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Northwest Passage, Mar 21-25, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert
First Newscast:
1. Oregon senators have unanimously approved a bill to prevent thousands of unemployed workers from losing benefits.
2. The state of Oregon continues to monitor radiation levels in response to the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan.
3. Oregon has established a hotline for updated radiation information: 1-877-290-6767.
4. Rachael McDonald reports on a group of students visiting from Eugene's sister city in Japan.
5. Anna King reports on the state of Washington and other plaintiffs will argue in federal court that the Obama Administration should not abandon the Yucca Mountain Repository in Nevada.
6. Chris Lehman reports on some native American groups planning to protest along the Columbia River against massive shipments of heavy equipment headed for Canada's tar sand fields.
Center:
1. Interview with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
2. Chris Lehman reports on how state lawmakers are working out the details of the federal health care act.
Second Newscast:
1. Tom Banse reports on how the proposed takeover of T-Mobile by AT&T could affect hundreds of jobs in Oregon and Washington.
2. Jessica Robinson reports on crews working to clean up a train derailment in north Idaho that has brought passenger and freight traffic to a halt.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Hosted by: Angela Kellner
First Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on SEIU saying it found a way to trim the state's $3.5-billion budget shortfall by nearly a third.
2. Emergency workers on Oregon's north coast say the tsunami warning this month revealed some weaknesses.
3. Oregon's congressional delegation is asking President Obama to approve a federal disaster declaration for the south coast that was hit by a tsunami.
4. The state of Oregon is posting daily readings of radiation levels online to assure the public that emissions from damaged nuclear power plants in Japan are not causing a health risk.
5. Anna King reports on documents from an ongoing lawsuit raising questions about the demotion of a Hanford whistleblower and whether a top manager with the DOE was involved.
Music in: Brownie Ford "This Old House"
Center:
1. Interview with Bill MacDonald. He's teaching a class at LCC Spring term called "Remodeling Demystified: How To Make Your Project Successful and Fun."
2. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of "The Imaginary Invalid."
Music out: Jan Wobble "A Love Song."
Second Newscast:
1. Tom Banse reports on a measure that passed the Washington House that would eliminate the statute of limitations on child rape.
2. The Oregon Senate is nearing a vote on a bill that would allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Oregon universities.
3. A proposed ordinance in Deschutes County would create a set of standards for property owners to help defend their homes against wildfires.
4. Officers searching for 72-year-old Sandra Meyer of Bend believe there may have been foul play.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The Marion County Tax Assessor, Richard Kreitzer, had died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2. A U.S. soldier has pleaded guilty to the murders of 3 unarmed Afghan civilians.
3. Rachael McDonald reports on the theft of radios from a Siuslaw Valley Fire Department volunteer substation.
4. An air monitor in Portland has detected miniscule levels of radiation released from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors.
5. Oregon legislators blame misinformation for a proposal to spend hundreds of millions on a statewide radio network that could meet federal requirements for a fraction of the cost.
6. A federal judge says workers laid off when the Blue Heron Paper Mill closed abruptly are due 2 months of pay and benefits.
7. A new open-goverment website was launched this week in Oregon.
8. Central Oreogn health officials are investigating the possibility of a connection among 3 meningococcal infections in 2 weeks.
Music in: Mark O'Connor Quintet "The Sound Of Joy"
Center:
1. Angela Kellner speaks with U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio about efforts to renew timber payments, Oregon's tsunami & earthquake preparedness and U.S. involvement in Libya.
Music out: Ernest Stuart "One Box At A Time"
2. KUOW's Ruby de Luna checks in with Northwest residents on the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
Second Newscast:
1. Oregon lawmakers have approved a pair of bills that would extend unemployment benefits.
2. Developers of a natural gas pipeline to bring new sources to the Portland metro area have pulled their application from federal regulators.
3. Jessica Robinson reports on opponents of massive trucks traveling on Idaho highways would have a harder time using the courts to block these shipments under a bill in teh legislature.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Governor John Kitzhaber has signed two bills extending unemployment benefits for thousands of people still out of work.
2. The unemployment rate has dropped in Douglas and Lane Counties.
3. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon lawmakers hearing testimony on raising the cigarette tax.
4. The Oregon Senate today approved a bill that would require public schools to offer full-time kindergarten starting in 2015.
5. Tom Banse reports on the first crab fishery on the West Coast to receive a green-friendly label is seeing good results.
6. Three people were killed when their van was struck by a BNSF freight train near Longview, WA.
7. Authorities say a pickup truck belong to a missing 58-year-old man has been found on a viewpoint in La Pine State Park.
8. Lieghti Sharp reports on an organization urging gardeners to buy local when it comes to nursery and garden supplies.
Music in: James Hand "Baby, Baby Don't Tell Me That"
Center:
1. Interview with Britni Steiling, a student at Northwest Christian University, about the Listening Campaign.
Music out: Johannes Welsch "The Emperor's Groove"
2. John Cooney takes us on the Willamette River from Eugene to Harrisburg on The Natural World.
Second Newscast:
1. Some Air Force and Army bases in the Northwest are involved in the Libyan bombing.
2. Conservation groups say the U.S. Forest Service is holding only one public meeting in Oregon to take comment on the Obama Administration's National Forest Management Act.
3. Rachael McDonald reports on St. Vincent de Paul opening a new thrift store and coffee shop in their mixed-use housing facility called the Lamb Building.
4. The 26th annual "SOLV Spring Beach Cleanup" takes place on the Oregon Coast this Saturday.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on a 35-year-old Turner woman being arrested on 15 counts of animal neglect.
2. A Cave Junction man charged with sexually abusing a young girl had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound an hour before he was to appear in court.
3. The family of a 67-year-old Molalla bicyclist hit by a vehicle and left bleeding in a ditch are appealing for the public's help in finding the hit-and-run driver.
4. The Deschutes County District Attorney has called off a criminal investigation into the release of information on job applications for employees hired by his office.
5. A member of the Washington State House, Democrat Jim Jacks, suddenly resigned his seat.
6. Authorities in WA state say a man who called 911 to report that his wife had collapsed, apparently suffered a heart attack and died as he was trying to revive her.
7. An OPB announcer, 52-year-old Heidi Esping who was known on the air as Heidi Tauber, was killed in a head-on crash Wednesday night on I-405.
Music in: Miraj Juma & Jauhar Orchestra "Muhogo"
Center:
1. Interview with organizers and presenters at the benefit "Massai In The Vineyards" at King Estate Winery.
2. Laura McCandlish speaks with Mark Winne, author of "Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners and Smart Cookin' Mamas."
Second Newscast:
1. A Portland man says in a lawsuit that guards at a regional jail in The Dalles slammed him face-first into a concrete wall, shattering his teeth and jaw, nearly two years ago.
2. Tom Banse reports on an effort in the Washington Legislature to install automated traffic ticket cameras on school buses.
3. Artists will gather in Eugene Saturday for the "Throw-A-Thon" to make bowls for sale to benefit Food For Lane County.
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