Monday, Jan 14, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on St. Vincent De Paul's funding for new affordable housing projects in Eugene.

2. The Springfield Initiative for Affordable Homes kicks off with a public forum tomorrow.

3. A developer slated to build a mixed-use project in North Springfield is objecting to the planning commission's call for street improvements.

4. Jes Burns reports on the City of Eugene's Planning Commission considering a proposal to increase stream, river and creek protection.

5. Austin Jenkins reports on the 2008 session of the Washington legislature.

6. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old Scott Hackett of Bend died Sunday while skiing at Mt. Bachelor.

7. St. Helens High School in Columbia County has been dismissed due to a possible natural gas leak in the building.

8. A wind advisory has been issued for the Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon.

Center:

1. Claude Offenbacher profiles James Burmeister who left the Army and is now living in Canada.

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson on fragrant indoor plants.

Second Newscast:

1. State officials say Oregon's unemployment rate remained basically flat as 2007 ended.

2. Chris Lehman reports on Steve Novick's televised ad for the U.S. Senate.

3. Starting tomorrow, gas stations in nine counties in Northern Oregon will be required to pump a 10% ethanol blend year round.

4. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire is proposing legislation to fight global warming.

5. A man in grief counseling after the death of his son has put up $1000 to challenge artists to create what may be the last image a dying person sees.

6. For the second year in a row, the University of Washington has sent more of its grads into the Peace Corps than any other American university.

First Newscast:

1. A deal is reached that could lead to the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River.

2. Chris Lehman explains how the Columbia River Gorge could get a new resort.

3. Jes Burns reports on the Eugene City Council considering the sunset of a two-cent gas tax.

4. Memorial arrangements have been set for Sergeant Zachary McBride of Bend.

5. Officials are warning Oregonians who want to get on the reservation list for the Oregon Health Plan to beware of potential scams.

6. United Airlines announced it will be restoring mainline service with 737s to the Eugene Airport.

Center:

1. Interview with playwright Martin Cohen and actor Rich Sheeland about Cohen's play, "So Far From Shore."

Second Newscast:

1. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 has reached tentative agreement with employers.

2. Jes Burns reports on a developer who has offered to sell his property near the Amazon headwaters.

3. Oregon Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden have secured federal funding for the Port of Umatilla to receive a $500,000 grant to construct a new biodiesel refining plant.

4. The Sierra Club and other environmental groups are telling Portland General Electric they'll sue in federal court to force the utility to retrofit its Boardman plant with pollution control equipment.

5. As Washington's Legislature reconvenes, Governor Chris Gregoire is rolling out the first steps in her drive to cut her state's contribution to global warming.

6. Anna King reports on state officials in Idaho who want to change the law banning liquor sales on election day.

First Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on public testimony over Eugene's proposed water quality plan.

2. Downtown Eugene may have a new 25-million dollar hotel in its future.

3. The EWEB board has implemented a program to protect their copper grounding wire by painting it green.

4. Cottage Grove's Blue Mountain Charter School's contract has been terminated.

5. Community leaders in Oregon will have a chance this week to address how marine reserves will affect their economies.

6. Today and tomorrow Eugene Police are focusing on red light violations.

7. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington Governor Chris Gregoire's rosy state of the state address.

Center:

1. Interview with Bhavia Wagner and Greg Ringer about an event in Eugene to benefit Cambodia.

2. Tom Banse reports on a satellite tracking carbon dioxide levels.

Second Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the Eugene area could have its first residential hospice house in the next few years.

2. A reward is being offered for information in a case involving damage to a wildlife habitat project near Lowell.

3. A freeze warning has been issued for the South Central Coast.

First Newscast:

1. Lane County is looking at tough options to make up for the loss of federal timber payments.

2. Jes Burns reports on Delta Sand and Gravel's request to expand its mining operation on agricultural land.

3. Ethan Lindsey reports on whether Congress will pay to help remove the Klamath River dams.

4. Anna King reports on the BPA's efforts to conserve energy.

5. University of Washington researchers suggest the sea level on the coast and Puget Sound could rise 6 inches by 2050.

6. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings stopped in Washington and Oregon to talk about No Child Left Behind.

Center:

1. Interview with Charles Lockman, curator of "Buddhist Visions" at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on new drivers license rules requiring proof of residency.

2. The Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation of human poisonings by the USDA's Wildlife Services Division.

3. Someone has scattered strychnine in a wildlife refuge near La Grande.

4. A federal agency is recommending the killing of as many as 30 sea lions a year at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.

5. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington lawmakers considering a crackdown on pharmaceutical companies.

6. Eugene City Councilors decided on two priorities to move the downtown redevelopment project forward.

First Newscast:

1. Tiffany Eckert reports on the National Director of the BLM was in Eugene today to address the Association of Oregon Loggers.

2. NOAA Fisheries told the BLM the Western Oregon Plan Revision has no coherent conservation strategy for endangered salmon.

3. The Oregon DEQ is proposing to amend its rules governing waste composting facilities.

4. Thor David Hesla, former manager for Oregon Representative David Wu's first congressional campaign, was killed in an attack in Afghanistan.

5. Tom Banse reports on caucus education in Idaho and Washington.

6. Eugene peace activist Peg Morton was fined in court yesterday.

7. The National Weather Service says an arctic air mass is bringing the coldest temperatures of the season to the Northwest this weekend.

Center:

1. Interview with David Solnit about being a counter military recruiter.

2. Rachael McDonald has a preview of Sunday's celebration of William Stafford's birthday.

3. Mark Immel reports on this weekend's Florence Winter Folk Festival.

Second Newscast:

1. OHSU plans to cut at least 200 jobs and raise tuition by at least 10% following a malpractice lawsuit.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on mortgage lending reform ideas in the Washington Legislature.

3. The legislature's budget-writing committee has endorsed a 200-million dollar basketball arena at the University of Oregon.

4. Portland authorities say two large sculptures stolen from the estate of a Portland philanthropist were cut up and sold for scrap metal.

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