Monday, May 31, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Oregon Shakespeare Festival officials say despite the recession, sales this spring are up 8% over last year.

2. Some Washington wood products companies say demand has been strong despite the steep recession.

3. Chris Lehman reports on a challenge against Oregon's political redistricting.

4. "Women In Black" will stand in silent vigil in downtown Eugene to make a statement against Israeli naval commandos killing 9 passengers aboard a humanitarian ship.

5. Doug Nadvornick reports on attorneys for Idaho prison inmates deliberating whether to keep going with a three-decade-old lawsuit over living conditions at one state prison.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on Willamette High School earning premier green school status.

Center:

Music in: The Little Willies "No Place To Fall"

1. S. Spencer Scott weaves two tragedies together in a commentary about the cost of war.

Music out: Red Garland "Solitude"

2. Mixed Voices: Close.

3. Master Gardener Renate Tilson has tips for allergic gardeners on Good Gardening.

Second Newscast:

1. The Oregon Ducks earned a trip to the NCAA baseball tournament.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon State Police say 4 people were killed in 4 separate crashes over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

2. Oregon's immunization rate for 2-year-olds mirrors the national rate of 68%.

3. Rachael McDonald asked University of Oregon students about the tough job market.

4. A graduating OSU student is set to become one of the first 19 women to serve on a Navy submarine.

5. Tom Banse reports on plans to haul Hawaii's trash to the Columbia River Gorge.

6. Austin Jenkins reports on new laws taking effect in Washington State.

7. Tillamook County deputies arrested a woman accused of fatally shooting her sister.

Center:

Music in: Cheikh Lo "Bambay Gueej"

1. Dmae Roberts reports from Ashland on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's hip hop production of Hamlet.

Music in: Big Blue Ball "Exit Through You"

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on Parkinson's patients turning to dancing for exercise.

Music out: Mark Mommaas "Brush On Canvas"

Second Newscast:

1. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley visited the UO today to highlight improvements to federal student loan and Pell Grant programs.

2. Tom Banse reports on why WSU researchers put snails on meth.

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on how the cool, wet weather is helping tamp down the grasshopper population.

4. Oregon has a new state forest near Gilcrhrist.

5. The opening of north entrance road at Crater Lake National Park has been delayed due to fresh snow.

6. Oregon State has fired head women's basketball coach Lavonda Wagner.

7. Someone left a baby elk on the U.S. Forest Service's doorstep in La Grande.

First Newscast:

1. The government has been docking the disability checks of a former Oregon National Guard soldier who was wounded in Iraq.

2. A small fire caused the World Trade Center building in downtown Portland to be evacuated.

3. The federal government plans to release the results of an investigation into worker exposure to beryllium at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site.

4. A new study in the Journal Nature says population diversity is a crucial, if under appreciated attribute to a healthy salmon fishery.

5. A truck, tools and two construction trailers were stolen over the weekend from the Habitat for Humanity office in Salem.

6. An Oregon man has been charged with animal abuse after ordering his dog to attack a rabbit at a Salem city park in front of children.

Center:

Music in: Steve Coleman "Clouds"

1. Interview with Robert Tomlinson, Executive Director of Oregon Crafted.

Music out: Chad Eby "Tip Toe"

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Lane County District Attorney and the Eugene Police Department pushing for longer prison sentences for the most prolifc property crimes offenders.

3. OPB's Amelia Templeton reports on a national conservation group naming the Chetco River one of the nation's ten most endangered.

Second Newscast:

1. The state of Oregon has issued its plans for stopping toxic pollutants such as flame retardants, pharmaceuticals and pesticides from getting into waterways.

2. Alaska plane crash kills one passenger.

3. Four southern Oregon teens, who were missing after going out for lunch and a movie, have been found safe in southern California.

4. Attorneys for the man accused of killing 14-year-old Stephanie Condon plan to ask for the trial to be moved out of Douglas County.

5. Ashland officials are trying to find the person responsible for dumping paint into a storm drain. 

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the official ground breaking ceremony in Newport, the future home of NOAA research ships.

2. State officials have issued a landslide warning for southern Oregon stream flows on the Rogue River.

3. Olivia Awbrey reports on Congressman Peter DeFazio asking the EPA to stop BP from using the dispersant Corexit in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

4. An affidavit filed in Lane County says a 9-year-old boy told police his adoptive parents beat him.

5. Insect researchers say they aren't seeing much evidence of a tiny fruit fly that last year showed a fearsome appetite for Oregon's fruit and berries.

6. Farmers in the Klamath Basin say their potato seeds are being attacked by a pest.

Center:

Music in: Negroni's Trio "Your Melody"

1. Interview with Henry Alley, author of "Precints of Light."

Music out: Whiskey Town "Inn Town"

2. Natural World with John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. 73 Oregon National Guard soldiers are preparing for a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan.

2. Politicians and community members gathered in Newport today to celebrate the coming of the NOAA research fleet.

3. A Springfield man, Joshua Friar, pleaded guilty to sexaully abusing 3 boys.

First Newscast:

1. A report says cigarettes remain the top cause of home fires, which killed 138 people in Oregon between 2004 and 2008.

2. The Oregon Attorney General's Office has released a recording of a political party official telling a political operative that candidates have to contribute money to participate in the party's nominating process.

3. The mother of a teenage Newport girl found text messages with sexual content on the girl's cell phone that led police to a 39-year-old Canadian truck driver.

4. Doug Nadvornick reports on the ACLU agreeing to remove Idaho from a federal lawsuit against the company that operates a state prison near Boise.

5. A Skagit County, WA superior court judge has ordered the city of Burlington to pay $965 to a prison inmate for not responding in time to his public records requests.

6. A group of NW companies says tackling climate change will be good for business.

7. Flooding in Eastern Oregon covered roads and caused some farmers to move their livestock to higher ground, but police say no houses were destroyed.

Center:

1. Interview with David Ossman of Firesign Theatre.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer on the value of the people's need for clean water.

Second Newscast:

1. The State Board of Higher Education is raising tuition at seven of Oregon's state universites.

2. Angela Kellner reports on Lane County receiving 25 rental vouchers for homeless veterans.

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