Monday, May 7, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer & Andrew Bartholomew

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on Oregon lawmakers giving final approval to a bill requiring bureaucrats to ease up on government-speak.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on laws passed in Washington State to help foster kids when they turn 18.

3. After three years as executive director of Food For Lane County, Pat Farr has resigned.

4. An Oregon State Trooper making a traffic stop in Ontario turned up a small amount of the illegal drug khat.

5. Two women have been arrested for hitting and killing a bicyclist with their car in Portland.

6. A construction worker fell about four stories when the lift fell over in Portland.

Center:

1. Interview with Eugene Organ about the progress made for and by people with disabilities.

2. Chris Lehman reports on micro-hydropower possibilities in Central Oregon.

Second Newscast:

1. Lane County Waste Management and the City of Eugene are offering grants to area schools to go toward waste reduction.

2. A new switching yard north of Roseburg will allow shorter trains to come through downtown.

3. The Oregon House today voted unanimously to require school districts to crack down on what's known as cyber bullying.

4. Chris Lehman reports on Hermiston's efforts to become a retirement destination.

5. Oregon State University is looking at updating the plant hardiness maps in relation to global warming.

6. Two Idaho-area men have been charged with unlawful killing and waste of turkeys along the Snake River.

First Newscast:

1. The House passes a proposal requiring all new police officers in the state to undergo training to recognize the signs of mental illness.

2. Employers will be required to set aside a private area for breastfeeding women to pump milk and provide unpaid breaks to do so every four hours under a bill headed to Governor Kulongoski's desk.

3. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and his wife Nancy Bass are expecting twins in the fall.

4. Mike Van Meter reports on the operator of Bend's transit system dropping its appeal of a vote by drivers to unionize.

5. A group of Eugene residents want to put the brakes on a planned expansion of EM-X rapid bus service along their street.

6. The Vancouver, Washington City Council is asking the federal government to reject plans for a 510-million dollar Cowlitz tribal casino along I-5 near La Center.

7. A memorial service is tentatively set for next Tuesday at Fort Lewis for the six soldiers killed Sunday in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

8. A cheerleading coach was arraigned in federal court in Portland today on charges he sexually abused a minor.

9. 25 people in Portland were sent to the hospital for mercury exposure after a neighbor mixed chemicals and metals hoping to make an alternative fuel.

10. A new report found that the aquifer that provides drinking water to the greater Spokane area has not yet reached its limits.

11. Springfield City Council heard from local residents last night who oppose a plan to build a Lowe's Home Development Center on a vacant lot along Marcola Road.

Center:

1. Interview with Denny Braud about plans to redevelop two core blocks of downtown Eugene.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on the roles gay donors are playing in regional politics.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon House voting to overturn a voter-approved ban on using dogs to hunt cougars.

2. Former Republican State Representative Mac Sumner died last night.

3. Children's Hospital in Seattle admitted it broke the law by performing the Ashley Treatment without court order.

4. Governor Kulongoski has proclaimed today National Teacher Day in Oregon.

First Newscast:

1. Colin Fogarty reports on Governor Kulongoski signing two gay-rights bills into law.

2. Ann Dornfeld reports on the deadline for the May 15th special election.

3. Frank Nearing reports on EWEB's decision to collaborate with the City of Eugene on its riverfront master-planning project.

4. The LCC budget committee is holding a public meeting this afternoon to discuss how to balance the school's projected nine million dollar deficit.

5. Washington Governor Gregoire signed several education bills in to law.

6. Shuttle service to the Portland Airport from Eugene will begin June 1.

7. The high price of gas is hitting RV owners in the pocketbook.

Center:

1. Interview with Tony McCown. The 24-year-old LCC graduate is running for a seat on the Lane Community College Board of Education.

2. Viz City's Terry & Lotte review the bird paintings of Larry McQueen and the photographic landscapes of Gary Tepfer.

Second Newscast:

1. Recap of top story.

2. Plans to create a statewide public safety radio network appear to be on hold.

3. A Maryland food broker is the fourth person to plead guilty in connection with a scandal involving the purchase of food for Oregon prison inmates.

4. Mail carriers will be picking up donations for community food banks this Saturday.

5. The Washington Department of Licensing is now requiring proof of residence for first time applicants for a driver's license.

First Newscast:

1. Eugene city councilors, developers and residents continue to clash over the future of several blocks of West Broadway in downtown Eugene.

2. The Eugene Human Rights Commission's Gender Identification Subcommittee meets tonight in the wake of a landmark decision by the legislature banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

3. The guardian of a disabled Clackamas High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the girl was raped in a school bathroom.

4. Monthly mortgage delinquency rates in Lane County are on the increase, but less dramatically than in other parts of the state.

5. A public health advisory has been issued for water contact at Nye Beach in Newport.

6. Austin Jenkins reports on a government inspector questioning the operating system for the new Vitrification plant at Hanford.

7. Energy Northwest has put a hold on plans to build a coal-fired power plant at the Port of Kalama because of a global warming law.

8. Authorities say two men died today when their experimental plane crashed near the Idaho border.

Center:

1. Andrew Bartholomew speaks with Stefen Ostrach. He's running for position two on the LCC Board of Education.

2. Natural World correspondent John Cooney reports from the Oregon sand dunes.

Second Newscast:

1. Tom Banse reports on Northwest states being on alert for invasive zebra mussels.

First Newscast:

1.  Linn-Benton Community College was locked down today after a witness reported seeing a man in a trench coat "struggling to hold something".  Albany police found the man with no weapons on him.

2.  The Washington Supreme Court ruled yesterday it is okay for police to trick suspects into giving a DNA sample.  Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports.

3.  A group of students from three schools have met to discuss actions at a state basketball championship game, during which racial slurs and taunts were aimed at students from Portland.

4.  Washington Governor Gregoire has signed the bill known as "Sirita's Law".

5.  The University of Oregon School of Journalism 's "Payne Awards for Ethics" were discussed at the City Club of Eugene today.  KLCC's Angela Kellner reports.

6.  Police say a Salem woman who caused a wrong-way wreck on I-5 near Curtin last night told troopers she was trying to kill herself.

Center:

1.  Interview with musician Ehren Ebbage.   His new release is "Bottlerocket".

2.  Interview with Nicki Scully about her new book "Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt".

Second Newscast:

1.  Longtime Crook County Sheriff Rodd Clark was indicted today on charges of undue influence and official misconduct involving an alleged threat to fire challengers to his 2006 re-election.

2.  Lane County voters must put ballots in official drop boxes by 8 p.m. Tuesday because it's now too late to mail them.

3.  A Jackson County plan to expand rural development has been rejected by the Oregon Court of Appeals.

4.  A man who tried to climb down the chimney into his parent's home at Poulsbo, Washington - got stuck.

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