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Northwest Passage, Mar 14-18, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports a Southern OR county battered by last Friday's tsunami is turning to the state and federal governments for assistance.
2. Jes Burns reports EWEB crews are working to restore power to about 1000 residents of the McKenzie River Valley.
3. OR regulators about proposed nearly $35k in fines against the company incinerating chemical weapons at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.
4. The OR House has voted down a bill aimed at making it easier to open a charter school.
5. Police in Corvallis are looking for two young men suspected of assaulting a woman while she was jogging.
6. The Consumer Product Safety Commission launched a new website this month.
Center:
1. Laura McCandlish reports on a planned rally by farmers in Salem.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on the personal property WA taxpayers are paying to replace or fix.
3. Good Gardening: Grafting Veggies
Second Newscast:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on an embezzlement case with the WA Supreme Court.
2. Wallowa County commissioners have approved a compensation fund for OR ranchers who lose livestock to wolves.
3. OR AG John Kroger has named Fred Granum as a Special Business advisor.
4. OR State Employees on furlough this Friday.
5. Anna King reports the dams of the Columbia and Snake Rivers will open for barge traffic soon.
6. An OR company has teamed up with an east coast engineer who has figured out how to generate cheap, clean electricity from duckweed.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Unemployment ticked downward in OR and WA in February as hiring picked up.
2. Patricia Murphy reports the Snohomish DA will seek a death sentence for tha inmate accused of murding WA corrections officer Jayme Biendl.
3. The tsunami damaged a dock in Depoe Bay.
4. Authorities say they have secured state and federal indictments against 30 members of a street gang.
5. A 24-year-old Gresham woman was sentenced Monday for her role in the death of a 5-year-old.
6. Oreong lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill that would require computer technicians to report images of child pornography.
7. Homeless Connect is Thrusday in Eugene.
Center:
1. Interivew with John Bauguess about the life and career of photographer Brian Lanker.
2. Dorothy Velasco reviews "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Second Newscast:
1. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will stage five new works in 2012.
2. OR Gov. John Kitzhaber delared a state of emergency today for Curry County.
3. Two OR fishermen filed a class action suit against a giant seafood company.
4. Jessica Robinson reports on construction on Idaho uranium project.
5. Tiffany Eckert reports on the opening of a new Child Center building on Marcola Rd.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon lawmakers considering proposals to dramatically reshape a voter-approved ballot measure on corporate income taxes.
2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Fern Ridge School District placing two measures on the May ballot.
3. Jes Burns reports on the Eugene 4j School District considering two proposals for the Civic Stadium site.
4. Police in Corvallis are investigating a series of gunshots that damaged a rooming house.
5. The cost of an Oregon grand jury inquiry into the release of Deschutes County District Attorney records is rising as an investigation enters its 3rd week.
6. The Oregon House voted unanimously to once again allow homebrewers to share their beer and wine at clubs and competitions.
Music in: Jesse McReynolds "Deep Elom Blues"
Center:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on revenue options being considered in WA state, including off-reservation mini-casinos.
Music out: Jesse McReynolds "Loser"
2. Viz City's Cissy & Terry visit the Jacobs Gallery and the Diva Outpost.
Second Newscast:
1. Angela Kellner reports on the group "Citizens for Jobs and Schools" opposing a proposed Eugene city tax to help fund schools in Eugene and Bethel.
2. Jes Burns reports on what the U.S. is doing to monitor radiation from a nuclear reactor in Japan.
3. The City of Coos Bay has closed the historic Egyptian Theatre until structural repairs can be completed.
4. A structural engineer for the City of Portland says about 10% of the city's buildings would tumble down in a sustained, violent earthquake.
5. A BNSF Railway spokesman says mudslides have been cleared off train tracks in Western Washington.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of barring NPR from receiving any more federal funds.
2. Jessica Robinson reports on the backpack bomb found along the route of Spokane's MLK Day parade was supposed to be triggered remotely using a car alarm receiver.
3. Lane Transit District voted to move forward with a West Eugene EmX line.
4. Washington state's budget shortfall has grown to $5.1-billion over the next 2 years.
5. Nike says its stronger sales drove its 3rd quarter net income up 5%.
6. 3 wild horses were found shot and killed east of Prineville.
Music in: Bann "Played Twice"
Center:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on the nearly 1,600 people who attended Project Homeless Connect today at the Lane Events Center.
2. Natural World correspondent John Cooney reports from Whitakker Creek.
Music out: Since Forever "Simple Psalm"
3. Guy Hand reports on entrepreneurs in Idaho trying to harvest caviar.
Second Newscast:
1. Lieghti Sharp reports on Dr. Sheldon Berman being named the next superintendent of Eugene 4j School District.
2. Idaho law phases out teacher's tenure and restricts collective bargaining.
3. Chris Lehman reports on two long-time managers at the Oregon DHS being replaced over reports of how some $24-million in funding was spent and tracked.
4. Anna King reports on the group Hanford Watchdog suing "Energy Northwest" demanding the power supplier turn over documents related to the plant possibly using plutonium.
5. An Oregon Senate committee is considering legislation to prohibit government agencies from disclosing the names of people with permits to carry concealed weapons.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Angela Kellner reports on a University of Oregon alum who had been teaching English in Japan who decided to return to Eugene after surviving the earthquake and tsunami that hit March 11.
2. Oregon lawmakers are working to keep unemployment checks coming to thousands of people looking for jobs.
3. A California man shot by a sheriff's deputy in Oregon has notified the WA County Sheriff's Office that he plans to file a lawsuit.
4. Tom Banse reports on how a judge's decision may be the final nail in the coffin of a proposed natural gas import terminal in Clatsop County.
5. Jessica Robinson reports on Idaho considering making it a felony to help someone end their life.
6. Desmond O'Boyle reports on Oregon State Police making 16 DUII arrests on Saint Patrick's Day.
Center:
1. Interview with musician R.J. Stewart who specializes in Celtic and classical mythological traditions.
2. Anna King reports on a woman who recalls the 1944 blast at the Umatilla Chemical Depot that killed six.
Second Newscast:
1. A union-organized rally today in Oregon is aimed at U.S. Bank ATM fees charged for some unemployment and child supporrt payments.
2. The Portland Rose Festival announced today the University of Oregon football team will be the grand marshall for this year's parade on June 11.
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