Monday, Mar 17, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Nick Demarino reports on agencies in Oregon receiving $500,000 in grant money to help counsel those dealing with possible home foreclosure.

2. Authorities say the death of a 57-year-old Swisshome man is a homicide.

3. Glenn Mosley reports on rising fuel prices contributing to rising prices in Northwest grocery stores.

4. Some retired state workers who helped pay for a successful class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System five years ago are entitled to reimbursement.

5. Condemnation proceedings to acquire one of the two remaining parcels the U of O needs to build its new basketball arena has begun.

6. Jes Burns reports on the Eugene Planning Commission meeting today to discuss controversial new land use code changes aimed at bringing the city into line with the federal clean water act.

7. EWEB will hold the second of two hearings Tuesday night to gather public comments about a decrease in electric rates and an increase in water rates.

8. The likelihood that the ocean salmon fishing season will be shut down off the Southern Oregon coast is more bad economic news for the region.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the high cost of celebrating Oregon's 150th birthday.

2. Dmae Roberts reports on the only rock and roll camp for girls. It's in Portland.

Second Newscast:

1. A state task force is getting back to its review of Oregon land use planning laws.

2. April 15th is the deadline for two Oregon property tax deferral programs.

3. Tom Banse reports on new advice for how to dispose of unused medications.

4. Jes Burns reports on a Eugene rally marking the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq.

5. The Sisters City Council and some veterans are battling over a proposal to add a lighted American flagpole at a veterans memorial.

6. Tom Banse reports on a new study suggesting that homegrown fuel could be as close as the garbage dump.

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Anna King reports on the federal government's decision to allow the killing of sea lions at the base of Bonneville Dam that eat salmon.

2. Last year, 85 people got prescriptions to end their lives under Oregon's Death With Dignity Act.

3. OPB's Rob Manning reports on a cockfighting ring broken up by law enforcement.

4. Rachael McDonald reports on Representative Peter DeFazio telling Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to go after John McCain, rather than at each other.

5. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will make a campaign swing through Oregon this week.

6. The Medical Director of Peace Health Medical Center in Florence says the doctor shortage hits rural areas hardest.

7. Portland has painted the first of many green "bike boxes" on its streets as a way to give better protection to cyclists.

Center:

1. Interview with Venezualan pianist Gabriela Montero.

2. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Shakespeare Festival production of "Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter."

Second Newscast:

1. Officials say the disaster recovery center in Vernonia will close at the end of the week.

2. Springfield is getting closer to annexing some riverfront property in Glenwood.

3. Cris Lehman reports on how Oregon Republicans are being urged to voted for the weaker Democrat in the May primary.

4. The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld Washington's top-two vote getters advance system.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on one Eugene activist who refuses to pay taxes to fund the war in Iraq.

2. The Oregon Court of Appeals says there is a limit to how much responsibility the Archdiocese of Portland must take for the conduct of its priests.

3. The Medford teacher who was denied permission to take her pistol to school is filing an appeal.

4. Nick Demarino reports on LTD considering cutbacks.

5. A Southern Oregon auto dealership says it is unable to explain accounting irregularities that kept it from posting financial results for the last quarter and full year of 2007.

6. Multnomah County officials say it's time to close the Sellwood Bridge, the busiest two-lane crossing in Oregon.

7. The owner of an Oregon metal plating company has pleaded guilty to environmental crimes for storing hazardous waste without a permit.

Center:

1. Interview with Toby Alves, of Toby's Family Foods. The company, best known for its tofu products, now makes and distributes Genesis Juice.

2. Viz City's Lotte & Terry go gallery hopping around Eugene.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on recent air sampling in Eugene's Trainsong neighborhood shows a low level of vapors from railyard solvents.

2. For the past 62 years, pupils in Reedsport and in Elkton have spent a day each Spring planting trees.

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Barack Obama's upcoming visit to four Oregon cities.

2. About 300 students protested the Iraq war in Portland today.

3. Mike Van Meter reports on a Bend peace vigil.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on Northwest National Guard units getting deployment orders for Iraq and Afghanistan.

5. Lane County is bracing for a loss of federal funding.

Center:

1. Interview with musician Richard Julian.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Mount Pisgah.

First Newscast:

1. Hundreds lined up early today at Mac Court to see Senator Barack Obama speak tonight.

2. One of the two main contenders for mayor of Portland may quit the race after losing a legal decision on public financing.

3. Klamath County jail deputies and medical staff are closely watching inmates with respiratory issues.

4. All of the appeals of Idaho death row inmate Lacey Mark Sivak have been rejected by a federal court judge.

5. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington's Governor signing legislation to establish programs for the moral guidance of prisoners.

6. Penny Tannlund reports on an advanced all-hazards radio system in Reedsport, Winchester and Gardiner.

7. Using aerial photos available online, the Washington State Ecology Department is looking for illegal ponds on central Washington farms.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald takes us for a tour of Ferns Edge Goat Farm near Lowell. They'll be marketing raw goat's milk by next month.

2. Anna King tromped the fields with one Eastern Washington farmer keeping a close eye on his "girls" as calving season begins.

3. Tony Glavinic isn't likely to meet up with a presidential contender in Alaska.

Second Newscast:

1. Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke before thousands in Portland today.

2. Chris Lehman reports on Governor Kulongoski's State of the State address.

3. Arguments against LNG facilities in Oregon have shifted from concerns about safey and explosions to questions about whether Oregon needs the gas.

4. Delta Airlines says that Salem's flights from McNary Field to Salt Lake City are safe from cuts - for now.

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