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Northwest Passage, May 16-20, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Jes Burns reports on Rep. Peter DeFazio holding town hall meetings, including one with senior citizens in Eugene.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on the special session in the WA legislature.
3. Brandon Smith reports on Douglas County's budget.
4. Anna King reports on the new for a new federal agency with the mission of finding and building a home for the nation's nuclear waste.
5. Peruvian crafters are touring the West Coast to share their stories of how fair trade has helped them.
6. Highway 20 between Corvallis and Newport will be restricted to a single lane of travel between Eddyville & Toledo through Friday.
Music in: Arian Band "Afsoongar (Glamourous)"
Center:
1. Angela Kellner speaks with Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Associate Professor of Religion & Humanities at Reed College, about his lecture in Eugene - "American Muslims & The American Body Politic."
Music out: Trio Chemirani "Yazdah"
2. Laura McCandlish reports on Oregon State University's recently re-started "cheese lab."
3. Anna King reports on scientists in North Central Washington trying again to reintroduce Pygmy Rabbits into the predator-ridden landscape.
Second Newscast:
1. Lieghti Sharp reports on earthquake and tsunami drills taking place this week.
2. Tom Banse reports on new rules requiring vessels to give a wider berth to killer whales between Washington State & British Columbia.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. A man died today after having a heart attack on the steps of the Oregon State Capitol.
2. Oregon's unemployment rate is finally below 10-percent for the first time in more than two years.
3. Lane County's Budget Committee is holding a public comment time tonight on the proposed 2011-12 budget.
4. An Oregon high school student has been arrested after a report that he was threatening to bring a gun to school.
5. The Army says a 6th Washington state-based soldier has been charged in a plot to kill Afghan civilians for kicks.
6. Some Washington National Guard members have learned they may be deploying again soon.
7. Rachael McDonald reports on Springfield being accepted as part of the University of Oregon's Sustainable City's Initiative.
Music in: Solas "Paddy Taylors"
Center:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on how trial lawyers in Washington state hold significant sway as a lobbying group in the legislature when it comes to tort reform.
2. Jessica Robinson reports on a Latino business expo in Kennewick, Washington.
Music out: Nilson Matta & Ron Ben-Hur "Three Express"
3. Aaron Kunz reports on an Idaho scientist who says he's found a way to make garbage disappear - garbage-eating microbes.
4. Oregon wildlife officials say they've killed a young adult male wolf from the Imnaha Pack.
5. Amelia Templeton reprots on what a ban on suction dredge gold mining in CA could mean for Oregon.
Second Newscast:
1. As of this morning, Lane County Elections had received 27-percent of ballots for today's election.
2. Anna King reports on the Yakima River reaching flood stage in Central Washington.
3. Bryan Buckalew reports on a bill in the Washington Senate that would allow cigar lounges in some bars and tobacco stores.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on a number of Oregon school districts having their tax ballot measures voted down.
2. The Oregon Senate will debate a measure that urges Congress to continue federal funding for timber counties.
3. The annual report on Oregon hospital infection rates shows a steep reduction in bloodstream infections last year but a rise in infections involving heart bypass surgery.
4. Wind farms and fossil-fuel power plants in the Pacific Northwest were all but shut down for 5 hours early this morning as the Columbia River Basin's hydroelectric generators ran at full capacity and river managers dealt with one of the largest volumes of spring runoff in years.
5. OPB's David Nogueras reports on residents of Burns fighting to keep flood waters away from nearly a hundred homes in town.
6. Governor John Kitzhaber says he will not be able to attend every military funeral in Oregon.
Music in:
1. Interview with Margaret Theisen and Anthony DeSalvo about the Sprout Film Festival.
Music out: Bill Frisell "Friend Of Mine"
2. Interview with Hank Snow of Roseburg Forest Products about the company's plan to lay off more than 200 workers at 3 plywood plants in Oregon.
3. Chris Lehman reports on a judge in Salem today signing a death warrant that could make Gary Haugen the first person to be executed in Oregon since 1997.
Second Newscast:
1. Lieghti Sharp reports on the Lincoln County School District's general obligation bond measure passing.
2. Wrap up of a few of the tax measures that did and did not pass.
3. A bill aimed at promoting cultural competency in health care has failed in the state house on a party-line breakdown.
4. Wart removal and breast reduction surgery will no longer be covered by Oregon state workers' health plans by 2012.
5. Washington state added 5,800 jobs in April.
6. Former state troppers in the legislature have revived a bill that would make it harder for people to qualify for medical marijuana, and tighten controls on the people growing it.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
Friday, May 20, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Public employees rallied at the Oregon State Capitol today to bring attention to how budget cuts would affect them and their departments.
2. Idaho's unemployment rate for April dropped for the first time in 4 years.
3. Tiffany Eckert reports on a panel discussion in Eugene about the quality of food served in public schools and efforts to change it.
4. Rachael McDonald reports on a memorial for a La Pine fire captain who died last week.
5. The Humane Society of the United States has gone back to federal court to block the killing of California sea lions that eat endangered or threatened salmon at Bonneville Dam.
Music in: Ronnie Earl "The Colour of Love"
Center:
1. Interview with James C. Foster, author of "Bong Hits 4 Jesus - A Perfect Constitutional Storm in Alaska's Capital."
Music out: Ronnie Earl "Hippology"
2. Amelia Templeton goes searching for an endangered lily that only grows on a few hillsides in southern Oregon.
Second Newscast:
1. Anna King reports on a new geological study about the probability of earthquakes near Hanford.
2. HIV Alliance is holding its 25th annual Riverwalk tomorrow in Eugene.
3. Jessica Robinson reports on the Idaho Fish & Game Commission voting to adopt its previous plan for managing wolves.
4. Students in Washington state can get a jump start by taking classes at community colleges during their final years of high school, but they may have to start paying tuition.
5. The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine has diagnosed 2 more horses with equine herpes virus.
6. Douglas County deputies have arrested a 35-year-old Myrtle Creek man on charges he shot his neighbor in the hip with a shotgun.
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