Oregon On The Record

Alex Baumhardt, of the Oregon Capital Chronicle on how the West has lost more than a third of its glaciers since the 1950s. And a Texas professor explains how the Lone Star State turned blue.

The KLCC news team (Rebecca Hansen-White, Nathan Wilk and Zac Ziegler) break down the local races and Professor Christopher Stout of Oregon State University talks about the national implications of the midterms.

On part two of Oregon On The Record’s series on the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend, host Michael Dunne talks with Bend Bulletin reporter Emily Rogers, OPB’s Jen Baires and Thrive Mental Health therapist Suzy Rosen about covering the tragedy, how the community is coping and the long road of trauma recovery.

The host travels to Bend to talk with key leaders in the aftermath of the school shooting that left four dead. Conversations include Mayor Melanie Kebler and Superintendent Steven Cook.

Heather Wall, the new CEO of PeaceHealth, has a big job ahead of her: Reestablishing trust with a workforce that lost faith in leadership while also expanding in a challenging healthcare environment.

President Shereef Elnahal, of OHSU shares his vision for the health university and talks about the challenges of working with the federal government for research funding.

Prof. Chandler James of the University of Oregon talks about the dynamics of midterm elections and what might happen to the power structure in Washington after the election.

Matthew Pickerell, co-founder of Pacific Northwest Assistive Technologies, balances classes at OSU, and starting a nonprofit that designs fun devices to help small children with mobility issues.

Jake Pearson, a reporter with ProPublica, pushed the envelope of problem gambler behavior with the biggest online sports betting sights in the game. He found that guardrails are almost non-existent.

Jake Thomas of the Oregon Capital Chronicle talks about how Oregon is quietly letting part of its landmark transgender care mandate go unenforced. And KLCC's Love Cross offers an update on her Oregon Ready series.