On this edition, we talk with Talicia Brown, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Cultural Initiative about a new monument to Eugene's black community that is being built and cited at Alton Baker Park. Then we talk with Kelly Fleischmann of Greenhill Humane Society about a recent rescue of more than 36 cats at one home.

A locally based group of doctors who staff PeaceHealth’s emergency departments has issued an open letter to the community.

KLCC's Tiffany Eckert talks about about her reporting on PeaceHealth layoffs and its shift to an out-of-state ER staffing firm, as local physicians dispute the reasons cited and warn of impacts on care.

PeaceHealth has begun another round of layoffs, affecting skilled caregivers across its hospital system. The staffing reduction is the third such move in the past nine months.

On this edition we talk to Lane County Medical Director Dr. Patrick Luedtke about outbreaks of measles in Oregon. And we talk to Professor Tim Gleason about the challenges journalists have in covering President Trump.

PeaceHealth will end its 35-year contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians and replace the local group with Atlanta-based ApolloMD to staff ERs in Springfield, Florence, and Cottage Grove. Local doctors cite rising wait times and worsening conditions at RiverBend. All 41 EEP providers have signed an agreement refusing to work for ApolloMD after June 30.

On this edition we speak with Andrea Williams of the Oregon Food Bank about how massive federal cuts are increasing food insecurity in our state. And will also speak with Kerry Tymchuck of the Oregon Historical Society about the upcoming birthday of the Beaver State.

Lane County’s top health official says Oregon may be approaching the peak of flu season.

For decades, PeaceHealth Oregon has contracted with the local group, Eugene Emergency Physicians, to staff its emergency departments. Come June, that contract will not be renewed. Instead, the hospital system has chosen Atlanta-based ApolloMD as its emergency medicine partner in Springfield, Florence and Cottage Grove.

When it comes to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons cases, search teams have to be ready for the possibility of coming across a corpse. One Oregon MMIP group is proactively helping their volunteers prepare for that encounter.