Monday, June 16, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Social Conservatives and church groups are admitting defeat in thier effort to collect signatures for initatives to repeal tow oregon gay rights laws in this November's election.

2. Oregon Rep. Peter Defazio is urging President Bush to take further action on high fuel prices.

3. High oil prices and resulting asphalt prices are costing ODOT.

4. Intel says it is creating a spin-off solar company to manufacture and supply photovoltaic cells for solar module makers.

5. Eugene police are asking parents to talk to thier kids about strangers in parks.

6. Residents in the Eugene/Springfield area now have an easy way to report graffiti.

7. The Springfield Utility Board is giving its GM a raise.

8. Former OSU rower Josh Inman is headed to the Beijing Olympics.

9. Columbia Sportswear is joining the cycling world.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on Hillside Elementary's eminent closure.

2. Tom Banse reports NASA is using Eastern Washington to test lunar rovers.

3. Good Gardening

4. Anna King reports about the new trend of biodynamic wine growing.

Second Newscast:

1. The Lane County DA is going to investigate the tasing of activist Ian Van Ornum.

2. Fleetwood manufacturing is laying off 60 workers at its recreational vehicle plants in La Grande and Pendelton.

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the hand recount of ballots cast for Measure 53 in the May primary.

2. Eugene's Citizen Review Board plans to investigate an incident involving the use of a taser on a protestor on May 30.

3. The Bush Administration's latest plan for balancing endangered salmon against the need for hydropower in the Columbia Basin is being challenged by conservation and commercial fishing groups.

4. Monthly bus fares in Lane County are on the rise.

5. Tom Banse reports on the increasing unemployment rate in Washington State.

6. Cowlitz Indian Tribal Chairman, John Barnett, died over the weekend.

Center:

1. Interview with poet and playwright Michael C. Ford.

2. Three Olympic hopefuls who will compete in Eugene this month spoke during a teleconference today about the financial side of being athletes and preparing for the Olympic trials.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on members of the 1980 Olympic Track and Field team reuniting during the trials.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on Democratic members of Oregon's Congressional delegation have introduced legislation to protect wild areas around the state.

2. Jes Burns reports on a City of Eugene effort to expand water quality protections hitting another snag at today's City Council work session.

3. Andrew Bartholomew reports on the Lane County Board of Commissioners voting to unanimously to extend a moratoriaum on roadside herbicide use.

4. New Eugene City Manager John Ruiz is holding listening forums over the next week.

5. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski says he is unmoved by calls to open coastal waters to oil drilling.

Center:

1. Interview with Allison Bodeen about her involvement with Pastors for Peace and their Caravans to Cuba.

2. Tom Banse profiles Olympic hopeful Brad Walker, a Northwest pole vaulter.

First Newscast:

1. Senator Ron Wyden today proposed a complete overhaul of federal forest policy in Oregon.

2. The state's largest federation of labor unions, AFL-CIO, today praised Senator Wyden's forest proposal.

3. State transportation officials are firing the general contractor in charge of the troubled $38-million dollar Shady Bridge project near Roseburg.

4. Chris Lehman reports on the State of Oregon says it's going to stop harassing people who post the text of state laws online.

5. Members of the Oregon School for the Blind's Board of Directors are weighing whether to appeal a state effort to sell the school's land.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on the grass seed field burning ban during the Olympic Trials and some who want a permanent ban.

7. The Eugene City Council yesterday agreed not to purchase land in the Amazon Creek Headwaters, for now.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman reports on transit fares rising in the Northwest.

2. Ed Schoenfeld reports on dividends paid out by the Sealaska Corporation.

3. The Natural World with John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on Democrat John Kroger receiving enough write-in votes in the May Primary to snatch the Republican nomination in the General Election.

2. Horse lovers are worried that the rising price of hay could lead to more animal neglect.

3. The lagging economy is taking a toll on Washington State tax coffers.

4. Former employees of the Pope & Talbot mill in Halsey have begun reapplying for their jobs this week.

First Newscast:

1. On Monday Governor Kulongoski will receive a report from his Task Force on Federal County Payments on how the state can help.

2. The State Ethics Commission says Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto violated state law when he took county vehicle on a trip to Seattle with his girlfriend in 2006.

3. Officials say two Southern Oregon fires likely were started by humans, since there were no lightning strikes in the two areas at the time.

4. Chris Lehman reports on the town of Lakeview and it's lack of a mayor.

5. Authorities say a Hillsboro police officer doing a traffic stop was hit by a driver who was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and possession of methamphetamine.

6. Heather Meldrum reports on a specialist in biotechnology patent law speaking at the City Club of Eugene.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald examines how local restaurants are gearing up for the Olympic Trials.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on new courses at Oregon State University aimed at helping diffuse water conflicts.

3. Tiffany speaks with Gene Evans at the Oregon Department of Education about the new graduation requirements.

Second Newscast:

1. Federal fisheries biologists want more water in the Klamath River to keep Coho Salmon from heading closer to extinction.

2. Tom Banse reports on the 90-day weather forecast for the Northwest.

3. Enough snow is off the North entrance to Crater Lake National Park to open the road to visitors.

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