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Northwest Passage, Jan 17-21, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Heavy rains have wreaked havoc on a number of Oregon roads.
2. The Portland Water Bureau temporarily shut off its Bull Run water supply Sunday because of sediments stirred up by recent rains.
3. Three years after a storm flooded the city of Vernonia, it can expect $11.2-million from FEMA to help rebuild its schools.
4. Brandon Smith reports on the Willamette River being due for another big restoration.
5. Chris Lehman reports on plans for redistricting in Oregon.
6. Competition to get into the Oregon National Guard has led to tougher standards.
7. Actress Daryl Hannah, an activist against child sex slavery, rode with police in Oregon over the weekend as they patrolled strip clubs and areas known for prostitution.
Music in: Ron Carter Sextet "Por-do-sol"
Center:
1. Laura McCandlish speaks with performance poet Shelley Moon about institutional racism. [civil rights/discrimination]
Music out: John Coltrane "Slowtrane"
Second Newscast:
1. Heavy rain and runoff from melting snow helped push the Sandy River across a road near Mount Hood, washing it out and forcing local residents to evacuate on foot.
2. Heavy rains over the weekend caused many rivers to overflow in Oregon and the local area.
3. A waiting list for low income housing for people with psychiatric disabilities opened last week for Sheltercare.
4. The Pendleton School District is facing up to $4.3-million in cuts for the next school year.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. A Coos County judge has found two Lane County Commissioners, Rob Handy and Pete Sorenson, guilty of violating Oregon's public meetings law.
2. The woman who was sexually abused by former Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt when he was Mayor of Portland has died.
3. Two homes in Newport were damaged after a portion of their backyards were washed away Sunday.
4. A part of Highway 101 south of Depoe Bay is slumping.
5. One of the highest ranking CIA officers ever convicted of espionage, Harold "Jim" Nicholson, has been sentenced to 8 more years in prison after pleading guilty to betraying his country a second time.
6. Rachael McDonald reports on EWEB's plan to shut down steam heating.
7. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office wants to improve the way domestic violence calls are handled and provide better care for victims.
8. Tom Banse reports on a bomb found along the Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane.
Music in: John Coltrane "Rise n Shine"
Center:
1. Interview with poet, playwright & activist Amiri Baraka.
Music out: Monk & Coltrane "Well You Needn't"
Second Newscast:
1. Defense attorneys for Pete Seda, who was convicted of plotting to send money to aid Chechen fighers in Russia, say the top federal prosecutor in Oregon rejected a request to pay a witness after the tiral.
2. $44-million in federal money is expted to arrive in Oregon this week to help pay heating bills for low-income residents.
3. Lane County Commissioners Rob Handy & Pete Sorenson are holding a town hall meeting Wednesday on the future of plastic bags.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The latest readings on unemployment in Oregon and Washington are essentially unchanged.
2. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley unveiled his plan to address the ongoing foreclosure crisis.
3. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger wants to make it easier for the public to access government records.
4. A new report recommends building a state psychiatric hospital in Junction City, but with fewer than half the beds planned.
5. Chris Lehman reports on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling unanimously to keep an Oregon man, Randy Moore, behind bars for murder because the court says he cannot change his plea from the 1995 shooting.
6. The FBI says it has no suspects in its investigation of a bomb that was found and defused along the route of a MLK day parade route in Spokane.
7. Austin Jenkins reports on the potential end of Washington's state-subsidized health care plan.
Music in: Phantom Blues Band "Fried Chicken"
Center:
1. OPB's April Baer reports on how some school districts in Oregon, including Eugene 4-J and Bethel, are looking to local governments to help with the funding crisis.
2. Tom Banse reports on how some small farms and food businesses in the Northwest are teaming up with local investors.
Music out: The Floodplain Gang "Return to Paco"
3. Viz City's Cissy & Terry make three stops - LCC Art Gallery, Maude Kerns Art Center and The Jacobs Gallery.
Second Newscast:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on a federal judge releasing Pete Seda from jail pending a defense request for a new trial.
2. The founders of Milwaukie-based Bob's Red Mill are donating $5-million to OSU for childhood obesity issues and a whole grain research center.
3. The Clark County, WA Sheriff's Office says an off-duty law enforcement officer who shot himself was distraught over marital problems.
4. Oregon State Rep. Jefferson Smith has proposed playing classical music to reduce crime at troubled MAX light rail stops.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on efforts in Oregon & Washington to make government records more accessible to the public.
2. Rachael McDonald reports on U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon holding a town hall meeting in Eugene.
3. Jerry's Home Improvement Center announced today it is now 100% employee owned.
4. LCC is offering a financial aide and scholarship seminar Saturday.
5. An Oregon logger, Dan Fults of Albany, was killed Wednesday when his heavy equipment fell into a creek near Sheridan.
6. State environmental regulators have fined Scenic Fruit of Gresham $62,000 for violating wastewater rules.
Music in: David "Fathead" Newman "Joel's Dream"
Center:
1. Interview with Veneta City Manager Rick Ingham & EWEB General Manager Roger Gray about EWEB's plan to sell water to Veneta.
2. Natural World with John Cooney.
Second Newscast:
1. Jes Burns reports on the more than 350 people attending a public hearing in advance of the final vote on the Eugene 4-J School District's budget-cutting plan.
2. Angela Kellner reports on the Lincoln County School Board voting unanimously to place a $63-million bond measure on the May ballot for school construction and upgrades.
3. The City of Eugene's "Farmer's Market Improvement Committee" is discussing how to enhance the park blocks that hold the farmer's market.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. PERS posted total annual returns of 12.66% in 2010.
2. Oregon Steel Mills is relocating its headquarters to Chicago.
3. It's going to cost more to repair the Courthouse Square Office BUilding in Salem than it did to build it.
4. The Eugene City Council will consider Monday whether to ask voters to approve an income tax to help fund 4J and Bethel Schools.
5. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners has approved a contract with a new union representing Deputy District Attorneys.
6. Tobacco cessation would be a required health insurance benefit in Washington under a bill in Olympia.
7. Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are preparing for major layoffs later this year.
Center:
1. Interview with Dave Clelland and Shirley Reeves about a Croation Dance Program.
2. Chris Lehman reports the Oregon House is working under an unusual power-sharing arrangements this year.
Second Newscast:
1. Jes Burns reports Lane COunty Extension is still struggling to bring back programming for residents.
2. Rachael McDonald reports the weather should be sunny and crisp for Saturday's champions parade in Eugene.
3. A new study say traffic jams cost PDX commuters 36 hours a year.
4. A search of the North Santiam River and Detroit Lake on Thursday failed to find the body of a womam police believe was dumped there.
5. Prineville is facing a water shortage.
6. A reporter for the Daily Herald of Evertt, WA has written a book about Colton Harris-Moore.
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