Willamette Wake-up

New PIO for the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Jeremy Landers, introduces himself and four other officers in the department. Listeners will hear about a variety of duties associated with the Sheriff’s Office.

Bob Rossi interviews Robert Camarillo of the Oregon Building Trades Council and Ryan Tribett on worker safety and other Labor issues on a Spring Pledge Drive special.

Mark Schneider, Mint Valley Paper, talks with Michael Rose about building a tissue paper manufacturing plant in Dallas OR on a 55-acre site along Godsey Road

An Do, Political Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, discusses the national context leading up to states' laws restricting abortions and actions people can take to resist this trend.

Marilyn Williams, Vice President of the local chapter of the NAACP, discusses the meaning of Juneteenth - the true end of slavery in the U.S. - and an event in Salem celebrating it.

On this week’s program: the city’s new Chief Financial Officer; councilors call for hearings on zoning changes; the council approves a “Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan”; and more.

Interview with Kimberli Fitzgerald the City of Salem's Historic Preservation Officer, Myron Lee and Juwen Zhang on the history of Chinese in Salem and the Quin Ming Festival.

Lisa Ryan, co-founder of Cherry City VegFest talks about the budding organization and June 8th event designed to help people navigate the vegan diet.

Jula Galvin gives listeners a heads up on showing lambs at this year's Marion County Lamb & Wool Show in Turner. Then, Turner City Manager David Sawyer talks about creating a lively downtown in this city southeast of Salem.

State Senator Jackie Winters died May 29, 2019, after a 2-year bout with cancer. Stella Shaffer has a retrospective on the life of Oregon's longest serving woman in the state legislature. KMUZ thanks the Oregon Capitol Foundation for the content.