patrol Officer Alan Kawasaki of Eugene Police to learn what its like to patrol Eugene city streets on a late Friday night.

On this edition, we talk with Dr. Shawn Stover, the new interim superintendent for Springfield Unified Schools. The district has wobbled from one controversy to the next, and Dr. Stover is being broug...

Oregon's unemployment rate holds at 5.2% as a shrinking labor force suggests baby boomer retirements are picking up pace. State economists explain the shift.

EWEB commissioners voted to design a $392 million water treatment plant on the Willamette River to ensure regional backup supply and allow repairs on its 76-year-old primary facility.

Eugene City Council unanimously approved 10-year property tax exemptions for housing developers to help the city meet a state-mandated goal of 26,000 new units.

It comes after a patient with dementia and Parkinson’s disease went missing from the facility and was found dead three days later.

On this edition, we talk to U of O Journalism professor Gretchen Soderlund about how republican constituencies tend to be more forgiving then democratic ones when politicians are caught up in sexual s...

On this edition, we talk with Hannarose McGuinness of the Register Guard about her story on the poor air quality of Eugene/Springfield and the toll wildfire smoke takes on our air and lungs. Then we t...

On this edition we talk with Mike McInally of Lookout Eugene/Springfield about his story on the continuing challenges at Lane Community College and the continuing battles between the board of educatio...

On this edition, we talk with OPB's Emily Cureton Cook about her stories on water rights and usage in Central Oregon from the Deschutes River, and how some properties are encouraged to use as much wat...

On this edition we talk with Tracie McMillan of The Guardian about her expose on Greystar and other apartment owners who charge exorbitant and often hidden fees to renters throughout the nation and in...

The early-Saturday fire left the restaurant too damaged to operate and the owner wondering about its future.

Eugene Pride has announced that their annual march from Kesey Square will be cancelled.

On this edition we talk with Lookout Eugene/Springfield reporter Ben Botkin about his article which describes how miles of roads in the county are in no municipal jurisdiction and therefore never get ...

On this edition we talk with Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian about how one of Oregon's largest employers, Intel, is making a comeback due to the AI revolution that almost caused the company to collapse....

The Springfield Eugene Tenant Association wants to remind renters of their rights during the heat.

Extreme heat has been forecasted in the Willamette Valley this Sunday through Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to exceed 95 degrees. Cities and counties have cooling centers available for the public...

On this edition, we talk with Alex Baumhardt of the Oregon Capitol Chronicle about her reporting on the explosion of data centers in Oregon and how the promise of jobs and economic vibrancy is often u...

On this edition, we talk with Dan Froomkin, the editor of Press Watch and a long-time media critic about how the national media is failing to hold President Trump to account for his lies.

The Coffin Butte Landfill in Benton County has been criticized for poor waste management practices and was fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality earlier this year. The nearby non-pro...

The University of Oregon issued an alert Tuesday afternoon due to a bomb threat targeting Hayward Field.