Cydney Grannan
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Christmas Tree Climate | Wash. Teacher Diversity | Prepping For 'The Big One'
How can Oregon Christmas trees be adapted to a changing climate? How are plans for responding to a major earthquake changing? Also, Washington schools are becoming more diverse, but not its teachers.

Sugar Shack Demolition | Homeless Vets | Police In Schools
Affordable housing will replace a former Portland strip club. Operation Welcome Home will use state lottery funds for veteran services. Portland Public Schools considers increasing police presence.

Oregon Hemp Farmers Will Benefit From 2018 Farm Bill
The 2018 Farm Bill is close to a vote in Congress. If it passes, the bill could have a huge impact on the hemp industry in Oregon.

News Roundtable | Education And Trauma | Timbers
The news roundtable gives us opinions and analysis on this week's news. What can schools do to help kids who have experienced trauma at home? And tomorrow the Timbers will try to become league champions.

Yemen | Religion & Climate Change | Columbia Sportswear
Columbia sportswear says the President's tariffs won't move manufacturing back to the states. Mercy Corps is helping with humanitarian efforts in Yemen. A local evangelical group is sending a policy paper to the UN Climate Change summit.

Crabber Lawsuit | Independent Party | Mars InSight Mission
Crabbers in California and Oregon are suing fossil fuel companies. An OSU professor offered expertise to NASA's Mars InSight mission. And we talk about the future of the Independent Party of Oregon.

Psychiatric Board | Transgender Healthcare | Young Inventors
Some people found criminally insane in Oregon attack again when released from care. Central Oregon hospitals work to improve transgender healthcare. And, we talk to two young people who won national recognition for their scientific inventions.

Blockchain | A Christmas Tree's Journey | Family Of Criminals
We get a lesson in blockchain and check in with the Oregon Christmas tree that's heading to the U.S. capitol. And, we sit down with journalist Fox Butterfield to learn about an Oregon crime family.

Border Cannabis | Non-Unanimous Juries | WWI In Oregon
Voters in Ontario, Oregon, have said yes to recreational cannabis, right on the border with Idaho. Oregon is now the only state where someone can be convicted by a non-unanimous jury. And what can WWI teach us about today?

Kids First Project | Impacts Of Science | Rape Kit Backlog
The founder of a Portland nonprofit is nationally recognized. OSU collaborates on a center to focus on the social impacts of science. Oregon recently cleared its backlog of more than 5,000 rape kits.