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Northwest Passage, Sept 12-16, 2011

Monday,  September 12, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Oregon State Police have identified the man who dove in front of a truck on I5 Sunday.

2. Fire Crews have made progress on the Shadow Lake Fire in the Mt. Washington Widlerness near Sisters.

3. Mt. Hood wildfire update.

4. An OR man who traveled by train and boat from the West Coast to England because of his apparent placement on the No-Fly list has been detained in Great Britain.

Center:

1. Angela Kellner interviews ODFW Fish Biologist Mike Gray about this year's wild coho run.

2. Education Series Part 1: Phyllis Fletcher reports on experience as a measure of teacher quality.

3. Austin Jenkins follow-up on doctor connections to drug companies.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns updates the Umpqua Complex burning northeast of Crater Lake.

2. Fire crews battling the monastery fire north of Goldendale, WA say they gaining the upper hand.

3. Jessica Robinson reports an environmental clean-up settlement could also be a mini-stimulus for the inland Northwest economy.

4. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski says she will co-chair a new bipartisan caucus focused on oceans.
 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Oregon Republicans say they've taken anti-gay language out of their 2012 party platforms.

2. Dem. State Rep. Jefferson Smith says he is running for mayor of Portland.

3. The grandson of a woman who developed an anti-racism program in Eugene was beaten in Creswell.

4. Tacoma teachers are on strike.

5. Higher ed officials and the union representing support staff are scheduled for last-minute contract bargaining this week.

6. Jonathan Siegle reports on how the UO is conserving energy amidst new construction.

7. Hilyard is shut down by a damaged gas line.

8. Tom Banse reports on NW poverty numbers.

Music in: Strunz & Farah "Levantina"

Center:

1. Interview with UO Economist Tim Duy.

Music in: Steppin In It "The Perfect Crime"

2. Chris Lehman reports on what makes a good teacher and mentoring.

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon's August unemployment number is 9.6%

2. Federal authorities say an Oregon Christmas tree farm has settled a harassment and discrimination suit and will pay $110,000.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on four competing proposals to redraw Washington state's political boundaries.

4. Two people from Oregon, injured in a single-engine plane crash at the Saratoga Airport in WY, remain hospitalized.

5. Former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe will get his stolen $5,000 mountain bike back after police intercepted the bike in ID.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. McKenzie River National Scenic Trail and Clear Lake Resort plan to reopen this weekend.

2. Oregon Congressman Greg Walden has asked federal firefighters to explain what residents and business people in the Columbia Gorge say was a slow response to a wildfire on Mt. Hood.

3. The recall election in Oakridge is only a few days away, but about 275 ballots sent to voters nearly two weeks ago never arrived.

4. Scientists say the Western Snowy Plover has had a successful breeding season in Oregon.

5. The Port of Brookings Harbor is rebuilding after the tsunami waves damaged the port and boats.

6. The unemployment rate held steady at 9.3% in WA state in August.

7. The former president of Chemeketa Community College has completed what the school says is the largest gift in its history.

Music in: Al Kooper "Another Man's Prize"

Center:

1. Interview with Lindsay Selser, Transportation Options Coordinator for the City of Eugene.

Music out: Jeff McLaughlin Quartet "Kata's Heart"

2. Viz City.

Second Newscast:

1. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher reports on the Tacoma teacher strike.

2. Harrisburg residents are complaining about bad tasting tap water.

3. Angela Kellner reports on Lincoln County considering transferring control of its animal shelter to a newly-formed non-profit organization.
 
Thursday,  September 15, 2011
Hosted by: Angela Kellner

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the tentative agreement that is averting a strike of union workers at Oregon's 7 public universities.

2. Glenn Mosley reports on the latest round of budget cuts at WSU.

3. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Oregon's American Indian tribes will receive $5.8-million dollars in grant money to bolster public safety on the reservations.

4. Tom Banse reports on Wahington's Quileute Tribe asking Congress to move their reservation to higher ground.

5. Claude Offenbacher reports on Andre Watts returning to Eugene.

Center:

1. Interview with members of Lord Leebrick Theatre about their upcoming production of Avenue Q.

2. Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon's minimum-wage workers will get an extra 30 cents an hour next year.

2. Lane Co. Sheriff's detectives arrested a suspect in connection with a racially-motivated attack in Creswell. 

Friday, September 16, 2011
Hosted by: Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Oakridge is selling off surplus properties.

2. Rachael McDonald reports a 1946 U of O grad is donating $5 million for scholarships for the children of middleclass families.

3. Weather helping wild fire control this week.

4. Amelia Templeton reports the EPA placed a housing development in Southern Oregon on the Superfund list.

5. Today was a mandatory furlough day for OR state workers.

6. Gov. Kitzhaber is pitching OR to Asian trade officials an business leaders.

Center:

1. Tiffany Eckert interviews Cheryle Hawkins and Camille Noel about dahlias.

2. Ashley Ahearn reports reports on a new bill that could threaten wildlands along US borders.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on a shooting in Bethel.

2. Austin Jenkins reports the military has delayed a trial for a soldier from Boise accused of killing an unarmed Afghan civilian.

3. Litter pick up on OR beaches this weekend.

 




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