Monday, Dec 29, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First newscast:

1.  The BLM has rejected major protests against its plan to ramp up logging in old growth forests.

2. The minimum wage will go up in Oregon after the new year.

3. Oregon nurseries were hit hard during recent winter storms

4.  A two million dollar lawsuit has been filed agasint a Portland nursing home.

5. The Siskiyou snowpack was at 200 percent of normal in late December.

6.The Hanford Nuclear reservation is ahead of schedule on shipping weapons-grade plutonium to South Carolina.

Center:

1. An interview with Mark Beudert, the Eugene Opera's General Driector.

2. KLCC's Claude Offenbacher speaks with KLCC General Manager Steve Barton who will retire at the end of the year.

Second Newscast:

1. The Eugene Fire Department responded to a fire at an abandoned pawn shop at Willamette Street

2. The Seaside Aquarium says populations of razor clams between Seaside and Warrenton have hit a new record.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the fire that destroyed an abandoned pawn shop on Willamette Street in Eugene.

2. OPB's Rob Manning reports on the Western Oregon Plan Revision, or WOPR, being signed into law.

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on snow removal in the Spokane-Coeur D'Alene area.

4. The Oregon Association of Nurseries say there has been a drop in business.

5. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for parts of Northwest Oregon.

6. Chris Lehman reports on a new statewide electronics recycling program in Oregon and Washington.

7. A worker has climbed a television transmission tower in Portland to repair a broken guywire.

Center:

1. Claude Offenbacher and the KLCC news crew recap the top stories of 2008.

2. Tom Banse reports on wildlife biologists trying a new method to track and monitor the growing wolf population.

3. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon's new smoking ban.

Second Newscast:

1. Police will be out in force tonight for New Year's Eve.

2. The Bonneville Power Administration is looking for the person who shot at a power line in Eastern Washington.

3. Police in Molalla say two dogs that attacked a man wil be euthanized and the owner may face charges.

Thursday, Jan 1, 2009
Pre-empted.

First Newscast:

1. The new year brought rain and high winds to Western Oregon.

2. A 16-year-old girl died after losing control of her pickup about 8 miles north of Bend.

3. A driver has been accused of manslaughter in the death of a southern Oregon man who had stopped along a road to help a friend with a disabled car.

4. Benton County released a draft plan today for protecting prairie habitat and species.

5. Anna King reports on the cold weather and how it won't kill off the bugs in the Northwest.

6. Wokers looking through donations at a Eugene Goodwill store came across a World War II era grenade.

Center:

1. Interview with Alison Nina Stage Klootee about her year of writing a poem a day.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer makes the case against running a LNG pipeline through Mt. Hood National Forest.

3. Chris Lehman reports on changes to Oregon's bottle bill.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on Oregon public housing agencies sharing 1.6-million dollars to help low-income clients with job training and education.

2. The Coos County Commissioners have cut their road department by more than half, laying off 22 workers and keeping 17.

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