Willamette Wake-up

Michael Livingston talks with retired Salem resident Joyce Judy, who, in addition to her other civic endeavors this year, served on the City of Salem’s Budget Committee and ran against long-time Senate President Peter Courtney in the Democratic Primary.

Michael Livingston reports on last night’s meeting of the Salem City Council, which included a report on the first year of the city’s Homeless Rental Assistance Program (HRAP), a proposal to use $2 million in urban renewal funds to make up part of the funding gap for the new Salem police facility caused by rising labor and material costs and the adoption of modifications to the building height requirements of the State Street Corridor Plan adopted by the Council just two weeks ago.

Julie Jackson, municipal and community relations manager for Republic Services, talks about why the garbage bill is going up in Dallas, and Republic Services’ efforts to make Polk County residents better recyclers.

CT Holman, licensed acupuncturist in Salem Oregon, talks about his book which describes how trauma affects the body and how the principles of Chinese Medicine can heal it.

WU Professor Melissa Marks and her student research collaborators, Katerin Vasquez and Karen Espinoza, discuss their research on water and bacteria, including how their collaborations relate to charting and testing for cyanotoxins. ​

Leilani Slama and Randy Rasmussen talk about the new medical clinic that Salem Health has opened in Woodburn to meet the medical needs of those with limited resources who have found it difficult to obtain adequate health care in north Marion County.

Michael Livingston reports on last night’s special meeting of the Salem City Council, which was a public hearing on the proposed ordinance incorporating the land use and transportation components of the State Street Corridor Plan.

Eric Howald, Keizer Times, talks with Dylan Juran and Daniel Miedema about their pursuit of an idea to bring Keizer residents internet service as a city services.

Robin Olsen, co-founder of OPAN, talks about the mission of this burgeoning local, independent public affairs organization and gives listeners an example with a discussion about legislative redistricting with Chris Lehman, freelance journalist.

WU student Karen Espinoza discusses race, ethnicity, and health in Salem; plus, how do you get your news?  WU student Jaelin Sonoda talks about how gate keeping in newspapers impacts environmental news reporting.