Monday, August 16, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. A wildfire in SW OR has quickly grown to nearly a square mile and is expected to grow more.

2. Two off-duty WA State Troopers and a dispatcher died in an early-morning house fire.

3. State regulators have fined a couple in Harbor, OR more than $17k for allowing road erosion to wash into a prime salmon river.

4. The NW's electrical grid would become more nimble and efficient under new fedceral grants announced today.

5. Jackson County Commissioners want to expand trade with China.

6. Richard Wendt has died.

7. State officials are reminding Oregonians that another government shutdown day is approching this Friday.

Center:

1. Interview with Sen. Floyd Prozanski about a home brew fix.

2. Laura McCandlish audio postcard of the "Beans and Grain Tour."

Second Newscast:

1. Road construction is causing extreme congestion in Florence.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on the Washington State primary.

3. Federal officials have approved a state request for $1 million grant to expand health insurance rate reviews.

4. Jes Burns reports on volunteer efforts to keep Lane Extension open.

5. The state and federal government have put a cowboy on the job to track wolves in Eastern Oregon.

6. The U of O has hired a new Track & Field assistant coach.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports that OR lawmakers are preparing to hear more bad budget news next week.

2. Brandon Smith reports Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 10.6%.

3. More than 400 people lined up in the heat Monday in Salem to apply for temporary jobs at the OR State Fair.

4. The price of gas in OR has pushed the state into the top five nationally, with a gallon of regular still averaging more than $3.

5. A Federal appeals court has decided that mud washing off logging roads is pollution.

6. A man has died after jumping off a bridge to avoid being seen by police.

Center:

1. Tripp Sommer interviews author Robert Whitaker about his book "Anatomy of an Epidemic."

2. Dorothy Velasco reviews "American Night" at the Ashland Shakespear Festival.

Second Newscast:

1. Top story recap.

2. A plane in Seattle violated regulated airspace while the President visited.

3. After a community debate over a new city hall and police station that divided the town of Madras, the city is looking for Federal funding for the project.

4. The USDA says OR's and WA's cranberry harvest is expected to drop this year because of poor weather.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

 First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the plethora of attack websites accompanying this year's elections.

2. Prosecutors plan to portray an OR father and son as motivated to bomb banks because of anti-government sentiment.

3. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian reservation have been granted $2 million in federal funding to manage and develop affordable housing.

4. OR has fined a fruit grower in Eastern OR $15k for failing to immediately clean up a herbicide spill.

5. James Auchincloss has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for child pornography possession.

6. A brief storm dumped a record amount of rain on the Rogue Valley.

Center:

1.  Interivew with Shoshana Kewersky about traveling in Cambodia.

2. Viz City

Second Newscast:

1. Austin Jenkins reports on the WA primary.

Friday, August 20, 2010
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert

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