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Northwest Passage, May 2-6, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Hosted by: Brandon Smith
First Newscast:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on reaction to Osama Bin Laden from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
2. Rachael McDonald reports OR is considering cuts to a program that helps families get through tough times.
3. Lieghti Sharp reports residents of the Triangle Lake area who are concerned about pesticide spraying have been tested for chemicals.
4. The State Senate has voted to give military veterans a day off from work on Veterans Day.
5. Tom Banse reports America's biggest carmaker wants OR and WA to pull the plug on new road taxes on electric cars.
Center:
1. Interivew with Susan Freinkel, author "Plastic: A Toxic Love Story"
2. Chris Lehman reports on proposed reforms for low-income health care coverage.
Second Newscast:
1. A WA high school is a finalist for landing President Obama as its commencement speaker.
2. A new study ranks OR 22nd in the US for broadband speed.
3. Austin Jenkins reports the SEIU Home Care Union and Boeing are the largest lobbiers in WA.
4. Springfield will unveil new lighting fixutres at Hamlin Sports Complex.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Highway 126 is blocked near Vida by an overturned semi truck that spilled a load of lumber.
2. A high number of unemployed Oregonians are qualifying for $30-million in state benefits.
3. A judge has approved a mental evaluation for Cheryl Kidd, the woman accused of gunning down a Eugene Police Officer Chris Kilcullen.
4. Last Friday more than 55,000 attended a celebration of life for Officer Chris Kilcullen at Matthew Knight Arena.
5. The Lane County ballot now requires voters to fill in an oval, rather than draw a line.
6. Lane County is preparing for a loss of federal timber payments.
7. Desmond O'Boyle reports on the collaboration behind Ninkasi's new "Conservation Ale."
Music In: Ryan Cohan "Monk n' Around"
Center:
1. Interview with Lisa Morrison, author of "Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest."
Music out: Chris Donnelly "Donna Lee"
2. Rachael McDonald files an audio postcard from the Lane County Farmers Market in downtown Eugene.
Second Newscast:
1. Volunteers In Medicine is offering free inhalers and education for people in Lane County suffering from respiratory illness.
2. UO chemist Geraldine "Geri" Richmond is among 72 U.S. scientists elected into the National Academy of Sciences.
3. Dorothy Parvaz, a former reporter and columnist for the Seattle P.I., is missing in Syria.
4. Sadie Babits reports on Hecla Mining Company plans to expand at the Lucky Friday Mine in Idaho where a miner died last month.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. An Oregon Air National Guard helicopter crew has rescued two hikers stranded on a ledge near the Wahkeena Falls Trail in the Columbia Gorge.
2. Bill Bradbury says he will support Congressman David Wu's democratic primary challenger, Brad Avakian.
3. A decision to put two top Oregon Department of Administrative Services executives on paid leave involves a contract that allowed a state manager to retire and then return as a $90/hour consultant.
4. Two bill supporting small farms have moved ahead in the Oregon Legislature.
5. Jessica Robinson reports on starting tomorrow, gray wolves in the west will officially be off the endangered species list.
6. Lieghti Sharp reports on a new report showing the high cost of rent and high unemployment in Central Oregon.
Music in: Eddie Turner "The River"
Center:
1. Laura McCandlish speaks with Frances Moore Lappe, author of "Diet For A Small Planet."
Music in: Lenny White "Countdown 2000"
2. Anna King reports explains the difficult process of moving Hanford's nuclear waste from point a to point b on the site.
Second Newscast:
1. A train carrying lumber has derailed and struck several tanker cars carrying a flammable liquid, causing a massive fire on a highway NW of Portland.
2. Angela Kellner reports on how the community is responding to anti-semitic graffiti found in Eugene's Amazon Park. [discrimination]
3. Al-Jazeera News Channel says Syrian authorities have confirmed the detention of one of its reporters missing since Friday.
4. Oregon's first library was established over 200 years ago, now four of them in the state are turning 100 this year.
5. Tiffany Eckert reports on the Lane County Sheriff's Office releasing a deck of cards of cold cases in hopes of solving the cases.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. A new monthly report suggests the Oregon economic recovery is a little slow but is staying on pace.
2. Jes Burns reports on Lane Community College budgeting for a $3-million general fund increase for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
3. An Oregon prosecutor says he will not seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing his mother and her boyfriend last year near Bandon.
4. The California Public Utilities Commission has endorsed removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River to help salmon.
5. The Coquille Tribe will be collaborating with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to bring more sustainable forest management to some federal timberlands in Coos County.
6. Wolf advocates and hunters are reacting to a change in the legal status of wolves that takes effect today.
7. A water leak at a Molalla school has apparently been spilling water sincy July.
Music in: Catfish and the Crawdaddies "Down The Delta"
Center:
1. Interview with Colin Goddard, one of the survivors of the shootings at Virginia Tech, which killed 32 people. He speaks in Eugene tonight about closing the gunshow loophole.
2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Fisher Butte Unit at Fern Ridge.
Second Newscast:
1. Angela Kellner reports on a proposed timber sale in the area burned in the Tumblebug Fire near Oakridge in 2009.
2. Federal investigators are working on the cause of a freight train derailment near Portland that resulted in a major fire and possible spills of ethanol.
3. Mark Costigan reports on UO students doing a "flash mob" demonstration to protest U.S. drug policy and raise awareness of cartel violence in Mexico.
4. A decline in the number of consumers who have green buying habits has prompted international scholars to speak at the UO this weekend.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The Oregon Supreme Court has thrown out a warrantless search of a house in Southern Oregon after ruling it did not meet the standard of an imminent threat of serious injury to police or others.
2. Community leaders and business owners in a traditionally African-American neighborhood in Portland met with Gov. John Kitzhaber today to talk about their needs.
3. Gov. Kitzhaber has summoned key lawmakers to his official residence on Monday, in an attempt to broker a plan for Oregon's next two-year budget.
4. The lockdown is over at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.
5. No sanctions are planned for the Oregon State Hospital after a patient attack seriously injured a longtime hospital employee.
6. Austin Jenkins reports on a stand-off over changes to Washington's injured worker system could drag out the current special legislative session.
7. A freight train derailment that set off a large fire along Hwy. 30 near Portland was caused by overheated wheel bearings on one of the rail cars.
8. Amelia Templeton reports on a California regulator will allow Pacificorp to remove 4 of its dams in the Klamath River Basin.
9. Rachael McDonald reports on Eugene teens marching to raise awareness of climate change.
Music in: Los Lobos "Uncomplicated"
Center:
1. Austin Jenkins brings us the story of Bill Surwillo who deployed to Afghanistan, then lost his G.I. Bill after returning when he was caught with marijuana and spice, a synthetic drug.
Music out: Carla Bley "The Girl Who Cried Champagne"
2. Tom Banse reports on developers in Portland & Seattle working to construct the greenest buildings in the world.
Second Newscast:
1. Six officers from the Eugene Police Department leave tomorrow to take part in a 300-mile bike ride.
2. Oregon researchers are testing whether drone aircraft can help improve agriculture in the state.
3. Bats are getting more protection at Oregon Caves National Monument.
4. Northwest wind power could more than double by 2025, possibly causing problems for managing the transmission grid.
5. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says he will nominate the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy as the next House Chaplain.
6. Native Eugenean Wally Jones died recently at his home.
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