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Northwest Passage, Apr 18-22, 2011

Monday,  April 18, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports Eugene peace activists gathered at the downtown Post Office to encourage people to exercise fiscal responsibility when it comes to making war.

2. Idaho mine rescuers work to dig out a missing miner.

3. OR Rep. David Wu will face a primary challenger in the next electio: Brad Avakian.

4. A federal appeals court has ruled a major fruit grower violated OR's minimum wage law.

5. New buoy project increases safety on the Columbia River.

6. An organization formed three years ago to improve the business climate in downtown Salem is facing an uncertain future.

Center:

1. Interview with Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz and Community Resource Group Member Mia Nelson about "Envision Eugene."

2. Good Gardening: Getting more from your vegetable garden.

Second Newscast:

1. Jessica Robinson reports rescue crews say they're getting closer to a miner trapped more than 6k feet underground in North Idaho.

2. Chris Lehman reports on the progrss of a new health insurance marketplace.

3. The Albertsons grocery store in North Bend is closing by the end of May.

4. Trail Blazers' coach has been fined by the NBA for negative comment about officiating.
 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's unemployment rate for March was 10%, down slightly from February.

2. The Salem-Keizer School District has started notifying 192 employees their jobs will be eliminated in June by budget cuts.

3. The Oregon Senate passed a bill that would give the University of Oregon the ability to make the Department of Public Safety an armed police force.

4. Oregon State University is claiming victory in the "Recycle Mania Civil War" with the UO.

5. Officials in Bend are planning free suicide prevention training after a man fatally stabbed himself following a performance in a coffee shop last week.

6. Hikers have found the wreckage of a small plane crash Saturday near Milton-Freewater.

7. The parents of a 4-year-old Washington boy say an Oregon doctor operated on the wrong eye of their child.

8. A public employee's union demanded the City of Seattle refuse a private company's offer to clean up a park for free.

9. Fire has destroyed a sweat lodge used by Yakama Tribal members in Toppenish, WA.

10. This is "Screen-Free Week," an annual event to prompt people to turn off computers, television sets, and video games.

Music in: Jessica Williams "Paul's Pen"

Center:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on on Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio weighing in on the Republican house budget and the future of county timber payments.

2. Jessica Robinson reports on how immigrants from the Marshall Islands living in Spokane, adding to the need for translators.

3. Guy Hand reports on what goes into producing a great cut of beef.

Second Newscast:

1. Lane County's jobless numbers for March have dropped slightly to 9.5%.

2. Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty has asked the Oregon Department of Justice to defend him in a lawsuit by 3 former deputy district attorneys Flaherty fired when he took office in January.

3. Rescue workers say they've shifted their efforts to reach a man trapped in an Idaho silver mine.

4. A 14-year-old Oregon boy shot at a park near the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland is in critical condition as police search for suspects.
 

Wednesday,  April 20, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's legislative budget writers got an earful last night from people opposed to possible cuts to social service programs.

2. Freight trains could be running between Reedsport and Eugene by early June.

3. A 14-year-old boy wounded in a shooting in Portland has died.

4. Oregon homeowners who qualified for the Mortgage Payment Assistance program are now receiving payments.

5. Angela Kellner reports on Oregon updating its territorial sea map to include areas for marine reserves and renewable energy projects.

6. Anglers will be allowed to catch more fish in Diamond Lake because there is overpopulation.

Music in: Geoffrey Keezer "Her Sanctuary"

Center:

1. Interview with Jere Van Dyk, author of "Captive - My Time As A Prisoner of The Taliban." The Portland native is giving the Ruhl Lecture at UO.

2. Guy Hand visits Idaho rancher Glenn Elzinga, who is helping bring flavor back to beef.

Second Newscast:

1. The remains of a man and woman found earlier this month in the brush off a trail at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast were a missing fugitive from the Eugene area and his girlfriend.

2. Rescuers are still trying to reach a trapped miner in Idaho.

Thursday,  April 21, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. In response to complaints from Oregon National Guard soldiers, the Army plans to improve care and attention for National Guard and reserves soldiers returning from deployments.

2. Chris Lehman reports on an Oregon Senate panel giving the go-ahead to a pair of bills that would shorten the mandatory minimum sentences for teenagers.

3. A federal agency says that Willamette Tree Wholesale Inc. has agreed to pay $150,000 to 4 Oregon farmworkers to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit.

4. The Oregon House has approved a bill that would allow killing gray wolves if they threaten the lives of humans.

5. A judge has ordered the sale of Rose Lodge Water Company that state health officials say provided unsafe, untreated and unfiltered drinking water to about 600 homes in Otis.

6. Jessica Robinson reports on federal mandates to upgrade mine communication systems do not apply to metal mines like the one in Idaho where a miner is trapped.

7. Conservation groups have gone to court to get the federal government to make good on its proposal to expand habitat protections for endangered Western Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles, including areas off the West Coast.

Music in: Mudpuppy "Chicasaw"

Center:

1. Interview with Dr. Dacker Keltner, author of "Born To Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life."

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney takes us to Drift Creek Wilderness.

Music out: Coco & Lafe "Corrina, Corrina"

Second Newscast:

1. The latest recovery plan for the Northern Spotted Owl has been opened for public comment.

2. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signing a pair of K-12 budget bills today, but only after making a deal with legislative leaders on funding for his other education priorities.

3. WA Governor Chris Gregoire says she's disappointed the state legislature has passed a medical marijuana bill despite her warning she would veto any measure that puts state employees at risk of violating federal law.

4. The Oregon Attorney Generals's office and Umatilla Districts Attorney Dean Gushwa are planning to meet in May to settle official misconduct and contempt of court cases involoving Gushwa.
 
Friday, April 22, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon Senate has voted to make it illegal to intentionally look at child porn even if it isn't intentionally downloaded or purchased.

2. Laundering contributions through multiple political action committees would be harder under legislation signed today by WA Gov. Chris Gregoire.

3. Jessica Robinson reports on a grand jury indicting the man accused of placing a bomb along the MLK Day parade route in Spokane.

4. A federal judge in the Islamic charity case says defense lawyers can't question the prosecutors in the case.

5. An autopsy has shown that a Central Oregon woman died of a single gunshot wound to the head.

6. State officials are reminiding Oregonians to stay safe near the beach.

7. The Corps of Engineers plans to install a gate on the south jetty of the Yaquina Bay at Newport to stop cars from driving into danger.

Music In: C.K. Mann "Funky Hi-Life"

Center:

1. Interview with Jessica Sprick about partnering with Stove Team International and Aprovecho to help bring cook stoves to Ghana.

Music out: John Patitucci "Evidence"

2. Tom Banse reports on Old Perpetual, the only man-made geyser still spouting in the NW.

Second Newscast:

1. Samantha Wright reports on how to avoid migrating sheep in the Boise Foothills.

2. Legislation that could bring sweeping changes to Oregon's bottle bill has been approved by the Oregon House Environment Committee.

3. Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson is holding a town hall on sustainable transportation Saturday in Eugene.

4. OPB's April Baer reports on the Columbia River Gorge Commission weathering a bumpy ride in the WA budget process.

5. An extensive search has failed to turn up any sign of a British Columbia couple who disappeared in Oregon on their way to Las Vegas.

6. The Oregon House has eased restrictions on cooking with alcohol for high school chefs.
 


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