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

First Newscast:

1. Jeff Merkley continues to lead Steve Novick in the cash race for U.S. Senate.

2. As the deadline to register to vote approaches, the Oregon Bus Project has kicked into high gear.

3. State economists say Oregon lost an estimated 2,700 jobs in March, the first decline in six months.

4. Washington State troopers and University of Washington police separated pro-China demonstrators from people going in to see the Dalai Lama.

5. The Dalai Lama spoke to children today at Seattle's Key Arena.

6. Austin Jenkins reports on a new law to keep the mentally ill out of jail in Washington State.

7. Nick DeMarino reports on the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife wanting hunters to report their take from last year.

8. Harrisburg is on its way toward gaining a skate park.

9. Elementary school students will be celebrating Earth Day early tomorrow by releasing nearly a quarter of a million ladybugs at 3 Christmas tree farms.

Center:

1. Jes Burns reports on the Crest Drive neighborhood and how the Eugene City Council's decision on road improvements may change the area.

2. Chris Lehman reports on some of the Democrats running for the Fifth Congressional District.

Second Newscast:

1. Becca Bartleson reports on a new report studying 100 years of climate data found temperatures in the Western U.S. are increasing at a faster rate than the rest of the nation.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on Northwest transportation officials are tallying up the costs of this past winter.

3. Springfield's Academy of Arts and Academics will be remodeled and expanded beginning this summer.

4. The Springfield Police have taken two people into custody in relation to a shooting.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on tax resisters at the Eugene downtown post office.

2. Jes Burns reports on the Eugene City Council's 6-1 vote to approve a Crest Drive street design.

3. The Barack Obama campaign is airing tv and radio ads in Oregon.

4. Candy Neville will be included in the first televised Senate debate for Gordon Smith's seat.

5. Robert Curry, father of NBC news anchor Ann Curry, has died in Grants Pass.

6. Researchers at OHSU say cuts to the Oregon Health Plan in 2003 increased the demand on hospitals for uncompensated health care.

7. Anna King reports on a federal watchdog group wanting to fire the Department of Energy from its job of cleaning up the contaminated Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Center:

1. Interview with Lane Transit District's Andy Vobora about upcoming Earth Day activities.

2. OPB's April Baer reports on the Republicans running for the 5th Congressional district.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on how the Eugene City Council is trying to lure McKenzie-Willamette Hospital to the Riverfront Research Park.

2. Today is the deadline for officials throughout the state to comply with rules requiring them to list sources of income, family members and business interests with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.

3. Anna King reports on Washington State using traffic cameras near construction zones to nab speeders.

Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Nick DeMarino

First Newscast:

1. Ron Pettiti, third-term Creswell Mayor, died Sunday of lung cancer.

2. OPB's Ethan Lindsey reports on the televised debate between three of the Democratic challengers to Senator Gordon Smith.

3. A federal judge has denied a request by the Humane Society to block the government from killing protected sea lions at Bonneville Dam.

4. The Eugene Water and Electric Board agreed Tuesday to buy into a wind farm in Washington State.

5. Federal authorities expect that land already set aside for threatened fairy shrimp in southern Oregon will also serve to protect two species of endangered plants.

6. The Texas developer of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Clatsop County has asked a judge to halt a referendum on the proposed project.

7. The Eugene Public Library is lending out machines that measure the amount of electricity used by appliances.

8. High fuel prices are keeping Oregon shrimpers on land.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald speaks with Eugene's new City Manager John Ruiz.

2. Viz City's Lotte & Terry review "Latino Visions" at the Jacobs Gallery.

Second Newscast:

1. The President of Lane Community College, Dr. Mary Spilde, has received a national leadership award.

2. A computer programmer for the Lane County Government is determined to keep his job.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the Rogue River being listed as second on the annual "American Rivers" list of most threatened waterways.

2. Pacificorp has agreed to shut down hydroelecrtic turbines at upper Klamath Lake this summer to protect endangered sucker fish.

3. Tiffany Eckert reports on Eugene's mayoral race.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on an online resource to track campaign contributions in Washington.

5. Oregon voters who want to learn about judges and their election races can find out more with a new online voters guide from the Oregon State Bar.

6. The University of Oregon says it would sell the Riverfront Research Park to the City of Eugene for 100-million.

Center:

1. Interview with Bill Sullivan, author of "Oregon's Greatest Natural Disasters."

2. Natural World with John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. Austin Jenkins reports on funding for homeless veterans.

2. Penny Tannlund reports on services for veterans in Douglas County.

Friday, Apr 18, 2008
Hosted by: Brandon Smith & Angela Kellner

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