Monday, Sept 8, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. September has been declared infant mortality month by the Lane County Commissioners in an attempt to raise local awareness.

2. The University of Oregon index of economic indicators declined slightly overall in July as weak job growth signaled a continued downturn.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on the Oregon Disaster Medical Team helping hurricane victims in the gulf coast.

4. Oregon Senator Gordon Smith and his Democratic challenger, Jeff Merkley, are backing the Bush Administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

5. The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for releasing hundreds of mink from the S&N Fur Farm in Scio.

6. Angela Kellner reports on the 2,200 acre wildfire near Glide.

Center:

1. Interview with Lily Kopell, author of "The Red Leather Diary - Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal."

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson on harvesting crops you can be proud of on Good Gardening.

Second Newscast:

1. Male veterans of the Iraq War are 5 times more likely to commit suicide than non-veterans.

2. Claude Offenbacher reports on the leaking and crumbling Heceta Head Lighthouse.

3. The mayor of the Oregon coast town of Lakeside is in a Portland hospital after being hit by a pickup truck while stopped at a gas station.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon gas prices fell a nickel a gallon this week.

2. The city council has come up with a creative way to fund repairs to some bumpy streets in South Eugene.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on a challenge to Washington state's 2/3 majority vote in the legislature needed to raise taxes.

4. The Klamath County District Attorney's Office says the county major crime team has begun a cold case review of six unsolved homicides dating back 40 years.

5. The hot springs near Mount Hood that recently scalded 4 people attract many trespassing visitors despite the risk.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on efforts by the Oregon Zoo to restore Oregon Spotted Frogs in Washington state.

Center:

1. Preview of the Eugene Celebration.

2. Becca Bartleson reports on Eugene's controversial downtown exclusion ordinance.

Second Newscast:

1. Fire fighters say significant progress has been made on the 2,200-acre Rattle Fire east of Glide.

2. A Coast Guard crew responding to a vessel aground last weekend near the mouth of the Columbia River cited commerical fishing captain Matthey Donobick for operating a vessel while intoxicated.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's Transportation Commissioners are making some changes in the state's new driver licensing law.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the proposed cutbacks at the Lane Transit District.

3. Chris Lehman reports on the state handing out scholarships to good teen drivers.

4. Scuba divers searching Lacamas Lake found 5 stolen cars that had been dumped in the Lake near the town of Camas in Southwest Washington.

5. Jes Burns reports on the 2008 Financial Crimes and Digital Evidence Conference in Eugene.

6. Despite impassioned pleas from supporters of Olympia's nuclear-free zone, the city council voted 5 to 2 to repeal it.

7. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has told some state agencies to experiment with a 4-day work week as a way to save money and energy.

8. The Port of Portland says the federal Transportation Security Administration has pledged $60-million to improve the airport baggage security checks.

Center:

1. Angela Kellner speaks with Iris Bicksler and Shea Hardy with "Doulas Supporting Teens" about their work with pregnant teenagers in Lane County.

2. Anna King reports on a recent Quinceanera convention for Latino girls in Pasco, Washington.

Second Newscast:

1. Congressman Peter Defazio applauded the House of Representatives vote against continuing the Mexican trucker pilot program.

2. The head of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association says infrastructure is aging and needs repair along the coast.

3. The foundation of an Oregonian who made his fortune on Wall Street plans to donate $25-million to Portland State University.

4. A group of forest scientists reports that, contrary to conventional wisdom, most old growth forests absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release.

5. The Environmental Protection Agency has granted an Eastern Idaho tribe the authority to set its own water quality standards on reservation waters.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon restaurant owners have signed an agreement withthe state to improve worker safety.

2. Rachael McDonald reports Peacehealth is moving its urgent care center from downtown Eugene and Springfield.

3. Oregon Health & Science University and the state's trial lawyers have proposed a new limit for damage claims against government agencies.

4. Eugene's Market of Choice has announced they will stop offering plastic bags at the checkout stand.

5. The Klamath tribes say a proposed biomass energy plant would cost about 8-12 million dollars to build.

6. A new twist in technology could change the way farmers harvest their crops.

7. Portland-based Olympian Kara Goucher says she run the NYC marathon.

Center:

1. Interview with Al Stewart.

2. Natural World

Second Newscast:

1. Coos Bay railroad story.

2. An OR House and Senate Committee are taking another look at the state's cougar management plan.

Friday, Sept 12, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Police have determined the cause of a fire at the pregnancy alternatives center in Leabanon was arson.

2. Officials say a Mexican drug cartel turned remote patches of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation into vast marijuana plantations the past two growing seasons.

3. Andrew Bartholomew reports the Eugene Mayoral candidates debated at the City Club.

4. Florence will have its first every presidential campaign headquarters today.

5. The Rattle Fire in the Umpqua National Forest will keep part of Oregon 138 East closed over the weekend.

Center:

1. Interivew with John Shipe and Ehren Ebbage.

2. Claude Offenbacher interviews Danail Roshuv, a candidate for Eugene Symphony Conductor.

Second Newscast:

1. Mike Van Meter reports conservation crews are preparing for the return of salmon and steelhead to the upper Deschutes Basin.

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