Monday, Sept 22, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Oregon lawmakers are offering mixed reactions to President Bush's $700 billion dollar financial bailout plan.

2. A lawsuit seeks $32 million dollars from the City of Eugene and the State of Oregon for injuries suffered by Kim Hagen in a 2006 traffic accident.

3. Eugene's newest affordable housing complex, West Town On 8th, held it's grand opening today.

4. Tom Banse reports on the Northwest being a pocket of extremely overvalued homes.

5. Residents in Souther Oregon will get another chance this week to express their concerns about a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay.

6. Authorities are seeking information that will help them find an Oakridge man who has been missing for more than a week.

7. Republican Mike Erickson and Democrat Kurt Schrader are meeting tonight in what may be the only debate in their congressional race.

8. Widespread rainfall over the weekend has some firefighters relaxing a bit.

Center:

1. Interview with musician Janis Ian about her new book, "Society's Child."

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson loves having spiders in her garden on Good Gardening.

Second Newscast:

1. Portland public schools is limiting access to an elementary school field with artificial turf as a precaution against lead.

2. Eugene mayoral candidate, Jim Torrey said his wife Kathy was rushed to the hospital Saturday after experiencing chest pains.

3. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to round up hundreds of wild horses this week from a national wildlife refuge on the Nevada-Oregon line.

Wednesday, Sept 24, 2008

Hosted by: Andrew Bartholomew & Angela Kellner

First Newscast:

1. The president of the state's largest labor federation called on the federal government to put forth an economic recovery package, not just a Wall Street bailout.

2. Oregonians opposed to the Bush Administration's proposed bailout of Wall Street are joining a national day of protest tomorrow.

3. Officials at George Fox University in Newberg say a life-size effigy of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was hung from a tree on campus.

4. A huge spending bill approved by the House does not include a Sentate-backed measure extending a multiyear program of payments to rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.

5. The number of immigrants entering the U.S. is down nationally, but that isn't reflected in the Salem area.

6. The Oregon State game Thursday night is expected to cause traffic and parking issues.

7. Traffic delays are also expected in Eugene Thursday as freshman move into the UO dorms.

Center:

1. Angela speaks with Stephanie Swanson, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Wave Energy Trust, about this week's Ocean Renewable Energy Conference in Coos Bay.

2. Tom Banse reports on the Western Climate Initiative plan unveiled Tuesday.

Second Newscast:

1. A former credit union manager in toledo has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling more than $500,000.

2. Kennedy Middle School in Eugene went on modified lockdown this morning after a janitor spotted a suspicious device in a field outside the school.

3. A carjacker who killed 2 men and a teenage girl 2 years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

4. Firefighters on Mount Hood say they're making progress against one of the season's most persisten fires.

5. Some residents in Marcola are protesting against herbicide spraying in forests northeast of Eugene.

First Newscast:

1. Oregonians confused by unsolicited voter registration forms sent in the mail have a way to doublecheck their eligibility to vote - http://www.oregonvotes.org/

2. The IRS reported yesterday as many as 64,000 Oregonians are at risk of missing out on an economic stimulus check.

3. The Secret Service is investigating a cardboard cutout of Barack Obama that was found hanging from a tree at George Fox University in Newberg.

4. Chris Lehman reports on a legislative panel giving preliminary approval today to a request to help farmers fight a grasshopper infestation.

5. Anna King reports on for the first time in two decades, a part of the Snake River is open for fall chinook salmon fishing.

6. The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld the state limit on the number of crab pots for commercial fishermen.

Center:

1. Claude Offenbacher speaks with Tito Munez, the third finanist for the conductor of the Eugene Symphony.

2. John Cooney's Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Tom Banse reports on an Oregon company claiming to be the first on the West Coast to successfully harvest electricity from ocean swells.

2. Golden Temple, a Eugene-based company, has started a program called "Sharing Food, Sharing Goodness" to help collect food for low-income Oregonians.

3. Two legislators want 22-million dollars from the next session to use more local food for school breakfasts and lunches.

4. The Oregon State Police say 22-year-old Ricky Gunderson of Eugene has been accused of manslaughter, assault and driving under the influence for a July traffic crash that killed 47-year-old Cheryl MacNeil of Eugene.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon Health & Science University has finally settled 6 medical malpractice cases after the Oregon Supreme Court lifted the cap on liability claims.

2. Oregon has received $19.6 million dollars in federal grants to purchase and redevelop foreclosed homes.

3. The Oregon State Police say about a 10th of the commercial truck drivers stopped in a crackdown in Southern Oregon were taken off the road.

4. The Legislative Emergency Board allocated $4-million dollars in funding today for additional student assistance.

5. The Department of Human Services plans hiring freezes, shifts of funds and other savings to plug an expected gap caused by higher demands for services.

6. Salem city officials say an affiliate of a Japan-based company plans to build an $80-million dollar solar cell plant that will employ at least 200 workers.

Center:

1. Interview with comedian Steve Mazan, in town for a benefit for the American Cancer Society.

2. Oregon lawyer John Frohnmayer offers a commentary on single payer, not for profit healthcare.

Second Newscast:

1. Lane County soldiers & veterans will be offered a variety of services at tomorrow's "Stand Down" event.

2. Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University are examining how best to treat post traumatic stress disorder.

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