Monday, March 15, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. A proposal to combat property crime in Eugene has been shelved.

2. Missing financial documents prevented a Tigard firm from completing its audit of the Willamette Education Service District.

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on Idaho's congressional races.

4. A subsidiary of Conocophillips has agreed to pay $588,000 to help compensate the public for environmental harm caused by a 2004 crude oil spill into the Puget Sound.

5. Two Northwest Airlines pilots who got distractedand overshot the Minneapolis airport have agreed not to fight the revocations of their licenses.

6. The aim of Portland's new "citizen reports" iphone app is to make it easier for residents to report problems.

Center:

Music in: Andrew Bird "Effigy"

1. Interview with Eugene native Jason Lewis-Berry. He works for the U.S. State Department and the Civilian Response Corps.

Music out: B. Side Players "Fire in the Youth"

2. Anna King reports on the wine spat going on between wine critics who use wine scores to judge a vino and the winemakers who want to do away with the numerical critiques.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on the Oregon Youth Authority adopting performance-based standards.

2. The EPA plans to establish tougher standards to clean up smog.

3. Clergy on Mercer Island in WA say the city's new rules about the roving homeless encampment known as "tent city" violate their religious freedoms.

First Newscast:

1. The University of Oregon has fired long-time men's basketball coach Ernie Kent.

2. About 1/3 of the teachers at the Hillcrest and Maclaren Youth Correctional facilities are expected to be laid off.

3. The Pacific Smelt is getting federal protection.

4. Springfield Police Chief Jerry Smith says the city's new jail brought in $38,000 in bail revenue in the first 3 weeks of operation.

5. Ashland officials are considering changes to the municipal court that would improve its efficiency, but remove some of the discretion the judge now has in levying fines.

6. Investigators say an essay contest to win a Seaside beach house was a scam.

7. Officials in the Polk County community of Dallas are hoping a buyer can be found for the old Tyco building.

Center:

Music in: Iron City "Sookie, Sookie"

1. Chris Lehman reports on a poll showing more than half of northwest residents think state government spends too much money on low-priority services.

2. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Ashland production of "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on the firing of UO men's basketball coach Ernie Kent.

2. Census workers are hoping to get a count of Lane County's homeless population.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on a man who brought his medical marijuana into the Springfield courthouse last month will fight the charges of illegal pot possession.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington voters in November will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment to make it easier for judges to withhold bail.

5. Oregon's unemployment rate is 10.5%.

6. Sharece Bunn reports on a group of UO students in a philanthropy class helping homeless kids.

7. In May, OSU will begin construction of a new five-story residence hall and education center.

8. The Pacific Smelt will get federal protection.

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon's governor declaring a drought for Klamath and surrounding counties.

2. An amber alert issued out of Washington state today has been cancelled.

3. The internal watchdog for the Veterans Affairs Dept says VA medical centers need to give exams to veterans sooner in order to expedite disability claims.

4. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says there is a big jump in the number of middle-class Oregonians without health insurance.

5. WA Secretary of State Sam Reed will have a cancerous kidney removed next week.

6. Lane, Douglas and Klamath counties will share more than eight-million dollars in federal broadband stimulus money.

7. Nike says stronger sales helped more than double the company's third-quarter profits.

Center:

Music in: Garrick Ohlsson "Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5 Emperor"

1. Interview with pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

2. Viz City.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on the UO track and field team having their home opener this weekend.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Umpqua National Forest wants to reduce wildfire risks.

First Newscast:

1. State Police identified a pedestrian struck and killed while trying to cross I-5 earlier today as 44-year-old Dale Underwood of Keizer.

2. Klamath Basin farmers will get some water for crops this year, but far less than they hoped for.

3. Lane Community College is undaunted by the price tag for a new downtown center in Eugene.

4. Doug Nadvornick reports on an Idaho state wildlife manager who is calling the state's first wolf season a success.

5. Rachael McDonald reports on this Saturday, foodies will descend on the small southern Oregon town of Central Point to celebrate cheese.

Center:

Music in: Jessie Marquez & Mike Denny "Varadero Mulata"

1. Interview with Cuban-American singer Jessie Marquez and Dennis Gilbert about a fundraiser to free the Cuban 5.

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Despite widespread protest from the Eugene community, Governor Ted Kulongoski remains determined to go ahead with a plan to rename Beltline Hwy after Randy Pape.

2. Crews are searching for any sign of a 4-year-old who disappeared Wednesday near Brookings.

3. Tom Banse reports on a timberland holding company in Portland has mad a deal to sell carbon credits tied to a forest parcel it owns on Washington's Olympic peninsula.

First Newscast:

1. The Umatilla Chemical Depot is analyzing whether contact with mustard agent caused a worker to develop a blister.

2. Brandon Smith reports on a new website for Oregonians interested in pursuing an apprenticeship.

3. The Ashland City Council will not join the U.S. Forest Service as a defendant in a lawsuit over thinning in the Ashland watershed.

4. A dozen times over 7 months, WA wildlife officers camped on the shores of Hood Canal to catch poachers.

5. OPB's April Baer reports on the National Republican Campaign Committee doing robo-calls to NW residents this week about the health care bill.

6. The Pierce County medical examiner's office says 8-year-old Azriel Carver drowned.

7. A 31-year-old man from Portland has died in a snowmobile accident in CO.

Center:

Music in: Don Latarski "Eden Hall Sessions"

1. Interview with guitarist Don Latarski and Steve Mosher.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer has advice on how to avoid getting scammed.

Second Newscast:

1. UO Athletic Director Mike Bellotti is leaving for a job at ESPN.

2. Vin Lanana, the UO Director of Track & Field, has been named women's coach of the year.

3. Tom Banse reports on Vancouver, Washington launching a campaign to differentiate itself from Vacouver, BC.

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