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Northwest Passage, July 4-8, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy 4th of July! Capitol Steps.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Desmond O'Boyle
First Newscast:
1. Federal authorities are investigating the leak to a Portland blogger of detailed floor plans for an immigration center.
2. A federal judge has blocked a new Idaho law that targets unions.
3. Firefighters have been unable to contain a 100-acre blaze in rugged terrain east of Canyonville.
4. State Rep. Brad Witt says he will challenge Oregon Congressman David Wu in the Democratic primary.
5. The U.S. DOE says it believes its safety culture at Hanford is strong, but the agency says it is working to make changes.
6. The Oregon State Police are struggling statewide to deal with a trooper shortfall, leaving them unable to respond to calls for service in some areas.
7. The La Grande School Board has approved $389,000 in cuts.
8. Glenn Mosley reports on plans for a new Washington State University Health Science Center
9. A tiny wasp might help prevent an agricultural pest from taking hold in Oregon.
Music in: Randall Bramslett "Where Are You Tonight"
Center:
1. Anna King reports updates the story of Hanford whistleblower Walt Tamosaitis.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on how Army widow Lisa Hallett uses running to help heal the wounds of losing her husband in combat.
Music out: Widespread Panic "Travelin' Man"
3. Jessica Robinson reports on silver investors in Idaho's Silver Valley.
Second Newscast:
1. Two people have announced their intentions to step into the vacant Umatilla County District Attorney's job.
2. Angela Kellner reports on Oregon State University beginning a two-year process to become the state's first nationally-accredited College of Public Health.
3. The arrival of summer includes the risk of over-exposure to the sun.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer
First Newscast:
1. The scheduled execution of Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen has been called off, for now.
2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Oregon Attorney General warning scam artists trying to get remote access to computers.
3. The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System says the last of the July pension checks should reach recipients this week and a computer error has been fixed.
4. The Pacific NW National Lab in Richland has restored email service to its employees after a cyberattack.
5. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have elected a new chairman of their board of trustees.
6. A bear and 3 cubs were spotted in the LCC Florence campus north parking lot this afternoon.
7. WA biologists have confirmed a new wolf pack living in the Cascade Mountains.
8. A 21-year-old Portland man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the beating death of his baby son.
9. Sacred Heart Medical Center is celebrating its 75th birthday Thursday.
Music in: Leo Kottke "Monopoly"
Center:
1. Laura McCandlish reports on after a successful 3-year run, Corvallis' only alt weekly newspaper "Alchemist Weekly" is folding.
Music out: Jeremy Steig "Circular Norton"
2. Viz City.
Second Newscast:
1. Recap of top story.
2. Gov. Kitzhaber has poached an employee from a fellow democrat to serve as his legislative director.
3. A former Albany resident is suing a family counselor and accusing him of planting false memories during counseling sessions.
4. Desmond O'Boyle reports on St. Vince de Paul compiling a waiting list for affordable housing.
5. Angela Kellner reports on the Oregon Public Utility Commission opening a formal investigation into long distance telephone problems in rural areas of the state.
6. A WA man was in intensive care after attempting to hang himself in the lobby of the Cowlitz Co. jail annex.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert & Mark Costigan
First Newscast:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on the Lane County Sheriff closing 84 jail beds and cutting back on patrol and probation due to budget cuts.
2. Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is challenging the Obama Administration's cross-border trucking pilot program between the U.S. and Mexico.
3. A judge has ordered a teenage murder suspect to remain held without bail until his trial in the shooting death of his girlfriend.
4. Eugene bus driver Marvel Hanson has been sentenced to 1-year in prison after sexually assaulting 3 elderly women.
5. Authorities are looking for an Oregon State Hospital patient who escaped custody yesterday while in Portland at a pain clinic.
6. Tom Banse reports on animal welfare groups in Oregon & Washington shelving initiative petition drives that could have required egg producers to give hens more room.
7. This Friday, Eugene's Full City Coffee Company will donate 100% of its gross revenue to Court Appointed Child Advocates, or CASA.
Center:
1. Rachael McDonald reports on the new booth for KLCC & The WOW Hall at the Oregon Country Fair.
2. Natural World.
Second Newscast:
1. A former Medford bank manager has struck a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's Office and admitted he embezzeled customer's money.
2. A woman died in a Salem house fire.
3. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher reports on one of the FBI's most wanted is returning to Tacoma to face arson charges that destroyed the University of Washington's Urban Horticulture Center ten years ago.
4. A federal judge has signed off on an agreement between conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service to update protections for rare and obscure species that depend on old growth forests to live.
5. Jessica Robinson reports on some of the biggest names in media and technology converging on Sun Valley, Idaho this week.
6. Police have ordered a Myrtly Point man to stop taking pictures of jurors in a high-profile Coos Bay murder trial.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Live broadcast of the Oregon Country Fair!!
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