Monday, June 4, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer and Andrew Bartholomew

First Newscast:

1.  A federal judge today sentenced radical eco-terrorist Daniel McGowan to 7 years in prison.

2.  State Senator Betsy Johnson tried to help a Lake Oswego developer obtain land to build an industrial park at the Scappoose airport.

3.  A second case of measles has been confirmed in Lane County.

4  Supervalu Inc. said today that it is recalling some of its ground beef sold in Albertsons and Save-A-Lot stores because it is believed to be contaminated with E. coli.

5. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue officials say lightning has struck a 100-foot tall Douglas fir tree, which exploded into pieces and damaged three Aloha homes.

6. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Steve Novick announced that he has raised $100,000 for his campaign.

Center:

1.  In early May, Senator Ron Wyden announced a bipartisan proposal for universal healthcare.

2.  OPB's Colin Fogarty reports on four midwives being forced to end their practices at the end of June.

3.  Correspondent Tom Banse reports on hybrid electric cars powered with cheap northwest hydropower.

Second Newscast:

1.  A re-cap of the top story about Daniel McGowan receiving 7 years in prison for his part in arson determined to be an act of terrorism.

2.  Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports on an immigration raid in Shelton, Washington.

3.  Clatsop and Tillamook County leaders are pressuring the State Forestry Department to cut more timber and produce more revenue for local governments.

4.  A former Troutdale Elementary School counselor was sentenced today to more than eight years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.

First Newscast:

1.  Eugene gas station owners are using attendants as paid signature gatherers to ask motorists to sign petitions to roll back the city's gasoline tax.

2.  Gas station operators are getting sick of running outside all the time to change the numbers on those towering price signs.

3.  The City of Eugene's Use-Of-Force Committee refined a new police taser policy at a meeting yesterday.

4.  A strike by about 1,300 drywall workers in Oregon and southwest Washington has been weakened by disputes with other building trades-unions over job jurisdiction.

5.  Pierce County Sheriff's detectives suspect that a bag of bones found at a construction site near Puyallup, Washington is evidence of a homicide 25 to 40 years ago.

6.  Oregon State staved off elimination today and will head home to Corvallis to continue the defense of its 2006 NCAA baseball title.

7.  An electrical problem at Linn-Benton Community College has cancelled all classes and activities for the rest of today.

Center:

1.  Interview with Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reviewing the current session of the state legislature.

2.  Correspondent Tom Banse reports on what to do about salmon-eating terns at the mouth of the Columbia.

Second Newscast:

1.  The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the Bush administration to comment on an international legal battle involving pollution from a Canadian smelter that flowed into Washington State along the Columbia River.

2.  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Northwest Shot Manufacturing of Phoenix, a total of nearly $25,000 in penalties for hazardous waste disposal.

3.  Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to make the night time sky a little more visible.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports.

4.  President Bush has honored a kindergarten teacher from Roseburg for her exceptional ability to teach math.

First Newscast:

1.  The Oregon Senate has passed an updated version of a property rights measure that they plan to send back to Oregon voters.

2.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on the new law that requires electric companies to get more of their energy from renewable sources.

3.  North Bend Middle School student Kyle-Ray Katherman tested his school's water from the drinking fountains and proved it was unsafe.

4.  KLCC's Frank Nearing reports on the Eugene YMCA's decision not to build a sports facility at the Lane County's Livestock Arena.

5.   Toby's Family Food of Springfield is recalling two products because of the risk of salmonella contamination.

6.  A Salem woman has testified that when she was 17, a city police officer offered her a ride to a trial and raped her on the way.

Center:

1.  KLCC's Ann Dornfeld interviews Eugene Interim City Manager Angel Jones.

2.  Viz City.

Second Newscast:

1.  State employment specialists say 2,000 fewer people will be employed in the wood products industry over the next 7 years in Oregon.

2.  KLCC's Jes Burns reports that free bus passes may be a thing of the past for Lane County students.

3.  The Department of Motor Vehicles is switching to a centralized issuance system that incorporates facial recognition software to protect against fraud.

4.  Senators Gordon Smith of Oregon and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas presented a veterans organization today with food and clothing collected by their offices and two other senators.

5.  A public health advisory was issued today due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Oswald West State Park Beach in Tillamook County.

First Newscast:

1.  A new federal program aims to improve customer service at Oregon's alcohol and drug addiction treatment providers.

2.  Several lawmakers formally pitched a nickel a bottle increase in Oregon's beer tax today to help pay for more Oregon State Police troopers.

3.  About 50 migrant workers in Washington State lost their housing when the state shut down 3 squalid work camps.

4.  The Bonneville Power Administration says thefts and vandalism at its facilities cost ratepayers as much as a million dollars a year.

5.  Electric companies in Oregon will have to get 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Governor Ted Kulongoski.

6.  Weyerhaeuser says it's selling its Elma wood veneer mill to the Murphy Plywood Company of Eugene.

Center:

1.  Interview with University of Oregon professor Greg Bothun about alternative energy and global warming.

2.  Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Mount Pisgah.

Second Newscast:

1.  Actor Paul Newman was in Carnation, Washington today to announce that the Nestle Farm will become a "Hole in the Wall" camp for ill children. 

2.  A fire in a two-story brick building has driven three families from their apartments in Enterprise.

3.  Moonstruck Chocolate announced plans today to open eight cafes across the country by 2009.

4.  The half-brother of Jimi Hendrix, Leon Hendrix, has lost a bid for a share of the rock star's estate.

First Newscast:

1.  Oregon college students will pay more to go to school this fall but the increase won't be as large as in years past.

2.  The Oregon Senate approved a bill today to appoint volunteer hunters with dogs to kill cougars and black bears as part of a management plan in three parts of the state.

3.  U.S. Congressman Peter Defazio says federal payments to Oregon counties to offset lost timber revenues are likely to be phased out by Congress.

4.  The Oregon Supreme Court says Beaverton acted illegally when it tried to annex one island of property against the will of the owner, but didn't also try to annex an adjoining island.

5.  A bat found last week in the Ashland area has tested positive for rabies.

6.  KLCC's Heather Meldrum reports on the City Club of Eugene meeting about the Franklin Riverfront Corridor.

7.  KLCC's Claude Offenbacher reports on Eugene-Springfield ranking fifth in Oregon in a new list of best metropolitan areas.

Center:

1.  Interview with Dr. Maka'Ala Yates about Hawaiian healing and wisdom.

2.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on a proposed tax on beer.

Second Newscast:

1.  U.S. Congressman Peter Defazio says west coast commercial salmon fishers are facing a financial disaster.

2.  A judge says a Newberg woman took more than $50,000 from an elderly man's bank accounts, let him live in squalor and denied him medical care.

3.  Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports on a monument to Spanish settlement in the Northwest.

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