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Northwest Passage, July 25-29, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert and Mark Costigan
First Newscast:
1. A Eugene man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for making child pornography.
2. Rob Manning reports Congressman David Wu appears to be headed toward an ethics investigation in the US House.
3. A PDX man has been killed at a popular rock climbing spot in SW Washington.
4. Amelia Templeton reports on efforts to make a better whitebark pine.
5. The giant palouse earthworm has had a celebrity status among NW species.
6. A wildfire driven by 25mph winds was burning across mostly sagebrush in Lincoln County.
Center:
1. John Ryan remebers fallen workers in WA.
2. Mixed Voices: Doorway
Second Newscast:
1. Liz Jones reports on WA bilingual ballots.
2. Jessica Robinson repots on solar parking lots.
3. Jes Burns reports UO track star Parker Stinson won the gold in the Pan-Am Championships this weekend.
4. After a record breaking winning streak, the Eugene Emeralds are in a must-win situation.
5. OR youth hunters will have to wear Orange beginning August 1st.
6. Mt Ashland youth work program.
7. A new report says OR State Hospital has been making significant improvements.
8. Dr. Albert Starr returns to OHSU.
9. Police in Salem say 3 men were arrested last weekend in LSD-fueled fight.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert & Desmond O'Boyle
First Newscast:
1. OPB's April Baer reports on Oregon Congressman David Wu announcing his resignation.
2. The Jackson County District Attorney says he will not present evidence to a grand jury in the slaying of an Oregon mother and her four young children until it is clear the father and suspect will survive.
3. 28-year-old Shawn Griep was arraigned Monday in Newport on charges involving kidnapping an 18-year-old in Lincoln City.
4. The funeral for Yashanee Vaughn will be Saturday in Portland.
5. OPB's Rob Manning reports on federal officials revoking permission for Oregon & Washington to trap and kill sea lions at Bonneville Dam.
6. Oregon State University has purchased about $430,000 in renewable energy certificates.
7. Oregon's gas prices are among the five highest in the nation.
Center:
1. Joshua McNicols reports on how two Pacific NW farmers have dealt with the coldest, wettest spring in two decades.
2. Emily Schwing reports on hundreds of goats grazing the mountains of Idaho to clear weeds.
3. Dorothy Velasco reviews the Ashland production of Julius Caesar.
Second Newscast:
1. Chris Lehman reports on how Oregon Congressman David Wu will be replaced.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on 3 Washington-based soldiers who have died since April in high-speed motorcycle accidents.
3. Anna King reports on a high-level Hanford whistleblower accusing the Dept. of Energy of being too cozy with its contractors.
4. Crater Lake National Park has opened its Rim Drive for the summer season.
5. An Oregon man says he was sure he was going to die when his head was trapped under the tire of a pickup truck was rescued by a passing Oregon State Police trooper.
6. Amelia Templeton reports on scientists at Oregon State University have learned that Douglas Fir and Hemlock trees struggle to transport water from their roots to their crowns in the winter.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert & Mark Costigan
First Newscast:
1. The FBI has identified a fatal shooting victim on the Warm Springs Reservation as a tribal member.
2. Austin Jenkins reports on the findings of an investigation into the death of a WA corrections officer.
3. The troubled Oregon State Hospital is preparing to open a new wing.
4. The Dept. of Veterans' Affairs says the Roseburg veterans' hospital will stay open and expand.
5. Activists are blocking access to timber sales in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport.
6. Environmentalists are angry with Sen. Ron Wyden over his bill that would reverse a federal appeals court ruling that increases regulation of logging roads on private as well as public lands.
Center:
1. Chris Lehman reports on the unusual reason for 14 looming layoffs in the Oregon Dept. of Housing and Community Services.
2. Amelia Templeton reports on guides on the Klamath River who worry the removal of dams will mean an end to one of their best summer runs.
3. Tom Banse reports on a program to help American Indian teens in the NW use rap and music to overcome the high suicide rates in their population.
Second Newscast:
1. Norovirus was found to have sickened about 60 visitors at Elk Lake Resort in Bend, but the owner says everything is back to normal.
2. Angela Kellner reports on the state working with Lincoln County and the City of Eugene to address congestion issues on Highway 101 in Newport.
3. Biologists from the WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife are studying a gray whale that washed up near Bremerton in Puget Sound.
4. Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers have retrieved a key portion of radioactive waste ahead of schedule.
5. The City of Eugene is inviting disc golfers of all abilities to test out a new course at Alton Baker Park.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Hosted by: Tiffany Eckert & Mark Costigan
First Newscast:
1. The state of Oregon has the cash to weather a showdown on the nation's debt limit after a potential federal funding showdown, but the looming deadline has some social service providers worried.
2. Federal prosecutors have charged a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs with 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of another tribal member.
3. The murder of a WA correctional officer has resulted in a $26,000 fine against the prison system for workplace safety violations.
4. Angela Kellner reports on St. Vincent de Paul receiving a federal grant to launch a housing support program for low-income veterans.
5. Homeowners in Cottage Grove say the smell from a field used by the city sewage treatment plant is nearly intolerable this summer.
6. The theft of copper wire left about 1,000 people in the Junction City-area without phone service.
Center:
1. Interview with singer/actress Maya Thomas. She created and performes "Billie: A Tribute To Billie Holiday" at Lord Leebrick Theatre.
2. Natural World.
Second Newscast:
1. Google is making sure Eugene streets are on the map.
2. Masters students from the UO Education Dept. are publishing a "Teacher Knowledge Journal" to share their experiences in the classroom.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Hosted by: Angela Kellner
First Newscast:
1. Brandon Smith reports on the arrest of 3 tree sitters protesting timber sales in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport.
2. Potland Mayor Sam Adams will not run for a second term.
3. Rep. David Wu has about $343,000 in campaign coffers even though he's not running for an 8th term in Congress.
4. Tom Banse reports on how the showdown on raising the federal debt limit is affecting spending at NW airports.
5. The NW could end up keeping Hanford's nuclear waste for 100 years or more under a recommendation issued today by a presidential commission.
Center:
1. Anna King tells the story of a Hanford chemical engineer who has raised safety concerns at the nuclear waste site.
2. Jessica Robinson reports on Idaho's decision to allow hunting and trapping of gray wolves.
3. Ashley Ahearn reports on a Native American canoe journey near Seattle.
Second Newscast:
1. The SEC is warning that scammers could target Native American beneficiaries of a $3.4-billion government settlement.
2. Oregon public health officials have issued a warning about high algae levels in Diamond Lake just north of Crater Lake National Park.
3. Tiffany Eckert reports on the Eugene 4-J School District looking for someone to lease the defunt Civic Stadium.
4. A fire that destroyed an aircraft storage unit in McMinnville caused an estimated $20-million in damage.
5. The Oregon Dept. of Veterans' Affairs is planning to bulid a 150-bed facility for aging vets in Lebanon.
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