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Northwest Passage, Dec 22-26, 2008

Monday, Dec 22, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Tiffany Eckert

First Newscast:

1. The NWS says the storm that hit OR over the past week is one for the books.

2. ODOT probably won't re-open I-84 today.

3. Chris Lehman reports for many NW drivers who are unaccustomed to such deep snow, there is a challenge.

4. The Port of Newport is vying to become the new home for NOAA's Pacific Marine Operations Center.

5. A WSU report say the state should focus on producing biofuels from waste products, instead of food products.

6. Portland's unemployment rate hit 7.5% in November.

7. Chanukah began last Sunday.

8. The Klamath Falls Herald and News says it will suspend delivery of its Monday print editions.

Center:

1. Interview with Eugene Police Lieutenant Jennifer Bills.

2. Sound Economies: Museum of Unfine Art & Record Store, by KLCC's Angela Kellner.

Second Newscast:

1. A man and woman from Gresham were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in a truck.

2. Prospects for a huge new dam and water storage reservoir in central Washington took a major hit.


Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Tiffany Eckert

First Newscast:

1. The unemployment rate in Crook and Grant counties reached 12.4% in November.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on the EPA's report on fine particulates in the air in 5 Northwest counties.

3. Ethan Lindsey reports on the semi carrying low-level radioactive hospital waste that jack-knifed in La Grande.

4. Interstate 84 has been reopened East of Portland in the Columbia Gorge.

5. A fire in the Yamhill County town of Sheridan is burning through a church building.

Center:

1. Interview with Dr. Gary Small, co-author of "I-Brain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the modern mind."

2. About 60 families at St. Vincent De Paul's Santa Clara Place had a surprise visit from Ol Saint Nick.

3. Electric car companies are getting a glowing reception on the West Coast. Skeptics say subsidies and incentives are not necessary.

Second Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on an anonymous Lane County resident who gave nearly one-million dollars to help people in need.

2. Washington's largest state workers union sued Governor Chris Gregoire today because she included no pay raises in her budget proposal to the 2009 Legislature.


Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008
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Thursday, Dec 25, 2008
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Friday, Dec 26, 2008
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