Monday, April 23, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Andrew Bartholomew

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon Senate voted today to expand the bottle bill to include water bottles.

2. Prodded by new federal rules, the state is poised to pump an extra 20-million dollars or more into overhauling its welfare program.

3. Trent Lutz, a policy aide to Governor Kulongoski, is the new Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Oregon.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on the Washington State Legislature adjourning their session.

5. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden was one of two Democratic senators today to call on the head of the GSA to resign, charging multiple ethical lapses.

6. The Washington State Solicitor General asked the U.S. Supreme Court today to let private companies spread out the cost of voluntary hazardous waste clean ups.

Center:

1. In the first Special Issues "Mental Health" installment, Mike Van Meter reports on veterans and PTSD.

2. Interview with Nadia Raza about the Dis-Orient Asian American Film Festival.

Second Newscast:

1. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports on Sandpoint becoming the first North Idaho town to sign on to the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

2. Diamond Lake might not be ready for anglers this Saturday.

3. Oregon's statewide average gas price set a new record today at $3.12.

First Newscast:

1. All-terrain vehicle riders and those concerned about safety have reached a compromise that would keep pre-teen children on the popular machines.

2. A group of Oregon State University students rallied to call for more anti-violence education, to prevent shootings such as those at Virginia Tech.

3. A bankruptcy judge today said she will confirm a Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Washington reorganization plan that includes 48-million dollars for victims of clergy sex abuse.

4. The Oregon State Legislature approved renaming a commission that investigates ethics complaints.

5. Tom Banse reports on why there seems to be less mortgage foreclosures in the Northwest.

Center:

1. In the second Special Issues "Mental Health" installment, Heather Meldrum reports on diagnosis and treatment of children.

2. Angela Kellner speaks with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon House approving a measure that would bar companies from using state money to squelch union organizing.

2. Washington-based Boeing and Virgin Atlantic say they're working together to develop a biofuel for jets to reduce carbon emissions.

First Newscast:

1. 20-year-old Lance Corporal Dale Peterson of Burns was killed in Iraq by an improvised explosive device.

2. 20-year-old Mike Vaughn of Otis was one of nine paratroopers killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq Monday.

3. Jessica Lynch told a congressional committee that Sergeant Donald Walters of Salem was the real hero when her convoy was ambushed and she was captured in 2003 in Iraq.

4. A new estimate of recycling in Oregon has spared manufacturers more stringent requirements for plastic bottles and containers.

5. A Republican plan to hire 140 Oregon state troopers stalled in the House today.

6. After two years, the end may be in sight for settlement talks in the dispute over water rights and four Klamath River hydroelectric dams operated by PacifiCorp.

7. Glenn Mosley reports on how pleased Washington State University officials are with the recent budget out of Olympia.

Center:

1. In the third Special Issues "Mental Health" installment, Angela Kellner reports on prevention strategies for youth suicide.

2. Viz City with Terry & Lotte.

Second Newscast:

1. The University of Oregon will host a remembrance of Ben Linder.

2. Security officials closed the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College after a threat of violence was discovered.

3. Three people were indicted today on charges of bribery and conspiracy to smuggle drugs into a medium-security federal prison in Sheridan.

First Newscast:

1. A grand jury finds a Klamath Falls police officer was justified in fatally shooting a man last week.

2. A cell phone company employee has been giving presentations to Oregon lawmakers on the potential for cooperation between wireless companies and teams searching for missing persons.

3. An investigator has determined black high school students playing in a basketball tournament in Eugene were subjected to racial slurs and taunts.

4. Roseburg Schools Superintendent Lee Paterson confirms police are investigating whether someone posing as a student at Roseburg High School wrote threatening messages in textbooks.

5. A new study says the Department of Energy may be able to start treating some of the less dangerous radioactive waste at Hanford as early as 2014.

6. Bookkeeper Tammy Schreier was sentenced to more than six years in prison for embezzling about $700,000 from her employer.

7. Penny Tannlund reports on volunteers in Glide arranging wildflowers for an upcoming event.

Center:

1. In the fourth Special Issues "Mental Health" installment, Andrew Bartholomew reports on efforts to train mental health specialists to work in rural Oregon.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Willow Creek Prairie.

Second Newscast:

1. The Oregon School Activities Association is considering an expansion of a "mercy rule" that now applies only to football.

2. A former parishioner from Springfield has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Omaha, alleging the church allowed him to be abused as a teenager by a priest - and tried to conceal it.

3. Tom Banse reports on a proposal to kill hundreds of non-native barred owls as part of a new recovery plan for the threatened spotted owl.

4. The 500th Washington winery was licensed by the State Liquor Control Board this week.

First Newscast:

1. The bull market gives the PERS system a boost.

2. Frank Nearing reports on the Lane County Budget Committee looking at contingency funding plans for the coming fiscal year.

3. Angela Kellner reports on two Lane County Commissioners debating the necessity and fairness of the proposed income tax at the City Club of Eugene.

4. Citing ancestral roots, the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde wants to be on the list of tribes the Columbia Gorge Commission must consult.

5. Washington Governor Gregoire is signing the reporter shield law.

6. The remains of a 68-year-old hiker lost since June have been found by loggers in Clatsop County.

7. A May Day march is planned Tuesday in Seattle to rally for immigration reform.

8. Ann Dornfeld reports on a crisis intervention training to help teach Lane County emergency responders how to deal with potentially violent mentally ill people.

9. 4,500 runners will tie up some streets in Eugene and Springfield Sunday morning.

Center:

1. In the fifth Special Issues "Mental Health" installment, Dr. Mark Immel reports on maintaining mental well-being.

2. Douglas County author and formal stamp recipient, Robert Heilman, has some thoughts on Governor Kulongoski's plan to live on food stamps for a week.

Second Newscast:

1. The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office says up to three people in the Northwest have died from the drug Colchicine.

2. Chris Lehman reports on the state's efforts to curb global climate change, but the state's largest utility questioning one method.

3. April saw record-high gas prices in Washington and Oregon.

3. RV maker Monaco Coach Corporation of Coburg says its first-quarter profit plunged, hurt by slower sales across all its business segments.

4. College coaches have been banned from using text messages to recruit players.

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