Monday, Feb 25, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on former KEZI news anchor Rick Dancer announcing his bid for Oregon Secretary of State.

2. House Speaker Jeff Merkley has endorsed Barack Obama.

3. Oregon's late May primary may actually help decide the democratic nomination for president.

4. April 29th is the last day for voters to change political party affiliation before Oregon's May 20th primary election.

5. Becca Bartleson reports on a letter signed by about 50 U.S. senators and backed by the National Rifle Association has prompted a re-draft of national park system rules.

6. Nike subsidiary Cole Haan says it will go fur-free in 2008.

Center:

1. Austin Jenkins reports on several proposals in Washington state aimed at reducing drunk driving.

2. Mixed Voices: Photos.

3. Good Gardening.

Second Newscast:

1. Nick DeMarino reports on the Oregon Marine Board trying to draw anglers and boaters back to Diamond Lake by lowering the speed limit.

2. State Treasurer Randall Edwards will announce Oregon's first-ever scholarship giveaways.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on America Saves Week and Washington Saves Week.

Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Attorney General Hardy Meyers endorses Democrat Greg Macpherson to succeed him.

2. Anna King reports on the recall of the Arlington mayor.

3. Officials in Oregon are using the prospect of free money to encourage saving for college.

4. Tom Banse reports on a Seattle company supplying nut oil for the first flight test of a Boeing jet using biofuels.

5. Oregon remains the most secular state in the nation according to a new national survey on religious life.

6. Austin Jenkins reports on budget wrangling in Washington State.

7. Guy Hand reports on the potential to resume field burning in Idaho.

Center:

1. Interview with Mark Beudert with the Eugene Opera.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on the Eugene City Council moving forward with a railroad quiet zone.

2. Tom Banse reports on Northwest members of Congress scolding the admiral in charge of tsunami warning and education.

3. The state Marine Board is accepting public comments on reducing the speed limit on Diamond Lake.

4. The Springfield City Council selected nine people from a stack of over 40 applicants for a new downtown advisory committee.

Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on a Senate committee hearing on the Soda Mountain Wilderness proposal.

2. Oregon's U.S. Senators urged a congressional subcommittee to approve a buy-out of cattle land on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

3. Becca Bartleson reports on Representative David Wu receiving a high ranking from the Children's Defense Fund Action Council.

4. Lane Community College has been ranked third among 82 schools involved in a competition to reduce waste on college campuses.

5. The federal government is offering rewards to catch the people who left hoax bombs at four military recruiting stations in Oregon last year.

6. In a rare court ruling, a driver ticketed by a citizen is paying a fine for hitting a cyclist.

Center:

1. Interview with Erin Ely of Eugene. She entered the Idea Blob contest with a proposal for an indoor farmer's market.

2. Andrew Bartholomew speaks with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink.

Second Newscast:

1. The Legislature has approved a bill to establish large underground water storage areas in Eastern Oregon that will help farmers and hopefully not hurt fish.

2. Guy Hand reports on proposed management plans for Idaho's wilderness.

3. Anna King reports Washington's 9-billion dollars worth of exports.

4. Becca Bartleson reports on the Oregon Department of Forestry conducting door-to-door visits in the McKenzie River Watershed.

First Newscast:

1. Tiffany Eckert reports on UO Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny's donation to boost academics.

2. Tom Banse reports on a geothermal energy firm that will begin drilling in eastern Oregon.

3. A new pipeline is on the drawing board to connect the gas fields of Wyoming with the west coast.

4. Eugene may have a gas tax measure on the May primary ballot to cut the gas tax by two cents.

5. Guy Hand reports on several environmental groups that plan to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the removal of the gray wolf from the endangered species list.

6. Tom Banse reports on the accused lookout in an arson pinned on radical environmentalists maintained her innocence on the witness stand.

Center:

1. Interview with Jake Pegg of Samba Ja.

2. Natural World with John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. A judge resentenced Jeffrey "Free" Luers to half his original 22-year sentence today for his conviction of burning SUVs in 2000.

2. A woman allegedly stole a vehicle from the Kendall Auto Group in Bend and rammed it into 22 other vehicles.

3. An aide to U.S. Senator Gordon Smith has been hired as the Executive Director of the debt-ridden Oregon Republican Party.

Friday, Feb 29, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The EPA justified blocking CA from cracking down on auto emissions.

2. Weyerhaeuser and Chevron have formed a joint venture to develop fuel from wood fiber.

3. A proposal to restrict motor vehicle use on public lands near Florence will be the subject of an open house tomorrow in Albany.

4. Mike Van Meter reports, a Redmond businessman, who is blind, has appeared before a land-use hearing officer.

5. Cat Vazquez reports, the Pew "Public Safety Performance Project" says OR's prison spending is too high.

6. Tiffany Eckert reports, HIV Alliance is hosting their annual fundraiser in supporter of a unique outreach program.

7. A meth lab was found Thursday a few miles west of Junction City.

Center:

1.  Last December, San Francisco became the first city to outlaw plastic checkout bags.  Amy Standen gives this update.

2. Andrew Theen reports, heavy beach erosion on the NW coast this winter is yielding a bounty of shipwreck treasure.

Second Newscast:

1. Heather Meldrum reports, new high school standards were discussed at the City Club of Eugene.

2. A raid on an Astoria house found mature marijuana plants basking in the light of a basement grow room.

3. Youth in Eugene will participate in a downtown cleanup tomorrow.

4. Eugene based semperian call center will be closed April 30th, eliminating 237 jobs.

5. The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde is urging the US Interior Department to deny another tribe the use of off-reservation land for a casino in Cascade Locks.

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