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Northwest Passage, June 13-17, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Governor John Kitzhaber has signed a bill implementing new legislative districts.
2. Bryan Buckalew reports on Oregon lawmakers hoping to reach a deal on redrawing U.S. congressional districts.
3. Austin Jenkins reports on WA Gov. Chris Gregoire announcing she will not run for a third term.
4. Anna King reports on a federal nuclear watchdog says the safety culture at Hanford's massive waste treatment plant is flawed and puts the project itself at risk.
5. Tom Banse reports on the long-running cleanup of toxic mining pollution in north Idaho's Silver Valley turnen an historic corner today.
6. Brandon Smith reports on squid, sardines, anchovies and herring may come under closer scrutiny in the NW.
Music in: Chuck Brodsky "Letters in the Dirt"
Center:
1. Jes Burns speaks with Rick Pettigrew, President of Archaeological Legacy Institute about hoping to fund a documentary about Eugene's Civic Stadium using the social media website, Kickstarter.
Music out: Chuck Brodsky "7th Inning Stretch"
2. Rachael McDonald reports on the community of Coburg coming together to save their school by making it a charter.
Music out: Taj Mahal "Don't You Push Me Down"
Second Newscast:
1. A respiratory viral infection is on the rise in Lane County.
2. State health officials will study two herbicides commonly used in forest management that have been found in residents of the Triangle Lake area.
3. Desmond O'Boyle reports on the State Lands Board discussing The Elliot State Forest at Tuesday's meeting.
4. Rachael McDonald reports on the summer lunch program.
5. The Willamette Valley pinot noir may be affected by a wet, cool spring.
6. Lieghti Sharp reports on Lane County's backyard burning ban going into effect June 16.
7. The U.S. Dept. of Labor has announced a nearly $1.3-million national emergency grant to help more than one-thousand workers affected by layoffs at Monaco Coach Corp.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Oregon's unemployment rate continues to fall, but that figure masks a slowdown in job creation that's consistent with the softening of the national economy.
2. Angela Kellner reports on 70 Oregon National Guard soldiers returning from a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan flying and maintaining CH-47 Chinook helicopters.
3. The recent closure of the Grays Harbor Paper Mill in Hoquiam, WA is having an impact on the city.
4. An Oregon utility says it plans to begin removing the 98-year-old Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in WA in October.
5. A new federal report largely backs the criticisms of a whistleblower at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
6. Governor Kitzhaber has vetoed a bill for the first time in his term.
7. The Oregon Senate has voted to remove a scope of employment exemption to the ban on using cellphones while driving.
Music in: Champion Jack Dupree "Third Degree"
Center:
1. Tiffany Eckert reports on the closing of Parker Elementary School in Eugene.
2. Rachael McDonald brings us the story of 4th graders at Adams Elementary reading letters from students at Crest Drive Elementary, who will be attending Adams next year when Crest closes.
Music out: Guy Davis "I Will Be Your Friend"
3. Guy Hand reports on the growing number of faith-based groups and churches becoming interested in community gardening.
Second Newscast:
1. OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on Oregon's unemployment rate dropping.
2. The Oregon House has approved a bill aimed at trimming the ranks of management in state government.
3. The Port of Brookings has received more money to help repair its harbor, which was damaged in the March tsunami.
4. The owners of a vintage B-17 bomber have cancelled an appearance this weekend at an air show in Olympia.
5. Steve Burns, a former executive director of the Washington Wine Commission, will take over on an interim basis for the executive director of the Oregon Wine Board.
6. The District Attorney in Coos County has concluded the fatal shooting of a man police say forced his way into a couple's home was justified.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert
First Newscast:
1. Washington's chief economist says the May unemployment report is fairly disappointing.
2. The Oregon House has voted to allow former foster children to attend Oregon public universities and community colleges for free.
3. The Oregon House has voted to roll back benefits for welfare reciepients.
4. Lawmakers passed a bill today that would further limit the number of Oregonians who can use a cell phone while driving.
5. Bank of America is apologizing for mistakenly accusing 5,000 Oregonians of being late on property taxes and saying they might be risking foreclosure.
6. Angela Kellner reports on the Springfield Utility Board helping True Value replace more than 1,800 lighting fixtures to improve energy efficiency.
Center:
1. Tiffany Eckert reports on Zero Grid Technologies, a Lebanon, Oregon company that says they have created the world's first self-charging, non-plug-in electric vehicle.
2. Anna King reports on a high-level whistleblower from Hanford meeting with members of Congress this week.
3. Amanda Loder reports on white sturgeon recovery efforts in the NW.
Second Newscast:
1. The Oregon timber harvest increased 17% between 2009-2010 despite a weak housing market and tightened lending standards.
2. Seven landowners in Western Oregon have filed a lawsuit over the herbicides sprayed on neighboring land that drifts onto their land, affecting their health and crops.
3. An Oregon police sergeant whose spouse was shot to death last month at a suburban beauty salon has hired one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the state.
4. Natural gas pipeline workers in Southern Oregon have found a skull with a bullet hole that may be the remains of a California man missing since 2008.
5. A leaky valve that released ammonia at a Portland dairy briefly forced the evacuation of workers and neighborhood residents were warned to remain indoors.
6. A speeding citation issued to Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris has touched off an investigation by the school to determine whether NCAA rules were violated when a school employee allowed football players to use her rental car.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. Angela Kellner reports on a Norman Rockwell painting appraised at the Eugene taping of Antiques Roadshow that will be on display at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
2. U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops have renewed their prevention plan for clergy sex abuse with only a few changes.
3. Austin Jenkins reports on the latest revenue forecast in WA.
4. Pacific Coast shellfish growers say the spread of a non native sea grass is threatening clam production.
5. The Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife has deployed water sprinklers to scare away nuisance sea lions in the Columbia River.
Center:
1. Interivew with the band Boris Garcia.
2. Natural World.
Second Newscast:
1. Bryan Buckalew reports on Senator Richard Devlin coming under fire.
2. Tougher water standards have been passed for Oregon.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Lieghti Sharp
First Newscast:
1. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger says one of his top investigators has resigned over deleted emails.
2. Dorcus Allen, the getaway driver in the shooting deaths of 4 Lakewood, WA police officers has been sentenced to 420 years in prison.
3. Bryan Buckalew reports on the Oregon Senate today passed a bill that gives public universities more authority over their own affairs.
4. Police have shut down a massive outdoor marijuana growing operation in Wallowa County.
5. A judge says WA's governor can claim executive privilege as a reason to withhold records from the public.
6. Portland Timbers coach John Spencer has been fined for comments made about officiating.
7. Families interested in applying for a Habitat for Humanity home are invited to attend a meeting in Harrisburg Saturday.
Music in: Didier Lockwood "Polish"
Center:
1. Austin Jenkins reports on how the tough economy is affecting young professionals in rural Grays Harbor County, WA.
2. Hansi Lo Wang travels to Sumner, WA to see what attracts big business to the small town.
3. Tom Banse reports on the debate over how to deal with non-native Japanese eelgrass.
Second Newscast:
1. Oregon and Washington beaches have received high scores on water quality according to the group "Heal The Bay."
2. Anna King reports on one of Hanford's largest contractors winding down work and laying off staff.
3. Austin Jenkins reports on ATM fees in WA.
4. Colton Harris-Moore plead guilty in federal court today in Seattle.
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