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Monday, February 1, 2010 First Newscast: 1. Oregon lawmakers today convened a four-week special session. 2. State lawmakers will take another look at the early release law they approved last year. 3. The State Employment Department reports that initial claims for unemployment fell by 1,300 the week ending Jan. 23. 4. Austin Jenkins reports on the formal ouster of WA Senator Pam Roach. 5. A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can allow some motorized use of the Lord Flat Trail in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. 6. Rachael McDonald reports on the Oregon State Land Board meeting next week to consider the fate of the Elliot State Forest. 7. Plans to remove the historic Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River are being met with some resistance. Center: Music in: Arturo O'Farrill "Blue State Blues" 1. Interview with Brina Goodman, Executive Director of the newly-established Confucius Institute at the UO. Music out: Tom Gullion "Monkey's Tale" Second Newscast: 1. Doug Nadvornick reports on the Haitian government trying to decide how to prosecute 10 American adoption workers. 2. Local celebrities will try their luck in food service at Eugene's Ambrosia Restaurant to raise money for Haiti. 3. Oregon faces a critical shortage of nurses, and Spanish-speaking ones are in even greater demand. 4. Austin Jenkins reports on a handful of WA prisoners who have tried to register to vote. 5. Brandon Smith reports on an Oregon man accusing Idaho police officers of destroying the mystical qualities of his Native American medicine bag. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 First Newscast: 1. An Oregon City couple has been found guilty of criminally negligent nomicide for praying over thier ill son, instead of seeking medical help. 2. An Albany woman who was investigate for trying to take a baby from a hospital has pleaded no contest to initiating a false report. 3. A Multnomah County program to find housing for homeless families is falling short of its goal. 4. President Obama's budget proposes to increase spending at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation by about $39 million. 5. West Linn Mayor Patti Galle has aked the City Manager to resign, accusing him of blocking an audit of public projects. 6. The US Forest Service and a logging company have been sued for failing to cut down a tree. 7. A nonprofit group that promotes high academic achievement says Western Oregon Unversity is tops in the nation for improving graduation rate for under-represented minority students. Center: 1. Jacob Billings interviews Jackson Katz about gender violence. 2. Anna King reports the Tri-Cities in south-central WA has 3,400 more non-farm jobs last December than it had in 2008. Second Newscast: 1. Jes Burns reports that immigrants rights activists gathered this afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in Eugene. 2. The Chancellor of WSU-Vancouver has resigned as the state's co-chair of the group overseeing the effort to build a new bridge for I-5 across the Columbia River. 3. Delta Hwy closures 4. Mt. Angle Police and firefighters evacuated a city block and the Oregon State bomb squad was called in for a suspected bomb. 5. Authorities say a retired firefighter in Southern OR shot and killed his estranged wife when she came home to pick up some belongings. 6. Fifty years ago Navy Lt. Don Walsh journied to the deepes part of the Earth's oceans.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010 First Newscast: 1. The OR Supreme Court has ruled the state parole baord can treat some inmates like sex offenders after release. 2. Oregon lawmakers are considering a ban on the chemical called BPA in certain products. 3. A Hong Kong -based company has purchased a pulp mill in the lower willamette valley. 4. Jes Burns reports that the 4J school board is moving forward on plans to sell Civic Stadium. 5. 4J substitute teachers are at a negotiating standstill with the district. 6. Travelers passing through Vida on McKenzie Highway, road is blocked. Center: 1. Interview about the Climate Masters at Work program. 2. Natural World Second Newscast: 1. The OR house has voted to extend jobless checks for six weeks for more than 18,000 Oregonians. 2. Doug Nadvornick reports on Idaho relief workers jailed for transporting Haitain children. 3. HUD secretary Shaun Donovan visits PDX. 4. Chris Lehman reports most employers would no longer be able to check the credit history of potential employees in a bill being considered in OR.
Friday, February 5, 2010
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