Monday, October 4, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The NRA has endorsed Democratic Representative Kurt Schrader in the 5th Congressional District race, over GOP candidate Scott Bruun.

2. Voter's pamphlets will be arriving at Oregon households this week.

3. Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio expects the rail line between Coos Bay and Eugene to be operating by February.

4. Tom Banse reports on the fine against Tesoro for an explosion and fire in WA state.

5. A settlement with the owners of a private boarding school the state closed last year in central Oregon may lead to a new school on the same campus.

6. A man and woman are facing charges after a 20-year-old man was stabbed in the back Sunday at a light rail station in Portland.

7. Anna King reports on the Maryhill Museum of Art in WA announcing a major expansion.

Music in: Anne McCue "Any Minute Now"

Center:

1. Interview with Kelsey Collins, author of "Exit Strategy: Leaving This Life With Grace and Gratitude."

Music out: Grateful Dead "Black Peter"

2. Leslie Hildreth reports from Riverbend Farm in Pleasant Hill.

Second Newscast:

1. Last month the state received almost $83-million from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program for homeowners facing foreclosure. {housing}

2. A man says a great white shark knocked him off his surfboard near Winchester Bay last week.

First Newscast:

1. A federally protected wolf has been killed in NE Oregon.

2. The fund to help find Kyron Horman received a $541 donation from inmates at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

3. A Silverton man who learned he was about to be fired has been accused of burning his boss's car.

4. Doug Nadvornick reports on toxic pollution falling from the sky onto the Puget Sound Basin.

5. A new Oregon State University study suggests that women executives are more than twice as likely than men to leave their jobs.

6. Concerns about spillway gates atop 11 Willamette Valley dams have prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reduce water storage until the gates are repaired or replaced.

7. An Eastern Oregon potato and onion packager is facing a federal lawsuit, claiming it illegally fired an employee because of his disability.

8. A drought in the Klamath Basin has dried up fresh produce donations to a local food bank.

Music in: Wingspan "Like Tyner"

Center:

1. Angela Kellner speaks with Viriam Khalsa, Senior Manager Analyst with Lane County Youth Services about their grant to look at where in the system there are more people of color as compared to caucasions. {civil rights/discrimination}

Music out: Joey DeFrancesco "Fly Me To The Moon"

2. Chris Lehman reports on Measure 71 which would mandate that the legislature meet on an annual basis.

Second Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the City of Eugene trying out a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid.

2. An Oregon State fraternity has been fined $1,000 for burning a couch.

3. Anna King reports on the winners of a contest to write haikus about Hanford.

First Newscast:

1. An Oregon woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the unborn child from her womb, has been sentenced to life in prison.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Forest Service moving forward with a timber sale on a roadless area near Diamond Lake.

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on a Washington environmental group pushing the federal government to expand Mt. Rainier National Park.

4. Outgoing Governor Ted Kulongoski will lead a trade mission later this month to Israel.

5. Party patrols by the Eugene Police will continue near the University of Oregon after about 60 citations for alcohol-related offenses were given out last weekend.

6. Scientists at a lab at Sequim Bay on the Olympic Peninsula in WA are hoping to learn what effects underwater power generating gear might have on marine life.

Music in: Paul Kendall Quartet "Firm Roots"

Center:

1. Interview with Don Griffin, Executive Director of the Springfield/Eugene Habitat For Humanity about their 1,000th home.

Music out: Doc Watson & David Grisman "Watson Blues"

2. Guy Hand talks to Josie Erskine of Peaceful Belly Farms about the fundamental art of freezing food.

Second Newscast:

1. The conservation group Oregon Wild has condemned what they suspect is the poaching of a federally-protected wolf in NE Oregon.

2. A wildlife officer shot and killed a black bear that twice clawed through the front door of a home in Southern Oregon.

3. Tom Banse reports on controversy surrounding the biggest solar power plant proposed in the NW.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on a bi-partisan group of lawmakers rebelling against Washington state's plan to close a prison in the SW corner of the state.

5. A man reported he was shot while sleeping on his couch in Salem.

Thursday, October 7, 2010
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