Monday, Aug 11, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The EPD has released data about taser use in the city.

2. Becca Bartleson reports that the US Forest Service is running out of money for firefighting.

3. The road to Mt. St. Helens will remain closed for the year.

4. Rachael McDonald reports Oregon's jobless rate jumped .5% in July.

5. Alaska Airlines has resumed fights between Alaska and major west coast cities.

6. West Nile has appeared in Jackson County.

7. Police in Mt. Angel have not made any arrests in a 5-person stabbing incident.

8. Brandon Smith reports Oregon's "PE For All Kids" program is not a year old.

9. OSU is holding the 2nd international Conference on Acoustic Communications by Animals.

Center:

1. Tom Banse reports about NW soldiers learing Arabic for the Army.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports track and field begins Friday at the Olympics.

3. Good Gardening

Second Newscast:

1. A memorial service was held today in Eugene for firefighter Scott Charlson, who was killed in the CA helicopter crash.

2. The Independent Party of Oregon endorses Ben Westlund for State Treasurer.

3. A spanish-language radio station has posted the highest ratings in PDX.

4. Oregon football fans can buy gear at the liquor store under a new rule.

Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Conservation groups are suign the USFW over logging in the Elliot State Forest.

2.  Tre Arrow has been sentenced to 78 months in Federal prison for arson that destroyed cement and logging trucks in 2001.

3. The ODEQ has announced 17 penalties totalling $128k for July 2008.

4. Helicopters have taken crews into the Mt. Hood wilderness to set up camp a 270 acre wildfire.

5. Becca Bartleson reports Mercy Corps is currently assessing the crisis in Georgia.

6. In a split vote, the Eugene City Councilors approved an exclusion zone downtown.

7. A Eugene man is on the mend after being hit by a Union-Pacific train over the weekend. 

8.  Allegiant Air is adding nonstop service between Redmond Airport and Phoenix this fall.

Center:

1. Jes Burns reports on the giant smoke plume from field burning in Creswell.

2. Interview about Eugene Public Library fundraiser called "Booked for the Evening."

3. Ashland "Our Town" review by Dorothy Velasco.

4. Interview about a tribute to the Late Joe Strummer of the Clash.

Second Newscast:

1. Three people were arrested for animal neglect in Linn County this week.

2. Nurses at Providence Medford Medical center have voted 121-79 in favor of joining a union.

Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Several roadside grass fires are affecting traffic on I-5 between Eugene and Albany.

2. US Attorney General Michael Mukasey says new FBI guidelines under development will prevent racial profiling.

3. A $15 million sex abuse lawsuit against a pair of Jesuit priests has been settled for an undisclosed amount.

4. A fisherman has saved the life of a man thrown from his boat on the Deschutes river.

5. State officials say they'll hold off on thier claim to public ownership of the banks of the Rogue River until landowners have had their day in court.

6. Rachael McDonald reports about the new Eye-to-Eye campaign.

7. A newborn baby found in a PDX field over the weekend has been placed in foster care. 

8. Two Wilsonville men were arrested on Assault charges after a confrontation with a bicyclist in Tualatin.

Center:

1. Report about a Oregon Faith Healer.

2. A new report shows that 1000s of high-paying OR jobs were lost due to federal free trade policies.

3. Anna King profiles Infinia Corporation.

Second Newscast:

1. Eugene Representative Paul Holvey is renewing his call for a ban on field burning.

2. Arizona Senator John McCain released the list of his "OR Grassroots Leadership Team" today.

3. The boy hurt when a small plane crash-landed on the coastal vacation home has been released from the hospital.

4. The parent of a Tigard teen who was killed by police in 2006 have filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit.

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that free speech must be protected even when somebody yells insulting or racist names.

2. The driver of a dory that severed the left arm of a 14-year-old Bend surfer last month will not face criminal charges.

3. The Independent Party of Oregon has filed suit against Secretary of State Bill Bradbury.

4. Oregon's biggest political contributor, Loren Parks, donated $75,000 this week to 3 crime-related proposals that will appear on the November ballot.

5. Thousands of people are expected at a public memorial Friday for the nine people who died in a helicopter crash during a wildfire August 5th in Northern California.

6. Fire dispatchers for Oregon and Washington say temperatures rising above 100 degrees this week will probably abate by Sunday.

7. Lawyers for the Bend doctor accused of causing a patient's death are arguing that it was nurses who gave the man too many painkillers.

8. Austin Jenkins reports on the Catholic Church working to defeat Washington's Death with Dignity ballot initiative.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald speaks with the co-founders of Roving Park Players.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney spends quality time with harbor seals at Strawberry Hill.

3. Tiffany visits the job fair at Lane Community College.

Second Newscast:

1. The first human cases of West Nile Virus for 2008 have been confirmed in Southeast Oregon.

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