Monday, January 31, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The Coast Guard says workers are trying to stabilize a derelict vessel leaking oil in the Columbia River near Camas in Washington.

2. An Oregon rancher had died after some loose cows at a Eugene cattle auction threw him in the air and sent him tumbling head first onto the pavement.

3. Experts see little threat from a swarm of small earthquakes that occurred over the weekend at Mt. Saint Helens.

4. Three people who died in a small plane crash in a remote area of Eastern Oregon have been identified as Idaho residents.

5. Oregon's state mental hospital is trying to match surviving family members with 3,500 people whose cremated remains were left ignored in a storage area.

6. A Chinese diplomat says Oregon is becoming increasingly important to his country.

7. More than one hour - that's how long Washington correctional officer Jayme Biendl lay dead in the sanctuary of a prison chapel before someone noticed she was missing.

8. An Oregon shefiff's deputy has dropped a federal lawsuit claiming his free speech rights were violated after filing a series of unsuccessful suits against local judges, prosecutors and attorneys.

Music in: Ramblin' Jack Elliott "Pastures of Plenty"

Center:

1. Interview with Vicki Walker, State Director for USDA Rural Development.

2. Mixed Voices: "Escape."

Second Newscast:

1. The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of shooting an Oregon police officer last week.

2. Angela Kellner reports on a one-stop shop opening in Linn, Benton & Lincoln counties, partly modeled after a pilot program in Lane County.

3. Rememberance of Don Younger, owner of the Horse Brass Pub in Portland. He died this morning at age 69.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Governor John Kitzhaber releasing his proposed 2-year budget.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on Angela McAnulty pleading guilty to aggravated death in the murder of her 15-year-old daughter Jeannette Maples in December 2009.

3. The hunt for David Durham is expanding due to a short clip on America's Most Wanted.

4. A homeless Army veteran who was shot and killed January 2 by Portland Police was buried Monday at Willamette National Cemetary with full military honors.

5. Marge Boule who interviewed the woman abused as a young teenager by former Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt released her account of the abuse following the woman's death last month.

6. A downtown landmark in Medford is being restored to its original look.

Music in: Soulive "Day Tripper"

Center:

1. Interview with Eugene-based cartographer David Imus. He's just published "The Essential Geography of the United States."

Music out: Backyard Tire Fire "Once Upon A Time"

Second Newscast:

1. The annual Lane Preview Night will be held Wednesday at Lane Community.

2. A vocal opponent of the removal of Gold Ray Dam from the Rogue River has pleaded not guilty to menacing charges.

3. Last month, a 33-member citizen-led committee presented it's recommendations on facilities to the Springfield School Board.

4. Tom Banse reports on the first of four "mega-loads" is set to roll eastward from the Port of Lewiston.

5. A Gresham police detective who was cited over the weekend for drunken driving has been placed on leave.

6. A 50-year-old Roseburg man has been arraigned on a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.

7. An 88-year-old man who acknowledged being involved with a Nazi death squad during WWII has died in Seattle.

8. A Bandon man, Joseph Lankford, has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting his wife in the head while she played a computer game.

Wednesday,  February  2, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

Thursday,  February  3, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon told his senate colleagues today the violence perpetrated by pro-Mubarak supporters on protesters in Egypt is absolutely unacceptable.

2. The BLM has withdrawn a timber sale from the former Bush Administration designed to cut old growth trees in an area straddling the Rogue and Umpqua basins near Glendale.

3. Jes Burns reports on Eugene 4-J School Board approving a strategy aimed at cutting $24-million from next year's operating budget.

4. A Portland lawyer who won a $19-million jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America, is representing a man who says he was sexually molested as a young boy by a Boy Scouts leader in Anchorage.

5. Rachael McDonald reports on several new scams afoot in Oregon.

6. Comcast has agreed to pay as much as $23-million to settle a class action lawsuit over late fees charged to some of its cable TV customers in Oregon.

7. Angela Kellner speaks with the director of a documentary, "Sheperds of Helmand", that features a unit of the Oregon National Guard serving in Afghanistan in 2008.

Music in: Brian Setzer "Sleepwalk"

Center:

1. KUOW's Amy Radil reports on the expansion of tribal courts.

Music out: Ryuichi Sakamoto "Lulu"

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon State Police have released the names of 2 passengers killed in a crash Tuesday on Hwy. 101 - Humberto Pineda Palillo and Melvin Rolando Escobar De La Rosa.

2. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's proposed budget includes an overhaul of the state programs aimed at giving at-risk children a better start in life.

3. Coburg Elementary is one of the schools Eugene 4-J's board voted to close last night. The board approved an application for the school to go charter.

4. Federal regulators say Pacific Seafood of Portland has settled a lawsuit alleging retaliation against a worker who complained about racial discrimination. 

Friday,  February  4, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. OR House Democrats are challenging Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposed education budget. 

2. Law enforcement officials say David Anthony Durham is the most wanted man in OR.

3. The federal government says it will allow farmers to plant GM sugar beets while it finishes work on a full environmental impact statement on the beets' effect on other crops.

4. A fired Tri-Met bus driver has been convicted of traffic violations in the deaths of two pedestrians in an accident that also injured three other people.

5. WA and Federal agenicies are watching for signs of pollution from a fishing boat that sank off the coast with 3800 gallons of diesel fuel on board.

6. Austin Jenkins reports undocumented immigrants would lose state medical coverage in WA under a proposal to save a popular health insurance program.

7. Traffice accident on Hwy 20.

Center:

1. Interview with guitarist Mike Denny.

2. Vince Patton reports on a newly-discovered 2-week long earthquake.

Second Newscast:

1. Tom Banse reports WA's Secretary of Corrections ordered immediate changes to security procedures at the state's prisons.

2. The OR Historical Society has acquired 30 cartons of documents connected to the history of Fred Meyer.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on a national award won by a Eugene elementary school.

4. The demolition of buildings dating from the 50s and 60s in Portland has some preservationists worried.

5. Treasurer of Jefferson COunty Deena Goss say she knows she made mistake with county investments.

 

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