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Northwest Passage, Apr 11-15, 2011

Monday,  April 11, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert

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Wednesday,  April 13, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

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Thursday,  April 14, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the Metropolitan Policy Committee voting to move forward with Lane Transit District's plan to extend Em-X rapid transit service to West Eugene.

2. Lane County is paying a part-time employee a $35,000 salary while he attends LCC as part of a settlement agreement.

3. Angela Kellner reports on seven high-need school districts in Oregon receiving federal grant money for the Teacher Incentive Fund to help recruit, train and retain teachers to help raise student achievement.

4. A Bend doctor has been reprimanded and placed on suspension for a month after the Oregon Medical Board found he violated state law involving conduct, including his sexual relationship with a patient.

5. Spring and the Easter holiday sometimes bring children in contact with baby chicks, which can spread salmonella.

6. A big rebound in Sacramento River salmon from California has allowed federal fisheries managers to set the first substantial West Coast ocean seasons since 2007.

Music in: Bitrate "Estatic Exchange:

Center:

1. Interview with presenters at LCC's Peace Symposium, "Water For Life, Not For Profit."

2. Natural World correspondent John Cooney takes a muddy hike down by the Willamette River at Buford Park.

Second Newscast:

1. The Monroe Street Police Station that serves Eugene's Whitaker community will close in early 2012.

2. Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to trim the ranks of management in state government.

3. In an effort to generate revenue, Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would privatize Washington's liquor distribution.
 
Friday, April 15, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Military officials acknowledge that Oregon National Guard soldiers returning from Iraq received poor treatment as they were processed through Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

2. Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler says state investment officers will no longer travel to meetings at the expense of firms they oversee.

3. A small quake hit Portland this morning.

4. A 140-year-old law is threatening national parks including Siskiyou Wild Rivers and Mount Saint Helens.

5. Christopher Burford has resigned as the Attorney General for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

6. Two people from Granger, WA have been sentenced in federal court for conspiring to sell bald and golden eagle parts.

7. A small WA tribe has asked the U.S. Senate to make it possible to move its coastal village to higher ground.

Music in: Terry Robb "Sam Webb is Gone"

Center:

1. Interview with Susan Applegate & Bob Hoene, with Umpqua Watersheds about the Earth Day Dance For The Salmon.

2. OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on what police and community members are doing in Portland to keep control of gang activity.

3. Tiffany Eckert reports on a newly restored 19th century Torah scroll being dedicated during an interfaith ceremony at Northwest Christian University in Eugene.

Second Newscast:

1. Volunteer physicians are offering a free medical clinic in Eugene this weekend.


 



 


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