Both of the county-run homeless shelters in Lincoln County will close for the season on April 30. That means a nonprofit drop-in center in Newport is bracing for a big increase in demand for service.

On this edition we talk with Jaime Gatewood of the Fair Housing Council of Oregon about their efforts to fight housing discrimination - especially for people with mental and developmental disabilities. We also talk with Alan Torres of the Register Guard about a key hurdle cleared by the developer for McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center to open up an emergency room in Eugene in the future.

Recent research by the University of Southern California shows that homeless people with pets get placed into permanent residences more than those without companion animals.

A year after CAHOOTS shut down its mobile crisis services in Eugene, the city has picked a partner to run a new peer navigation program.

A new workforce development program in Eugene is teaching people living in shelters how to become bicycle mechanics.

On this edition, we talk with OSU researcher Julia Marks-Peterson, about her study which reveals new information about climate change by evaluating carbon locked in Antarctic ice for more than three million years. We also talk with KLCC's Macy Moore about two stories they recently produced from Corvallis about a new low-barrier housing shelter and OSU mental health services using doctoral students.

Corvallis Housing First broke ground on their new project, Third Street Commons, a permanent supportive housing community.

Have you ever asked yourself, “Where’s the nearest public restroom?”In Eugene, a citywide venture aims to map each and every one.

A pilot program in Eugene will provide permanent affordable housing for people coming out of homelessness.

The City of Eugene is considering new tax exemptions for housing developers.