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Northwest Passage, July 28 - Aug 1, 2008

Monday, July 28, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Attempst to recover the body of Eugene climber Gary Lee could last until tomorrow.

2. The crash of a single-engine plane near Arlington, WA took the lives of three Oregonians.

3. Rachael McDonald reports Governor Kulongoski visited downtown Eugene today and spoke at the LTD station.

4. Three young graduates of Southern Oregon University have started the Rogue valley's first biodiesel manufacturing plant.

5. The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is preparing to release more than two dozen western pond turtles back into the wild.

6. Prices for whitefish are going up worldwide, thanks to an international shortage of Alaskan Pollock. 

7.  Brandon Smith reports state officials have ordered a Eugene area business to stop operation as a pawn shop.

8. Weyerhaeuser says it's taking bids for its hardwood sawmill in Delta, BC.

Center:

1. Brandon Smith interviews David Fryefield about the death of Eugene oncologist Gary Lee.

2. Mixed Voices

3. Good Gardening

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports the UO has been awarded the highest honors for its sustainability efforts in the Princeton Reveiw.

2. Authorities are searching the Rogue River for the body of Kathleen Mills.

3.  A series of thunderstorms has made sections of the Salmon River more challenging to floaters.

4. A Tangent woman is dead after being hit by a train passing through her hometown.

5. Tom Banse reports that Riesling is the wine du jour.

6. A 12 year old boy has been arrested for investigation of arson for the fire at Lakewood Elementary School near Marysville, WA.

7. A judge has denied a request for a court order to stop a homeless camp from moving to Mercer Island, WA.

 


Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Eugene voters will be asked whether to fund street repairs with a bond measure.

2. Becca Bartleson reports metal thieves struck another non-profit in the Eugene/Springfield area this weekend.

3. The summer's first signs of the west nile virus have surfaced in Baker County.

4. A Prineville man will serve just over a year in jail, after being charged with numerous crives against deer.

5. Oregon State Police are hoping that the public can help them solve a recent elk poaching incident near Oakridge.

6. Tom Banse reports a guilty plea to gun parts smuggling may end the career of a US Army officer stationed at Fort Lewis.

7. A defunct Oregon Islamic charity has gone back to court over warentless wiretapping.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman reports about the impacts of the loss of timber payments on Oregon Counties.

2.  Anna King reports federal officials say they have a final solution for nuclear carbage at Hanford.

3. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's porduciton of Othello.

4. Tom Banse reports about a Christian night club in Tacoma, WA.

Second Newscast:

1. Eugene's Assistant City Manager Angel Jones is leaving her post to take over as City Manager of Gaithersburg, MD.

 


Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The business community in Eugene is pulling together to help workers who are soon to be laid off from the Hynix Computer Chip Plant.

2. A $2 million buoy designed to test wave energy potential that sank last fall off the Oregon coast has resurfaced.

3. Chris Lehman reports a fierce battle is underway this week in Salem over words that will appear in the voters' pamphlet.

4. The Feds are getting involved in the case of a medical marijuana patient-support group that was raided by Seattle police last week.

5. Three west coast governors have reiterated their opposition to offshore oil drilling.

6. After a grueling 10-hour effort rescuers saved a 12-year old dog injured in a fall from a cliff.

Center:

1.  Tripp Sommer interviews Garth Stein about his book "The Art of Racing in the Rain."

2. Becca Bartleson features a hiker who is walking the Oregon Coast Trail.

Second Newscast:

1. Floyd Prozanski is proposing a bill that would require all bicyclists to wear a helmet.

2. Rachael McDonald reports that LTD is looking for new funding sources.

3. State Senator Jason Atkinson has been hospitalized with an accidential gunshot wound to the knee.

4. The director of the Oregon Youth Authority has resigned.

5. Oregonians living in Bend and the Willamette Valley have been receiving false Amber Alert text messages.

6. A court upheld a ruling concering Edward Sprague.

7. The FBI is about to celebrate its 88th anniversary in Oregon.

 


Thursday, July 31, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. LTD will not put a property tax measure on the November ballot.

2. Accidents on Beltline close the highway.

3. Eugene will hire a local developer to fill one of its downtown pits.

4. The costs of closing a Eugene factory added up to a second-quarter net loss of Hynix semiconductor.

5. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign.

6. Jason Atkinson's wife make good and quick decisions when he was accidently shot.

7. A police officer posted to a Lebanon HS has lost his certification after allegations surfaced about an inappropriate relationship with a student.

8. A 9-year-old boy from Corvallis is recovering after being attacked by a dog at a local animal shelter.

9. Eugene restaurants are participating in the second annual food festival: Bite of Downtown.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald reports about the ghost bike memoral for David Minor.

2. Tiffany Ekert interviews Page Gardner about the Women's Voices Women Vote voer registration drive.

3. Natural World with John Cooney.

4. Mike Van Meter reports about health care issues for Oregon National Guard members. 


Friday, Aug 1, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 


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