U.S. Bank announced plans to close two branches in Oregon, both of which are the lone in-person banking option for rural residents. The closest bank branches for Drain residents will now be in Cottage Grove. Mill City will also be without a bank.

After decades of planning, a 27-acre parcel of riverfront in downtown Eugene is being developed. How did this area go from an industrial site to the area’s newest multi-family housing neighborhood?

As developers and city officials discussed what would be a part of the 27-acre infill project, the Fifth Street District both inspired and informed what was planned.

The history and ecology of the banks of the Willamette River found their way into several design elements in the Riverfront District.

While market-rate multifamily housing and a park have been completed, projects from affordable homes to business space remain.

On this edition, we talk with Jenny Bennett, Market President for Summit Bank of Eugene; Ron Green, President & Chief Executive Officer Oregon Pacific Bank of Florence and Eugene, and Scott Bruun, president and CEO of the Oregon Bankers Association about the impact of community banking on the local economy.

On this edition, we talk to KLCC's Nathan Wilk and Rebecca Hansen-White who have both broken and covered important stories in the community related to White Bird clinic and PacificSource.

Stratacache CEO Chris Riegel talks about taking over a one-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in west Eugene that was once used for semiconductor manufacturing.

On this edition, we talk with Jill Bond the new editor of the Register Guard. She graduated from the University Of Oregon and returns to lead the newsroom during a fraught time in journalism.

On this edition we talk with LaRonn Katchia, a documentary film maker about how Bigfoot fits in with indigenous people's culture and we speak with Khushboo Rathore, with the Oregon Journalism Project about surprising stats on dangerous jobs in the state.