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Northwest Passage, Nov 22-26, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. More snow and cold is forecast for much of Oregon.
2. OSP are asking motorists not to travel over the Santiam Pass because heavy snow and high winds are causing extremely low visibility.
3. A defense attorney says the war crimes case against Michael Wagnon shows a shocking lack of evidence.
4. The US Geological Survey says a 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred Sunday off the Oregon Coast.
5. Molalla City Manager John Atkins says officials were caught off guard by Friday's arrest of Councilor Michelle Mills.
6. A 17yo Medford girl who was homeless last year, has been awarded a $10k scholarship.
7. OR winemakers are getting a chance to celebrate thier work from 2 years ago.
8. Angela Kellner reports that two Eugene sisters have left $1.7 million to four organizations.
9. The UO has announced plans to expand its Len Casanova Center and to build new Athletics Facilities.
Center:
1. Interview with Cami Ostman, runner, author.
Second Newscast:
1. The Egan warming center will open tonight.
2. Lincoln County Schools will be closed tomorrow because of predicted freezing weather conditions.
3. Tom Banse reports snow is a mixed blessing for OR ski areas.
4. Rachael McDonald preperations are underway for the Whiteaker Community Thanksgiving dinner in Eugene.
5. LTD busses will not be operating this Thursday.
6. State officials say WA's recycling rate in 2009 remained level at 45%.
7. Two OR Ducks are coming home from the NCAA Cross Country Championships with 3rd place finishes.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Jes Burns reports on warming centers opening all over the region.
2. The body of a man was found along the Willamette River waterfront today in Portland.
3. Washington State Patrol is using a plane equipped with a heat-detecting camera to look for drivers stranded on roads.
4. Police say a man who was caught walking out of a Springfield church with stolen items is suspected of breaking into three other churches.
5. The state is still trying to get rid of the word "squaw" in its list of geographic names.
6. Former Eugene Mayor Gus Keller has died.
7. SOU has upheld a decision to drop a woman with down syndrome from a university-level ceramics class.
Center:
1. Joanne Rideout reports from a cargo ship.
2. Tom Banse reports on energy projects on the OR coast.
3. Doug Nadvornick reports on highway archeology.
Second Newscast:
1. Rachael McDonald reports from the sentencing hearing of Pete Seda.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on an Army review connected to war crimes case against a US soldier in WA.
3. The Justice Department is appealing a federal judge's order that a lesbian flight nurse from WA be reinstated to the Air Force.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. After a one-year decline, bicycle traffic in Portland is growing again.
2. Rachael McDonald reports on a new web survey for the Eugene/Springfield Future Transportation Plan.
3. Umatilla County DA Dean Gushwa has pleaded not guilty to charges he intimidated and threatened 2 women into having sex with him.
4. The trial of a father & son accused of aggravated murder in the Woodburn bank bombing is headed for a final week of testimony.
5. The police chief in Redmond has accepted a conditional offer to become the next chief of police in Olympia.
6. The Corvallis city hall will close for 6 months for a $1.1-million seismic upgrade.
Music in: Ken Emerson "Uluplakua"
Center:
1. Laura McCandlish interviews salt connoisseur Mark Bitterman.
Music out: Uke Pick Waltz
2. Viz City visits Jacobs Gallery and reviews the "Four Stories" show.
Second Newscast:
1. Lieghti Sharp reports on a program to help low and moderate income families in Oregon buy their first home is being offered after a two-year hiatus.
2. Oregon State University has closed its campus in Corvallis for the remainder of the day after an electrical fire in steam tunnels caused smoke and other problems.
3. Footprints in fresh snow led Bend police Tuesday from a business burglary to a motel where they arrested a suspect, Bobby Alonzo Douglas.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on Northwest shoppers flocking to malls and stores for black Friday holiday sales.
2. The Oregon Attorney General has sued American Team Mortgage claiming the California loan modification company charged more than $80,000 in illegal fees to Oregon homeowners.
3. Police say the man who was shot and killed during a coffee stand robbery in Eugene had a criminal record.
4. A top Oregon child welfare official wants to expand the use of a special team to investigate foster care abuse.
5. Angela Kellner reports on the state of Oregon no longer giving permits for exotic animals beginning January 1, 2011.
6. Medford resident Vanessa Driskell has finally found her long-lost birth certificate.
Music in: Susan McKeown "A Woman Like That"
Center:
1. Interview with singer/songwriter Susan McKeown.
Music out: Susan McKeown "So We'll Go No More A-Roving"
Second Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on the beginning of Oregon's Christmas tree season.
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