Monday, December 28, 2009
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert

First Newscast:

1. An Attorney General's search has failed to turn up missing evidence in triple murder case.

2. Oregon's "move over" law is expanded to include tow trucks and roadside assistance vehicles. Chris Lehman reports.

3. Residents in southern and eastern Oregon will now have to dial 10 digits to make a local phone call. Jes Burns reports. 

4. A bill in congress would require all internet sites that feature videos to offer captioning.

5. The Oregon Zoo gets a new director: Kimberly Smith from Chicago.

Center:

First half- Mixed Voices- Eclipse.

Second half- Connections between Washington and Arkansas in light of recent shootings of police officers by an Arkansas man.

Second newscast:

1. Voters pamphlets are being mailed out.

2. Company in Idaho is leading a 5-state (including Oregon) food drive. Doug Nadvordick reports.

3. Owners of a Bend-based helicopter flight school are indicted for defrauding banks and comercial lenders.

4. Port officials in Newport announced the will go ahead with plans to raise to sunken boarges that have served as the foundation for Newport's International Terminal for the past 60 years.

5. A Nevada couple got stuck in the snow on a remote National Forest road in eastern Oregon.

6. A soldier from Fort Lewis' 5th Brigade has been killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.

7. A Eugene beer maker has made a rose-flavored ale to celebrate Oregon's trip to the Rose Bowl.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert

First Newscast:

1. Eugene police are investigating a series of up to 30 burglaries of small business. Rachel McDonald reports.

2. Bill Sizemore has pleaded not guilty to state tax evasion charges.

3. A North Bend man has been convicted of raping a teenage girl multiple times.

4. Two women, one man, and their dog slid off a remote forest service in Lane County.

5. A 66-year-old man died Monday when his car drove off Highway 138.

6. The state moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling off Oregon's coast will expire on January 2nd. Courtney Hibbard reports.

Center.

     First: A new law requires owners of large buildings to keep at least difibrilator machine on hand. Chris Lehman reports.

     Second: More police officers nationwide were killed by gunfire in 2009. Liz Jones reports.

     Third: The Tea Party movement appears to have some staying power. Doug Nadvornick reports.

Second Newscast:

1. Washington will use a federal grant to create special DUI taskforces. Austin Jenkins reports. 

2. Port of Bandon and Pacific Seafood Group have agreed to try mediation to settle their differences.

3. A look at the achievements over the past year at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Anna King reports.

4. A worker in a Roseburg mill has died in an accident.

 5. Police arrested a man acused of robbing the same Harrisburg bar in which he had been drinking.

6. A 2-year old cheetah at the Oregon Zoo has died.

7. The state is starting to mail more than 1.7 million Oregon voters pamphlets. The booklet is 92 pages.

First Newscast:

1. A federal appeals court has set strict guidelines for when police officers may use Tasers.

2. Colin Fogarty reports on the year's high unemployment levels in the NW.

3. Fisheries biologists in teh Pacific Northwest are cheering a record return of coho salmon to the upper and middle Columbia River Basin.

4. Angela Kellner reports on changes being made to the Springfield Mill Race.

5. Two Corvallis teens were arrested on charges of stealing equipment from OSU's rowing team.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on Oregon's record dungeness crab catch.

Center:

1. Anna King reports on how Northwest sparkling wine is made.

2. Sarah Waller reports on Oregon spotted frogs.

3. Dmae Roberts reports on the history of native Hawaiians settling down in the NW.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon's new law banning hand held cell phones while driving.

2. Courtney Hibbard reports on traffic enforcement for New Year's Eve and the Rose Bowl. 

Thursday, December 31, 2009
Hosted by: Angela Kellner

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon Supreme Court upholding a $50 limit on gifts lawmakers can accept from lobbyists.

2. Two women and a man from the Eugene area have been indicted in federal court on charges of sexual trafficking of minors.

3. Anna King reports on regional forecasters saying there needs to be more snow to beef up Oregon's snowpack.

4. The BLM has approved a proposal to install six wind turbines north of Huntington, Ore.

5. LTD's last departure tonight from Eugene station is at 10:45.

Center:

1. Interview with Ty Curtis and Hank Shreve of The Ty Curtis Band.

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. The Montana Supreme Court ruled today that physician-assisted suicide is legal in that state.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on changes to Oregon's motorcycle laws come January first.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on new laws in Washington state.

4. Eugene Police say Josh Warner was arrested in Illinois on a warrant for bank robberies in Eugene.

5. A 13-year-old Klamath County boy was injured this week when a homemade bomb exploded in his hand.

6. A senior at Myrtle Point High School, Nick Harrison, has died.

Friday, January 1, 2010
No show.

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