Monday, May 3, 2010
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert 

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the federal government designating the Klamath Basin as a disaster area due to drought.

2. 8 soldiers from a Salem-based Oregon Army National Guard aviation unit received mobilization orders for Iraq.

3. An Oregon man, Michael Dung Nguyen, who stole money intended for humanitarian efforts in Iraq has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.

4. Rachael McDonald reports on a drawing for the Oregon Health Plan.

5. Downtown Eugene property owners will soon be eligible for funds to transition from steam heating to more efficient systems.

Center:

1. Race for Eugene City Council Ward 6: Rachael McDonald speaks with Pat Farr; Angela Kellner speaks with Rich Gaston.

2. Good Gardening host Renante Tilson offers alternatives to toxic chemical pesticides.

Second Newscast:

1. Tom Banse reports on disturbing trends of sea lions feasting on endangered salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam.

2. A new government study finds that most states are failing to meet federal goals for childhood obesity.

First Newscast:

1. South Eugene High School went into lock down earlier today after a Eugene Police officer spotted two men, one matching the description of a Springfield robbery suspect.

2. An autopsy on an Iraq-war veteran from Eagle Point killed in a police standoff shows he was shot 5 times.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on the EPA giving pesticide manufacturers two weeks to make labeling changes to help protected threatened and endangered Northwest salmon and steelhead.

4. Biologists are working on a plan to poison a popular trout lake in Eastern Oregon to remove goldfish that are taking over.

5. Cleanup companies from the Pacific Northwest are starting to send people and equipment to battle the Gulf oil spill.

6. Arson charges have been filed against 3 Cottage Grove residents accused of igniting forest fires last year.

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald speaks with the candidates for Eugene City Council Ward 6: incumbent Mike Clark and challenger Nadia Sindi.

2. Jes Burns speaks with Vicki Menard, Editor of the Roseburg News-Review about the Douglas County Commissioner's race.

First Newscast:

1. Northernstar Natural Gas has filed for liquidation.

2. A man accused of killing two people in Coquille has been returned to Oregon after 2 months in a VA prison.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on fines for BP Oil in Washington state.

4. Oregon child welfare officials are working to return three young children from NE where a Cottage Grove couple surrendered.

5. OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on a poll showing Oregonians are pessimistic about economic recovery.

Center:

1. Interview with Peter Kornbluh with the National Security Archive about human rights abuses in Latin America. {discrimination, civil rights}

Second Newscast:

1. More than 3,000 Oregon letter carriers will be collecting food this Saturday.

2. More people could vote by mail across the country under a package of bills introduced this week by a group of 6 Democratic U.S. Senators.

3. Workers in the police and fire departments will forgo raises to help the City of La Grande deal with its budget shortfall.

First Newscast:

1. Shell Oil says it's ready to drill in the Arctic Ocean and has plans to deal with any problems if a federal appeals court in Portland allows it to begin its exploration project on schedule in July.

2. A Cottage Grove group is challenging quarry mining in their neighborhood.

3. The Grants Pass Irrigation District is getting a late start to irrigation season due to gravel building up around the new water intake system.

4. The operations plan is out for the drought-stressed federal irrigation project in the upper Klamath Basin, and it contains no surprises.

5. Doug Nadvornick reports on a federal appeals court ruling that the Obama Administration can go ahead with plans to dismantle an underground nuclear waste operation in Nevada.

Center:

1. Interview with Ana Maria Spagna, author of "Test Ride On The Sunnyland Bus."

2. Natural World with John Cooney.

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on a debate between the two candidates for State Schools Superintendent.

2. One irrigation district manager doesn't like the way money is being handed out to pay farmers who agree not to irrigate this year on the Upper Klamath Basin's Federal Irrigation Project.

3. Angela Kellner reports on major health insurance companies in Oregon extending coverage to adult children through age 26 sooner than the new federal law requires.

4. An Oregon woman gave birth in her can on I-5.

5. Sharece Bunn reports on the first baby born at PeaceHealth's new Birth Midwifery Center.

Center:

1. Jes Burns reports on the race for West Lane County Commissioner.

2. Tiffany speaks with Jeff Nudelman about this weekend's Willamette Valley Music Festival.

3. Commentator John Frohnmayer explains the federal health care bill, in his own words.

Second Newscast:

1. Austin Jenkins reports on 2009 going down as one of the deadliest years for law enforcement in WA state.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on a wolf that allegedly killed a cow calf in NE Oregon.

3. Eugene is taking part in the Million Mom March this Sunday. 

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