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Northwest Passage, Feb 28-Mar 4, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. OR has launched a new website and phone line to help citizens find health insurance or health care.
2. Brianna Butterfield reports more than 15,000 Washingtonians stand to lose thier state-funded health insurance on Tuesday.
3. Lane Sheriff's Office has released the names of a couple involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Cheshire.
4. Alcoa plans to fire up the third potline at the Wenatchee Works Smelter tomorrow.
5. A $45 million plant at Coos Bay expects to begin sifting sand for minerals in April.
6. An enormous tower crane rising about the Wildhorse Resort and Casino has become an unlikely emblem for the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern OR.
7. Brandon Smith reports the Newport City Council may reexamine its trash removal policy.
Center:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on OR & WA budget shortfalls.
2. Good Gardening: Windowsill herbs
3. Mixed Voices: Storage
Second Newscast:
1. The US Supreme Court has refused to toss out a defamation award to a fired WA pastor.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on WA efforts to regulate shellfish operators.
3. The sportsfishing season for spring Chinook Salmon starts tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The latest readings on unemployment in Oregon and Washington show slight improvements.
2. Washington State's Amber Alert Program says a 4-year-old allegedly taken by his father, Dustin Reed, has been safely recovered and the father is in custody.
3. Rachael McDonald reports on the latest development in the federal government's case against Pete Seda.
4. The Oregon Department of Justice is warning of a deceptive for-profit company that is soliciting donations for veterans door-to-door in WA County.
5. A transient man who crashed his pickup truck into 2 parked vehicles at an I-5 rest stop and then tried to set his vehicle on fire has admitted to having taken methamphetamine.
Music in: Sakad "Rebuild The House"
Center:
1. Interview with Pulitzer-prize winning author Tracy Kidder.
Music out: Sama Yo "Vaccinate"
2. Kate Kendell, Executive Director of The National Center for Lesbian Rights, was awarded the University of Oregon Law School's "Champion of Public Service" Award Tuesday.
Second Newscast:
1. Lawmakers in Salem are debating a proposal to cap tuition increases on students at the University of Oregon.
2. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon Senate giving final approval to a series of measures that balance the budget through the end of this fiscal year.
3. The attorney for a woman who admitted to splashing herself with acid in a bizarre hoax says he needs more time to review the results of a recent mental evaluation of the woman.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Deschutes County District Attorney has issued a subpoena to a Bend Bulletin newspaper reporter.
2. A correctional officer was attacked at Washington State Penitentiary. Patricia Murphy reports.
3. The Eugene Police Department has released a report on its activities from June 2009 - 2010.
4. Police are asking for the public to help find a missing 22-year old man with mental disabilities.
5. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow Oregon residents to apply for driver's licenses without proof of citizenship.
6. A class-action lawsuit against one of the country's largest seafood distributors took a hit.
7. One of the young wolves from the Imnaha pack in Oregon.
Center:
1. Former Lost City Rambler John Cohen will be in Eugene to screen his documentary film "Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy, Kentucky."
2. Correspondent Guy Hand reports about the controversy surrounding sugar beets.
3. Anna King profiles a Northwest author who writes about a radioactive waste-slurping sycamore tree.
4. On Viz City Terry and Sissy review two fiber arts displays at the Maude Kerns Art Center.
Second Newscast:
1. A proposal to base teacher lay-offs on performance, not seniority, has died in the Washington legislature.
2. LCC will host a public meeting about the planned downtown center.
3. A 12-year old Sea Otter at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport is recovering from surgery.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. An undercover investigation into illegal weapons and drug sales in the Portland area has led to the arrests of at least 25 people, with more arrests anticipated.
2. Lieghti Sharp reports on a beach/water safety program being implemented in the Lincoln County School District.
3. Lane Community College is breaking ground on a new campus in downtown Eugene Friday morning.
4. Rachael McDonald reports on Eugene's black walnut trees being threatened by a fungus.
5. The Washington state headquarters of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club has been raided by federal agents and Spokane Police.
6. Jessica Robinson reports on a national conference on civility in America in Spokane.
7. Project Homeless Connect is low on donations.
Music in: Disney Jazz "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat"
Center:
1. Interview with Jason Blazar, Executive Director of Camas Education Network based in Eugene.
Music out: Native Soul "Soul Step"
2. Natural World with John Cooney. He reports from the Bald Hill natural area near Corvallis.
Second Newscast:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on Washington Governor Chris Gregoire making another push to create a cabinet-level Department of Education.
2. Lane Community College has been selected to be part of the "Achieving The Dream" student success and completion project.
3. A closing ceremony was held today for the McNeil Island Corrections Center in Washington.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert
First Newscast:
1. Governor John Kitzhaber says he's asked legislative leaders to postpone action on a tax bill that threatens to break the peace between Republicans and Democrats in the Oregon House and endanger his ambitious education and health care agenda.
2. Officials broke ground on a new downtown Lane Community College campus today.
3. The Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District voted 3-2 Wednesday to close Lorane Elementary School next year.
4. Laura McCandlish reports on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Deputy Secretary talked up her agency's "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative in Portland and Corvallis this week.
5. Some Oregon farmers would be allowed to butcher and sell their own chickens under a bill state lawmakers are considering to help small farms.
6. Lincoln County authorities are ramping up the search for a missing Waldport woman after her van was found on a remote forest road.
Center:
1. Interview with Director Carol Dennis, Artistic Director Craig Willis & actress Nicole Trobaugh from The Lord Leebrick Theatre's production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie."
2. Rachael McDonald reports on the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lane Community College downtown campus.
Second Newscast:
1. The Associated Students of the University of Oregon are petitioning Attorney General John Kroger to allow them to hire their own legal counsel to challenge development plans along the Willamette River.
2. Anna King reports on demoltion at Hanford.
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