Monday, Nov 3, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the final push to get out the vote.

2. Eugene Police Officers shot a homicide suspect Sunday.

3. Jes Burns reports on the Lane County District Attorney's office saying Springfield Police were justified in their use of deadly force against a Springfield man last Thursday.

4. Rachael McDonald reports on the tough year faced by Snowy Plovers on the Oregon Coast.

5. Requirements barring illegal immigrants from getting an Oregon drivers license have decreased the number of Spanish speakers taking the test.

6. Glenn Mosley reports on Washington's 5th congressional district race.

7. OPB's April Baer reports on Governor Howard Dean helping with efforts to get out the Democratic vote in Oregon.

Center:

1. Interview with adoption expert Jane Brown.

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson offers tips on storing plants for the winter.

Second Newscast:

1. About 60% of Lane County voters have turned in their ballots.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on new research at Washington State University shows voters would support a change in the way judges are selected.

3. A lawsuit filed on behalf of environmental groups and several residents seeks to block the burning of mustard gas at the Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston.

First Newscast:

1. With just a few hours left before the results will be tallied and made public, Oregon voter turnout is at 72% and climbing.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on voters dropping off their ballots in Eugene.

3. Eugene Police are searching for a man who robbed the Umpqua Bank on Donald Street in Eugene.

4. The state's high-tech giant Tektronix says it is laying off about 150 workers in the Beaverton area.

5. Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. is replacing its chief executive, effective December 1.

6. The state's only public all-boys school has failed to attract enough students and will close.

7. The Oregon Department of Transportation closed Oregon 242, the Old McKenzie Pass Highway, for the winter.

8. The public may visit federal recreation sites for free on Veterans Day.

Center:

1. Interview with Ed McClanahan, author of "O, The Clear Moment."

Second Newscast:

1. Fareed Guyout reports on voter turnout among young people.

2. Oregon voters are heading to ballot drop-off sites today in advance of tonight's 8pm deadline.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's U.S. Senate race between Democrat Jeff Merkley and Republican incumbent Gordon Smith is still too close to call.

2. Eugene is still waiting to find out who its next mayor will be. And Lane County still doesn't know who will serve North Eugene on the board of commissioners.

3. Democrat Ben Westlund has been elected State Treasurer.

4. Mike Van Meter reports on the Democratic tide sweeping over the elections in Central Oregon.

5. Oregonians defeated ballot measure 65 which would have opened the primaries.

6. Tom Banse reports on Washington's Secretary of State wanting to change the ballot deadline.

7. Shakers Bar and Grill in Springfield is facing another battle as it tries to open its doorts in a new main-street location.

Center:

1. Interview with N3 Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman about the election results and what it all means.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on the University of Idaho calculating their carbon footprint.

Second Newscast:

1. Update of second story in first newscast.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on the concession by Republican Dino Rossi to Democratic incumbent Chris Gregoire in the Washington Governor's race.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on a woodcraft store in Eugene holding a public event to make wooden pens for soldiers.

First Newscast:

1. Democrat Jeff Merkley defeated Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in the race for Oregon's U.S. Senate seat.

2. Kitty Piercy has claimed victory in her re-election bid for Eugene Mayor.

3. Oregon Attorney General-elect John Kroger said he will be appointed a "Special Assistant Attorney General" to begin his transition to succeed Attorney General Hardy Meyers.

4. State health officials have issued warnings for high levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Cannon Beach and several beaches in Lincoln County.

5. Immigration officials say more than 10,000 illegal aliens were deported in the last year from Washington, Oregon and Alaska, breaking a record for the region.

6. Angela Kellner reports on the Oregon Social Learning Center, based in Eugene, receiving money through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help connect paid mentors and at-risk youth.

Center:

1. Interview with singer/songwriter Dave Rogers.

2. John Cooney's Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the election of Democrat Jeff Merkley to the U.S. Senate.

2. The Oregon Board of Forestry is considering boosting logging on state lands in the Northwestern corner of the state.

First Newscast:

1. The Environmental Protection Agency is targeting four key pollutants in its effort to clean up toxins in the Columbia River.

2. The Army says it has destroyed the last nerve-gas weapon at the Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston.

3. Anna King reports on two containers found in a burial ground at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

4. Andrew Bartholomew reports on two local economists speaking at the City Club of Eugene about the financial crisis.

5. Results of the three contested races in Lincoln County have been decided.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on the justification for Eugene Police in the shooting of murder suspect Juan Carlos Aleman.

7. The University of Oregon has acquired a conditional use permit from the City of Eugene for their proposed basketball arena.

Center:

1. Interview with Kathy Kelly, with "Voices for Creative Non-Violence."

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer takes stock of election results...with a look to the future.

Second Newscast:

1. The Bureau of Land Management says it will allow a 30-day protest period for its plan to increase logging in Western Oregon.

2. Federal fisheries managers are in San Diego making their final decision on a new management plan for ground fish.

3. Angela Kellner reports on the 2009 Oregon Legislature taking up a strategic plan to slow the rate of obesity-related diabetes.

4. Silverton has elected Stu Rasmusseun, the country's first trans-gendered mayor of a U.S. city.

5. The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport is opening its educational programs to include home-schooled students.

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