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Northwest Passage, Feb 15-19, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the midway point of the Oregon Legislature's special session.

2. Thousands of protestors with opposing viewpoints on taxes dueled for the attention of WA state legislators today.

3. Glenn Mosley reports on the University of Idaho looking for additional revenue sources.

4. Oregon ranks 9th nationally on how federal stimulus money is being spent.

5. The suspects in the shooting of a Bandon couple has reportedly been sighted in AZ.

6. A Roseburg man died when he tried to elude police following an attempted traffic stop.

7. Select OR coastal communities will be a part of a new program called Tsunami Ready, Tsunami Prepared.

Center:

Music in: Bob Dylan "Is Your Love In Vain?"

1. Chris Lehman reports on one of the most contentious issues in the legislature - the future of online or virtual schools.

2. KUOW's John Ryan reports on assessing how close REI is to going carbon-neutral.

Second Newscast:

1. The WA state patrol says it has arrested a man accused of the Saturday shooting of a state trooper in the coastal community of Long Beach.

2. Jes Burns reports on a culinary competition between about 30 elementary students in the 4-J School District.

3. Sharece Bunn reports on proposed route changes as the Lane Transit District faces a $6.5-mllion budget shortfall. (public transportation)

4. Brandon Smith reports on the city of Newport reassessing its strategy for providing subsidized regular flights to Portland.

5. Oregon is making some progress battling invasive species through new legislation and the creation of an emergency fund.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1 Climber's body recovered in the crater of Mount St. Helens.

2. DNA evidence has been used to help win confictions in a crime against wildlife.

3. The Catholic Church is ending its relationship with St. Charles Medical Center in Bend over a surgical birth-control technique.

4. A bill to ban BPA has failed in the Oregon Senate.

5. The father of a snowboarder who died at Mt. Hood says all snowboarders and skiers should be required to wear helments.

6. The Josephine County Sheriff's office says a 77-year old Grants Pass man has died in an ATV accident.

7. After two years of negotiations, Portland public school teachers and the school board will vote on a new contract offer.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on Jesse Jackson's visit to the U of O.

2. Interivew with cast of Upstart Crow production of "Annie."

Second Newscast:

1. Top story recap.

2. A federal judge has denied a request by the city of Portland for a change in venue in trial for mentally ill man killed in police custody.

3. The recent passage of two OR tax measures is allowing Benton county to expand it's public transportation system.

4. A Newberg man has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison for attacking a young girl.

 


Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Officals say no autopsy will be conducted on the body of the climber who fell into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

2. A Days Creek man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2007 slaying of Kevin Omann of Canyonville.

3. Jes Burns reports the Eugene Police Department has launched a way for citizens to report certain minor crimes.

4. Lawmakers in Salem took a break from partisan rancor to pass a bill that woud ban what critics see as a revolving door.

5. Austin Jenkins reports on a proposed tax hike in WA.

6. ODOT is releasing a new version of the classic "Pacific Wonderland" license plate on March 1st.

Center:

1. Interview with Joel Ben Izzy about the Cha-tee Mon-wee Storytelling gathering.

2. Viz City

Second Newscast:

1. U of O star running back LaMichael James is in jail today after being arrested yesterday in Springfield.

2. Rachael McDonald reports that the Robert Wood Johnson foundation ranks Benton County number one for public health in OR.

3. Demonstrators marched on Portland City Hall today to protest the return to duty of a police officer who shot and killed an unamrmed man last month.

 


Thursday, February 18, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Legislative Budget Update.

2. The death of Portland bicyclist last November is no being called a homicide.

3. Eugene Police Department is looking for volunteers to deliver subpoenas. Rachel McDonald Reports.

4. A Springfield woman has been sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for drug offenses. Jes Burns reports.

5. Eugene City Council is considering removing downtown parking meters to attract more people to the area.

Center:

First half:

Interview with composer and Pulitzer prize winner Steve Stucky. The Eugene Symphony will perform his composition "Second Concerto for Orchestra."

Second Half:

Natural World.

Second Newscast.

1. More than 30 groups gathered in Salem to sign an agreement to remove four dams along the Klamath River. Chris Lehman reports.

2. ODFW have fitted three wolves in Eastern Oregon with radio collars.

3. A farmer in the Grand Ronde Valley has discovered bones of a woolly mammoth on his property. The bones have been donated to Eastern Oregon University.

 


Friday, February 19, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 


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