Monday, July 19, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports it looks unlikely that OR's gas tax will go up before January.

2. A conservation group claims that new rules for managing the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area will weaken environmental protection for the area.

3. The grandson of the woman who became the face of OR property rights in the battle over Measure 37 is a $1.15 million settlement is a bittersweet victory. 

4. Rachael McDonald reports the Eugene Public Library has switched to paper that does not contain a chemical that may be hazaradous to your health.

5. Glenn Mosley reports Idaho Democrats believe they have a good chance to make history at the polls his November.

6. The Willamette ESD has settled a retaliation lawsuit for $45,000.

7. The Ashland School District will require additional proof of residency from students this fall.

8.  The New Orleans Saints have signed OSU quarterback Sean Canfield.

Center:

1. Bellamy Pailthorp profiles Brigadier General Heidi Brown.

2. Doug Nadvornick reports on the economics of biomass.

Second Newscast:

1. Crews are trying to get a 10,000 acre wildfire under control Northwest of Yakima, WA.

2. ODOT crews have cleared one northbound lane of Highway 101 at North Bend.

3. Jes Burns reports on a habitat restoration project at Fern Ridge Reservoir. 

4. About 70 western pond turtles raised at the Oregon zoo are being prepared for release into the wild in the Columbia River Gorge.

5.  Brandon Smith reports the Albany city council will meet tonight to discuss how to spend $18.5 million.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. A former member of the "Westside Gangsters" in Eugene has been sentenced to nearly 8 years in federal prison on a firearms conviction.

2. The Oregon Advocacy Commission office has named Lucy Baker its administrator.

3. Opponents of WA's expanded domestic partnership law are going back to court.

4. Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith told the school board Monday that less teaching positions than expected.

5. Washington School Super. Randy Dorn said Monday that the state may adopt a set of common education standards developed by the nation's governors.

6. Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne is defending the Bush Administration's record on offshore drilling.

7. A federal judge in Medford has halted work on removing Gold Ray Dam.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the expansion of OR's Independent Party.

2. Review of "She Loves Me" by Dorothy Velasco

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on activist response to the 3-month anniversary of the BP oil spill.

2. Rescued Fisherman

3. Screening Cargo for explosives is expanding at PDX.

4. Humane Society offers reward for poached bucks.

5. Yakima fire under control.

6. Former OR man sentenced to 2 years in Federal Prison for check-kiting scheme.

7. WA gets $10 million in unclaimed WAMU assets from the FDIC.

8. The US forest service wants to stop new gold mining claims on the Chetco River.

9. A Boise woman will stand trial for library defacement. 

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. A federal appeals court has upheld a ballot measure approved by OR voters in 2007 to scale back development rights for some landowners.

2. A former federal probation officer has been indicted in OR on sex abuse charges involving who were under his direct supervision.

3. The Salem-Keizer School Board has approved a three-year contract with teachers that will boost salaries by 1%.

4. The OR state hospital has released the name of a worker fired last month for alleged "inappropriate activity" with a mental patient.

5. Glenn Mosley reports Washington State University, Boeing, Alaska Airlines and other partners are launching a major effort ot look at the future of aviation bio-fuel in the Pacific Northwest.

6. Fred Meyers will not offer customers plastic bags after Aug. 1 at its Portland stores.

7. The Olympia food co-op says it has received hundreds of phone calls and e-mails from all over the world since the board decided to boycott products from Israel.

8. Anna King reports the Hanford Reach National Monumnet is home to one of the most pristine and last-remaining protected areas of shrub steppe habitat in the west.

9. A tree service company and the owners of an office building in southwest Portland have learned the hard way that a permit is required to prune trees in the city.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman reports on OR state efforts to restore funding for social services.

2. Vizcity

3. John Vlahovich reports that Providence Health Care is buying two regional heart care practices near Spokane.

Second Newscast:

1. A kayaker who flipped on the Rogue River was lucky that two people who floated by knew what to do.

2. Police say a routine DNA test last year identified a man as a suspect in two Portland rapes.

3. Damage is estimated at more than $1 million from the fire that destroyed a large building in Yakima.

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the Legislative Emergency Board restoring funding for programs aimed at helping home-bound elderly, mentally ill and disabled children.

2. The state's green energy economy could mean more jobs for Oregonians.

3. A request by prosecutors seeking an extra $196,000 for their invetigation into the disappearance of Kyron Horman has been approved.

4. OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on the emergence of a new tropical disease.

5. Rachael McDonald reports on a clinic aimed at serving the 73,000 uninsured Lane County residents. (health care)

6. Tom Banse reports on Starbucks' earnings report.

Center:

1. Interview with Gerri & Bob Haynes about the medical care and services they provide in Gaza.

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. The Lane County ice rink could reopen by September 13th.

1. Angela Kellner reports on how 109,000 Oregonians will benefit from the unemployment extension signed into law Thursday.

2. Chris Dudley told a friendly business audience that he would change the state's attitude toward regulation, investment and taxes that he says has created an anti-business climate.

3. Nearly 2 months after it was launched, a lending program created by Oregon lawmakers to help companies add workers has resulted in just 2 new jobs.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington's citizen initiative process is controlled by well-funded special interests.

5. Doug Nadvornick reports on tractor sales.

6. A 43-year-old mother of two is paddling from Seattle to San Diego to raise awareness of ocean issues.

Center:

1. Interview with Amy Carmenter and Laura Kemp about the benefit for Water For People.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer has been thinking about the nature of apologies.

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