Monday, June 14, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newcast:

1. The search for Kyron Horman has been scaled back.

2. The body of a man has been found in the same area along the Willamette River in Salem where a swinner was reported missing.

3. Chris Lehman reports OR's Public Universities are asking to dip into tuition-backed reserves.

4. Rachael McDonald reports despite the recent rain, fire officials say they're expecting a normal fire season.

5. The Labor Department has ordered that about 600 workers at OR's Umatilla Chemical Depot be awarded more than $4 million in back pay.

Center:

1. Inverview with Springfield HS students who are planning to bike the Lewis and Clark trail this summer.

2. Good Gardening

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns wraps up of the 2010 NCAA Track and Field Championships.

2. Jes Burns produces a vox pop of the U of O sweep of the men's 1500 meter.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Ron Maurer conceding the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction to incumbent Susan Castillo.

2. After being sentenced to death 3 times, Randy Lee Guzek is facing a 4th jury to decide whether he deserves to die for the 1987 murders of an Oregon couple.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on efforts to protect the Chetco River.

4. The arrival of the first of 6 ocean research vessels to be based in Newport has spread a little euphoria through the Oregon coast city.

5. Tom Banse reports on the long range weather forecast from the first Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference.

Center:

1. Interview with Will & Tashina Wilkinson, teachers of the C.H.I. practice.

Second Newscast:

1. A climber who fell near the summit of Mt. Hood has died of his injuries.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on 4 more Washington-based soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder of Afghan civilians.

3. Laura McCandlish reports on how Corvallis restricts food carts and how some folks want that to change.

4. A sexual battery lawsuit filed by a University of Oregon soccer player against pro soccer player Nate Jaqua has been settled with no exhcange of money.

5. Students from Astoria, Warrenton and Knappa High Schools are going to work this summer on building a new trail to Fort Clatsop on the Oregon coast.

First Newscast:

1. African Americans were stopped by Portland Police at a higher rate than any other city residents in 2009. (Discrimination/civil rights)

2. Two Southern Oregon University students who wrote anti-gay graffiti in dorms will be allowed to return to school but must perform community service and live off-campus.

3. The Oregon Supreme Court has ordered Multnomah County to pay the estate of property rights pioneer Dorothy English $1.15-million in a dispute over Measure 37 development restrictions.

4. Angela Kellner reports on the company that makes the chemical oil dispersant Corexit has leaders who are former BP & Exxon executives.

5. A nonstop flight from Central Oregon to LAX called an economic "lifeline" is being cancelled.

6. The 4 Columbia River treaty tribes have opened their summer fishery with commercial sales of fresh summer Chinook nicknamed "June hogs" because of their size.

Center:

Music in: The Meters "Pungee"

1. Interview with Toby Johnson about the Oregon Sasquatch Symposium.

2. Natural World with John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon Supreme Court ordering Multnomah County to pay the estate of Dorothy English.

2. A man walks into a bar...in the town of Merlin and reports being shot.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on Lane Community College facing the possibility of turning students away in the fall due to budget cuts.

2. Angela Kellner reports on budget cuts at the Bethel School District resulting in lost teaching days and wages.

3. Detectives investigating the disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman are asking if anyone saw the stepmother around that time.

4. Chris Lehman reports on GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley releasing his first TV ad for the fall election.

5. An Oregon woman has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the death of her baby girl 20 years ago.

6. Wildfire season won't start for a while in Oregon and Washington thanks to recent rains.

Center:

1. Doug Nadvornick reports on Forest Service plans to raise rental rates on people who own cabins on national forest land.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer remembers an historic basketball game at Mac Court in 1974.

Second Newscast:

1. A Portland judge granted - and then stayed a request by news organizations to release more than 1,000 Boy Scouts of America files on suspected child molesters.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on the slow job recovery in Washington state.

3. An Oregon man sentenced to 44 years for sexually abusing teen girls says it's unfair that he may serve a longer term than a murderer.

4. Police have confirmed that a note left at a Raymond, WA veterinary clinic along with money was written by teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore.

5. Oregon State University says its energy efficiency center is making its services available to farmers and rural businesses. 

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