Monday, July 26, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Secretary of State Kate Brown says an initiative campaign to take redistricting out of the hands of Oregon legislators came up short.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Eugene City Council voting on an anti-hate resolution.

3. Oregonians who were born in Puerto Rico will need to update their brith certificates in order to get a driver's license or ID card.

4. Marion County and Salem-area transit workers are in the process of moving out of the failing Courthouse Square building in Salem, but it's still open to the public.

5. A woman who parachuted off cliffs for sport died Sunday when her parachute failed and she fell about 800 feet on Mount Baring near Stevens Pass, Washington.

6. University of Washington botanist Estella Leopold has been awarded the International Cosmos Prize.

7. Hot, dry weather has created a risk of wildfires in much of Eastern Oregon.

8. Thunderstorms passed over Central Oregon earlier this afternoon causing minor flooding.

Center:

Music in: Dave Matthews Band "The Stone"

1. As part of our series Living With War At Home, Spokane Public Radio's Amanda Loder reports that for some veterans, planning for life without the uniform is its own battle.

Music out: David Lindley & Wally Ingram "Bonus Track"

2. Mixed Voies.

Second Newscast:

1. The Defense Department says four soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord were killed Saturday by a roadside bomb attack on their vehicle in Afghanistan.

2. The former Home Vally Bank, closed by the state on Friday, has been absorbed by another bank and reopened.

3. Nike agreed today to spend $1.5 million to help workers abruptly laid off last year by two subcontractors in Honduras.

4. Anna King reports on Northwest apple farmers say it could be a bumper crop this year.

5. A federal judge in Medford is considering whether to halt the removal of a Rogue River Dam because opponents say their civil rights were violated.

6. An Arizona man who was rescued on Mt. Hood over the weekend is in fair condition.

First Newscast:

1. Republican Chris Dudley has increased his fundraising lead over Democrat John Kitzhaber in the race for Oregon governor.

2. A Marion County judge has ruled against conservative backers of a proposal to put Oregon legislative redistricting in the hands of retired judges.

3. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon Secretary of State's Office announcing that half of a 2-part initiative strategy has failed to make it to the ballot.

4. The mother of an Oregon boy missing for 53 days tearfully told her son not to give up hope.

5. Patricia Murphy reports on the Department of Defense identifying the U.S. service member from Renton, Washington missing in Afghanistan.

6. Doug Nadvornick reports on people in Hailey, Idaho closely following the story of 2 U.S. sailors in Afghanistan.

7. The nation's largest landfill owner wants to team with a Bend-based company to turn 25 tons a day of Portland-area trash into fuel.

Center:

Music in: Joe Craven & Sam Bevan "Cluck Ol' Hen"

1. Bing Bingham profiles Chef Dave Hatfiled, owner and chef at Cafe 34-56 at the Bend Airport.

Music out: Joe Craven & Sam Bevan "Dig a Little Deeper In The Well"

2. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Ashland production of "The Merchant of Venice"

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on the Summer of Innovation program bringing science education to Native American kids on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on Lane County hiring an additional traffic safety deputy.

2. Washington state has been shut out of a competition for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools.

3. A group has filed a recall petition in an effort to oust Adam Colby, the Assessor of Coos County. 

First Newscast:

1. A measure to continue allocating Oregon lottery money for salmon habitat and parks is headed for the November ballot.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on Lincoln County School District cutting 12 days from the next school year.

3. Marion County and Salem-Keizer Transit District have reached a $1.8 million settlement with two contractors that the agencies accused of botching a $34 million office building and bus mall.

4. A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported off the Oregon Coast this morning.

5. A federal judge in Montana has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to take a tougher look at the possibility that routinely dropping toxic fire retardant on wildfires from airplanes will kill endangered fish and plants.

6. A new water-mixing and fish passage system will be cooling the water going into the Lower Deschutes River.

7. Angela Kellner reports on Sponsors dedicating a 72-bed facility for ex-offenders in Lane County.

8. Former University of Oregon standout runner Andrew Wheating has agreed to an endorsement deal with Nike.

9. Tom Banse reports on a Basque festival in Boise, Idaho.

Center:

Music in: Buddy Guy "The Price You Gotta Pay"

1. Interview with Jeff Yeager, author of "The Cheapskate Next Door - The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily - Below Their Means."

Music out: Terry Robb "Lucky Labrador"

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski says efforts to overhaul state government can serve as a model for other states.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on the possibility that Washington State will have to make across-the-board budget cuts.

3. A group in Salem wants to see a surge in the use of solar power by city homes.

4. The public can weigh in on the future of the Lane County Fairgrounds at a series of town hall meetings.

5. A lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Spokane to prevent garbage from being shipped from Hawaii to a landfill in the eastern Washington town of Roosevelt.

6. Anna King reports on two Buddhist monks organizing peace walks throughout the NW over the next 2 weeks to commemorate the 65th anniversary next month of the U.S. dropping nuclear bombs on Japan.

Thursday, July 29, 2010
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert

First Newscast:

1. The wildfire burning in the John Day River Canyon grew to about 4,000 acres.

2. A Sherman County firefighter was badly burned as he tried to fix an antique fire engine earlier this week.

3. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski told the City Club of Eugene today it's not his choice to spend more money on prisons and less on education.

4. Anna King reports on the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety launching an investigation into Hanford's vitrification plant.

5. Too many students want to live in University of Oregon dorms this fall.

6. Brandon Smith reports on Oregon State University receiving $275-million this past year in research funding, a record for any Oregon school.

7. A prosecutor says doctors aren't certain they can save the vision of an Oregon infant whose parents used faith-healing rituals when a growth of blood vessels covered her eye.

Center:

Music in: "In The Shoemaker's Shop"

1. Angela Kellner reports on the closing of a long-time downtown Eugene business - Jan's Specialty Shoe Service.

Music out: Jerry Jeff Walker "Charlie Dunn"

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer is anti-Power Point and pro multi-sourced education.

3. SPR's Steve Jackson reports on a coalition working to designate new wilderness areas in NE Washington.

Second Newscast:

1. The U.S. Forest Service has suspended logging an experimental timber sale on the Willamette National Forest after finding a pair of Northern Spotted Owls moved closer to the area.

2. A prosecutor says former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006.

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