Bob Rossi interviews Graham Trainor the new President of the Oregon AFL-CIO with a discussion of the current labor situation in the state and the nation.

The council selects Vanessa Nordyke to represent Ward 7, replacing Sally Cook. The Council also holds a Work Session to consider options for investing in urban renewal.

It sounds like an episode of "The X-Files," but it's real life: Unexplained cattle deaths on remote western ranch lands, animals with organs surgically removed, leaving behind no blood, and apparently, no evidence. This report, recorded many years ago in Colorado by Scott Schlegel, has relevance today as ranchers in Eastern Oregon experienced this phenomenon late this summer.

Bob 'Berto' Rossi and Rob Fullmer of SEIU Local 503 discuss the labor negotiations with Oregon Higher Education system and the problems facing higher education in Oregon and its workers.

Falls City artist Jackey Neyman Jones tells of her part in the 1966 horror film Manos: The Hands of Fate. Considered one of the worst movies ever made, Manos has had a second life as a cult film because of its many flaws.

Howie Hawkins discusses the Green New Deal which he introduced back in 2010 and the urgency of getting these policies in place as soon as possible.

Fall is here, and so are the apples. We interview our local “apple guy,” Neil Austin, from Austin Farm in Silverton about apple production, pest management, and organic certification.

Mayor Bennett proclaims October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”; Salem’s latest residential satisfaction survey finds disappointing results; as the Salem Housing Authority celebrates its 50th anniversary, 15-thousand people wait for rent assistance.

Dr. Sarah Myhre, founder of the Rowen Institute and this year's Salem Peace Lecture speaker, talks about climate justice. Climate justice exposes how climate change hits disenfranchised communities harder and how that directs the approach solutions.

By state law, all cities must have a comprehensive plan to guide growth. The City of Salem is updating its plan and is holding community events to get residents to tell the city how they want it to grow. Eunice Kim, project manager, explains the process and how residents can influence the plan.