Monday, July 5, 2010
No show today.

First Newscast:

1. Governor Kulongoski has appointed Justin Nelson as the Morrow County District Attorney.

2. State Representative David Edwards of Hillsboro announced today he is ending his re-election campaign.

3. Higer, faster and colder is how safety officials are describing Oregon's waterways.

4. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a 20 year-old man who had been swimming at Rockaway Beach.

5. The husband of a Portland woman whose remains were discovered last week has waived extradition in Idaho and will return to Oregon to face a murder allegation.

6. A Roseburg elementary school teacher, Steven Derlacki, has been arrested after police found more than 500 files of child pornography on his home computer.

7. Fishermen targeting Pacific Whiting will tie up their boats until July 20 to avoid by-catch.

8. The Royal Bahamas police force is the latest law enforcement agecy looking for a NW teen known as the "Barefoot Bandit."

9. Visitors to Crater Lake National Park can now take in the sights aboard a natural gas-fueled trolley car, rather than driving their own cars.

Center:

1. Interview with actor, director, author and musician Gary Farmer about touring with his band The Troublemakers.

Second Newscast:

1. The biological parents of a missing Oregon boy say they don't think the 7-year-old's stepmother is telling investigators everything she knows.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on Oregon Senator Ron Wyden visiting Food For Lane County.

3. Father and son ranchers from Eastern Oregon have been arraigned on federal charges alleging they set at least 8 range fires on federal lands going back to the 1980s.

4. A barn fire in Grants Pass killed 16 mini micro potbellied pigs.

5. Jes Burns reports on the set-up scene at the Oregon Country Fair site.

First Newscast:

1. The state loses a court decision in its bid to assert ownership rights to a stretch of the Rogue River.

2. Three Coast Guard crew members died and one survived after their Jayhawk helicopter crashed off the Washington coast.

3. Authorities say a climber broke a leg and suffered an elbow injury in a 200-foot fall on Mount Hood.

4. With the recession making it harder to find jobs, many people in Oregon have decided this is a good time to go to college.

5. Doug Nadvornick reports on the groundbreaking for a new plant in Moses Lake, WA that will make carbon fibers for BMW's new electric car.

6. David Nogueras reports on the tourism tax revenue in Bend.

Center:

Music in: Michel Petrucciani "Limbo"

1. Interview with Barbara Pope, author of "The Blood Of Lorraine."

Music out: John Hicks & Frank Morgan "Night In Tunisia"

2. Viz City.

Second Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on how air quality can deteriorate in the hot weather. 

First Newscast:

1. A monthly index shows weakness in Oregon's recovery from the recession.

2. Three biomass energy projects under construction in Oregon have received a total of $3-million from the U.S. Department of Energy.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on Congressman Peter DeFazio presenting 5 Bronze Star medals, one posthumously, and one Purple Heart to Oregon veterans.

4. KUOW's Patricia Murphy reports on the salvage operation and investigation into the crash of a U.S. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter off the Washington coast.

5. Backers of a proposed $800-million natural gas pipeline across the Oregon Cascades have told federal energy regulators that their project is in limbo and needs more "commercial underpinning" to move forward.

6. During this spell of hot weather, people are not only looking to cool off, but also want their pets to be groomed so they can stay cool.

Center:

Music in: J.J. Cale "Old Blue"

1. Interview with Steve Duno, author of "Last Dog On The Hill - The Extraordinary Life Of Lou."

Music out: J.J. Cale "Death In The Wilderness"

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. A federal judge has sentenced children's author K.P. Bath to 6 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

2. Mike Van Meter reports on how a nationwide shortage of striping paint will affect roads in Central Oregon.

3. Supporters of the Lane Ice Center are scrambling to raise another $20,000 by 5pm Friday.

Friday, July 9, 2010
No show today - broadcasting live from the Oregon Country Fair!

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