Monday, July 12, 2010
Hosted by: Brandon Smith

 First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports that the U of O broke ground on its newest residence hall today.

2. Ruby de Luna reports on drowning dangers.

3. The Oregon Bach Festival wrapped up this weekend, breaking a box office record.

4. The body of a Grants Pass teen missing after swimming in the Rogue River has been found.

5. A referee hit by a toddler-driven golf cart during a high school football game has filed a lawsuit against the Springfield School District.

Center:

1. Jes Burns reports on Veneta's recent efforts to secure drinking water for its growing population.

2. Angela Kellner interviews Michelle Dennehy about the state's Goose Task Force.

3. Good Gardening

Second Newscast:

1. A section of Hwy 101 north of Florence is down to one lane after ODOT discovered the ground has washed out below part of the road-bed.

2. The mother of Colton Harris-Moore says she's glad her son is safe after his arrest.

3. Tom Banse reports scientists say the ocean waters off the west coast are becoming more acidic.

4. Anna King reports on a management shake-up at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

5. Major Airports in the Pacific NW are looking into how biomass might produce aviation fuel.

6. A US Forest Service visitor center has burned to the ground. 

First Newscast:

1. After dropping slightly last year, Oregon's unemployment rate has gotten stuck at 10.5% in 2010.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Oregon Department of State Lands holding $3.9 million in unclaimed money for Oregonians after Washington Mutual closed.

3. Senator Jeff Merkley says he will vote to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

4. Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley will not participate in a debate with his Democratic opponent this week, saying it interferes with his vacation plans.

5. Some Oregon lawmakers are working on a plan to outlaw disposable plastic bags in the state in 2012.

6. ODOT hopes to have a section of Highway 101 fully open by Wednesday afternoon.

7. Tom Banse reports on fossil evidence that a big bird roamed the NW 50-million years ago.

8. Democratic incumbent Senator Patty Murray is the target of a new TV ad calling into question her "mom in tennis shoes" status.

Center:

Music in: Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project "Kenny Clarke"

1. Tom Banse plays history detective with rare documents about pioneer chinese immigrants in the NW.

Music out: Frank Kimbough "TMI"

2. Anna King reports on a device called the cherry thumper being developed at WSU.

Second Newscast:

1. Construction of a $3-billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon is expected to begin soon.

2. Pacific Power customers will face higher prices next year.

3. Opponents of a huge copper and gold mine being developed in Alaska, near some of the world's most productive salmon streams have scored a court victory.

4. Anna King reports on a new study showing that 3 times more plutonium in SE WA than the government last estimated.

5. People working in downtown Medford can get free passes to ride the bus.

6. The Salem City Council has asked city staff to draw up an ordinance that would allow people to keep chickens in their backyards.

First Newscast:

1. The Marion County District Attorney's Office says an Oregon State police trooper was justified in using a taser on a 16-year-old boy last month in Salem.

2. The Oregon Department of Transportation says a section of Highway 101 is expected to fully reopen by noon Thursday.

3. Members of the Coast Guard are remembering three servicemen killed last week in the NW.

4. Anna King reports on a fuel cell being developed in a federal lab in Richland, WA.

5. The State Department of Forestry says it is boosting the fire-danger level to high starting Thursday in Jackson and Josephine counties.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on a federally-funded insurance plan for people with pre-existing conditions in Oregon.

7. Mike Van Meter reports on the temporary closing of the postoffice in Ashwood.

Center:

Music in: Pat Bianchi "Fifth House"

1. Interview with Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of South Lane Mental Health and Lauren Fuller, board member and garden host for "The Town and Country Garden Tour" in Cottage Grove.

Music out: Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project "Melodious Funk"

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon is joining a class action lawsuit against Countrywide.

2. Angela Kellner reports on Oregon State University sending letters to 34,000 current and former employees notifying them of a security breach involving their personal data.

3. Newly released court documents say a 16-year-old boy told detectives he suffocated a 5-year-old Roseburg girl after she awoke to him sexually abusing her.

4. A Vancouver judge today overturned the convictions of two men who spent 17 years in prison on charges of rape and burglary.

5. A Portland man is being fined $10,000 for burning the rubble left behind after tearing down a house.

6. The Army's Umatilla Chemical Depot resumed burning containers of a dangerous mustard agent today.

7. The City of Portland might be a step ahead of the state when it comes to outlawing disposable plastic bags.

8. The National Park Service wants to eliminate hundreds of non-native European rabbits that have made pests of themselves on San Juan Island.

9. Tom Banse reports on the 14th annual lavender festival in Sequim, WA.

First Newscast:

1. An Oregon judge has refused to return a 7-month-old girl to a couple who belong to a faith-healing church.

2. Investigators have asked journalists for footage of interviews with people who reported seeing a missing 7-year-old Portland boy after the time his stepmother says she left him at school.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on Rob Mullens being hired as the new Athletic Director for the University of Oregon.

4. Benton County jurors found a Corvallis man not guilty of raping a woman he knows.

5. Jes Burns reports on the Lane Community College board voting to go ahead with the purchase of the Sears pit in downtown Eugene.

6. WA Governor Chris Gregoire told a federal commission today to keep Nevada's Yucca Mountain on the table as a possible nuclear waste repository.

7. President Barack Obama has nominated a Washington County circuit court judge and a Portland attorney for federal court seats in Oregon.

Center:

1. Interview with the band Truckstop Honeymoon.

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. The unemployment rate in Washington improved slightly for the 3rd straight month in June.

2. A missing Jefferson woman was found Wednesday in Portland.

3. Both lanes of Highway 101 are now open between Florence and Yachats.

Friday, July 16, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. Democrat Governor candidate John Kitzhaber is pitching himself as a unifying force in OR politics.

2. OCF organizers registered 822 voters at the Fair.

3. The OR DOE has reduced the tax credit for installing solar power panels at homes.

4. Interim Superintendent Nena Strickland says an OR State Hospital employee has been fired for engaging in inappropriate activity with a patient.

5. Tom Banse reports supporters of female priesthood in the Catholic Church say they are undeterred by a newly toughened stance from the Vatican.

6. Two men were injured when their ultralight aircraft crashed in Southern OR.

Center:

1. Clips of Faith

2. John Fronhmayer scares us: drowning.

Second Newscast:

1. OR voters will decide this November whether to allow medical marijuana dispensaries.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports that federal environmental officials say the generation-long cleanup of mining waste on north Idaho is taking a new turn.

3. A Cottage Grove man has filed a $146,000 lawsuit against a pest control company.

4. Former U of O runner Andrew Wheating set a new personal best today in the 800 meter.

5. Volunteers who helped nurse three injured barn owls back to health released the birds Thursday night at a farm south of Philomath.

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