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Northwest Passage, Mar 28 - Apr 1, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
Pre-empted by NPR's special coverage of President Obama's speech to the nation on Libya.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Oregon's legislative budget writers released a 2-year speding proposal today that they say includes cuts to every state program.
2. Rachael McDonald reports on people with developmental disabilities and people who work for them, rallying in Eugene to urge lawmakers to save critical services.
3. Groceries are more expensive in Oregon's rural counties according to a new survey.
4. Police say a missing 14-year-old Portland girl they considered a runaway is now listed as a missing person who is at risk.
5. Some people are still waiting for Alaska Airlines to get them to their destination after weekend computer problems disrupted travel for more than 12,000 passengers.
6. Debris from the tsunami that hit Japan could be washing onto Oregon beaches in about a year.
Music in: Eric Clapton "Someday After A While"
Center:
1. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Ashland production of "The Language Archive."
2. Interview with harp player Deborah Henson-Conant.
Second Newscast:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on Rolling Stone magazine publishing several more grisly photographs related to the war crimes case unfolding at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
2. The Oregon Senate today passed a bill that would extend in-state tuition to all Oregon residents, regardless of citizenship.
3. A second suspect in the failed plot to kidnap Columbia Sportswear Chairwoman Gert Boyle is expected to enter a plea in the case after the accused ringleader again rejected a deal with prosecutors.
4. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking proposals to set up wild horse sanctuaries amid controversy over the agency's handling of these icons of the range.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. A Southern Oregon couple targeted by racist posts on Craigslist is getting plenty of community support while police in the Medford area investigate.
2. The national head of the NAACP will be in Spokane this Sunday.
3. The EPA and the FDA say very low levels of radiation have turned up in a sample of milk from WA state.
4. A law taht takes effect Friday in Oregon requires carbon monoxide alarms in new and remodeled homes and some rental properties.
5. An Oregon land-use board has told Coos Co. to take a new look at two provisions of the approval for construction of the first leg of a pipeline that would carry imported liquefied natural gas from SW Oregon to CA.
6. A last minute pitch to save Civic Stadium has been proposed by 2 Eugene City Council members.
Music in: Iron City "Sookie, Sookie"
Center:
1. Interview with Connie Bennett & Paul Calandrino, playwrights and co-producers of "North By Northwest Ten" a festival of ten-minute plays.
Music out: John McNeil & Bill McHenry "Maid In Mexico"
2. Cissy & Terry take Viz City to Opus VII Gallery for "Form Follows Funk - David Funk and Three Decades of Design In Eugene."
Second Newscast:
1. Benton County ranks the healthiest in the state according to a new report - Lane County ranked 18th.
2. Weldon Greig explains how political boundary changes will affect Oregonians and politics.
3. About 20 wild horses from SE Oregon will be put up for adoption in Grants Pass next month.
4. At the age of 84, James Gronseth of Portland has joined the Peace Corps and is leaving Thursday for Botswana.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The U.S. Justice Department is launching a formal investigation of practices at the Seatle Police Department.
2. The head of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in north Idaho is demanding an apology from Fox News.
3. Sara Swanborn has resigned after 7 years as Director of the Bush House Museum in Salem because of budget cuts.
4. A federal judge has been asked to unseal documents that led to the arrest of a suspect in the attempted bombing of the MLK Day parade in Spokane.
5. The WTO has ruled taht some US government aid to aircraft maker Boeing is illegal.
6. Chris Lehman reports on disagreement in Oregon about how to manage the state's two dozen grey wolves.
7. Since mid-February, it has snowed nearly every day in the Cascades.
8. The WA transportation department says Highway 2 at Stevens pass is closed because of a snowslide.
Music in: Ernest Dawkins "Balladesque"
Center:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on the Eugene Ballet Company's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
2. Guy Hand reports from Idaho that small dairy farms are gaining momentum with locavores.
3. Natural World with John Cooney - McFadden Marsh.
Second Newscast:
1. A 67-year-old Molalla bicyclist has died from injuries after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver March 22.
2. Student groups are sponsoring a forum tonight in Eugene discussing U.S. wars in Vietnam and the Middle East.
3. Glenn Mosley reports on Bill McKibben speaking at U of I.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. A Roseburg jury has found Dale Wayne Hill not guilty of aggravated murder in the 1998 kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Stephanie Condon.
2. Anna King reports on the small amounts of radioactive Iodine-131 found in a milk sample from Spokane.
3. Angela Kellner reports on House Bill 3168, which would extend a tax credit to encourage developers to build affordable housing for the state's farm workers.
4. Union members from Oregon plan to travel to the Canadian border Saturday to join an international labor rally.
5. Mediation is planned in the lawsuit over whether Lane County Commissioners Pete Sorenson and Rob Handy violated Oregon public meetings law.
Music in: Shoo Fly Pie
Center:
1. Interview with Merry Prankster Ken Babbs, author of the new novel, "Who Shot The Water Buffalo?"
Music out: Koko Taylor "Wang Dang Doodle"
Second Newscast:
1. A new outdoor recreation complex championed by students and funded by their fees officially opened at Oregon State University today.
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