Monday, June 25, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on how Oregon lawmakers appear to be on track to finish their session by the end of this week.

2.  State police said today that a 21-year-old Eugene man was shot and killed while walking with friends at a lake northeast of Florence.

3.  Fort Lewis, Washington will hold 3 memorial services tomorrow for 6 soldiers killed recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

4.  The Clackamas County Sheriff's Department believes the body of Dena Kline, missing since February, has been found.

5.  In Oregon, gas prices average $3.08 a gallon.  That's down 29 cents from a month ago and about 10 cents higher than this time last year.

6.  KLCC's Heather Meldrum reports on repairs to the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail.

7.  Sunriver Resort says there are no immediate plans to develop over 600 acres of national forest land it bought last year.

Center:

1.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on how things worked out in the legislature with the Democrats in charge.

2.  Good Gardening with Master Gardener Renate Tilson.

3.  Mixed Voices share their poetry about "Night".

Second Newscast:

1.  U.S. Attorney Karin Immergut says the Medford School District will repay $830,000 to settle allegations it made improper Medicaid claims.

2.  Over the weekend Oregon lawmakers passed a measure that sets targets for cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions over the next 40 years.

3.  KLCC's Claude Offenbacher reports on a House of Representatives measure to rein in the high cost of health care.

4.  Harborview Medical Center in Seattle reports that a fisherman who cut off two findertips to escape from a trapped boat is in satisfactory condition.

5.  A 55-year-old Gresham man, who was pulled out of his truck after it plunged into the Columbia River last Tuesday, has died.

6.  The opening of the Imperium Renewables Biodiesel Plant at Hoquiam, Washinton has been delayed from July until August.

7.  The editor of a newspaper has initiated a drive to put the Washington State frog to a public vote in November.

First Newscast:

1.  A search is on for the pilot of an Oregon Air National Guard F-15 that went down in the ocean west of Cannon Beach early this afternoon.

2.  Governor Ted Kulongoski today made it illegal to smoke in all bars and restaurants in Oregon.

3.  The U.S. Senate Budget Committee heard testimony today on Senator Ron Wyden's "Healthy Americans Act".

4.  A new report shows the cost of "Medicare Advantage" insurance in Oregon is 30% higher than traditional Medicare.

5.  A lawsuit says the manager of a Keybank branch in Springfield planned to fake his own death and "re-emerge" as one of the bank's customers.

6.  In 2006, more than 12,000 Oregon children were confirmed victims of abuse or neglect.

7.  There was a dip for the first time in years in the number of children entering the foster care system.

8.  A 23-year-old man sought after his father was found dead at their rural Benton County home walked out of the woods and surrendered today.

9.  Police say two bodies were found in the Willamette River this morning near Lake Oswego.

10. Toxic blue-green algae have returned to a Cascade Range lake in southern Oregon.

Center:

1.  Interview with two members of the Eugene Police Commission, John Brown and Charlie Zennache, about the Department's proposed use of tasers.

Second Newscast:

1.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on the legislature's final push to get things done at the Capitol.

2.  Drivers and warehouse workers that distribute Budweiser and other beer brands went on strike last night.

3.  A 20-year-old soldier from Veneta was killed in Mosul, Iraq on Saturday in a non-combat incident.

4.  A 23-year-old soldier from Klamath Falls has been killed in a non-combat related incident in Baghdad.

5.  A new statewide poll shows that Oregonians think public education, illegal immigration and health care are the most important issues for state officials to address.

6.  In the wake of an eminent domain vote postponement by Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, a group of nearly 30 demonstrators gathered at City Hall before last night's meeting.

7.  A Sherman County man has been arrested for manufacturing marijuana after a large indoor growing operation was found in the town of Wasco.

First Newscast:

1.  A bill aimed at reducing toxic discharges into the Willamette River passed the Oregon House and is on its way to Governor Kulongoski to be signed into law.

2.  The bald eagle is no longer a threatened species. 

3.  The body of the Oregon Air National Guard pilot has been recovered.

4.  A hit and run investigation by Eugene Police today turned into arrests for possession and distribution of "magic mushrooms".

Center:

1.  Interview with Greg Erwin Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee for the "Countdown to 08".

2.  Ann Dornfeld interviews David Holdridge, Mercy Corps' Regional Program Director for the Middle East.

Second Newscast:

1.  U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke in Seattle this morning at a meeting of technology executives.

2.  Salem-Keizer school leaders plan to ask voters to approve what they believe is the largest school bond issue in the state's history.

3.  Gypsy leader, Jimmy Marks, who battled local Spokane officials for decades and placed a curse on the city, died Wednesday.

4.  Paul Durham, the football coach who led Linfield College to the first of its 51 consecutive winning seasons, died recently in Hawaii.

5.  A group dedicated to preserving Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway's house in central Idaho says its mission is accomplished.

First Newscast:

1.  The Oregon legislature adjourned its 2007 session today, after 172 days.

2.  Ten people who were working at a Portland food plant when there was an immigration raid have been indicted on federal charges of possessing fraudulent immigration papers or committing social security fraud.

3.  Planning staff in Clatsop County recommended rejection of the current leader in a race to build a natural gas import terminal for the northwest.

4.  Sheriff Russ Burger says cash-strapped Lane County would not save money be sending prisoners to other parts of the state.

5.  A car title lender has challenged a new Oregon law capping annual interest rates on consumer loans at 36 percent.

6.  A $1-million heroin smuggling case has resulted in the conviction of the last of 8 defendants accused of trying to import what investigators said was a record amount of the illegal drug into Oregon.

Center:

1.  Interview with Lauren Kessler about her new book "Dancing with Rose - Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's".

2.  Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from the Fisher Butte Unit of Fern Ridge.

Second Newscast:

1.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports on the Oregon legislature wrapping up its 2007 session.

2.  Democratic State Senator Vicki Walker of Eugene, announced today she's running for Secretary of State.

Friday, June 29, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1.  Oregon Democrats are talking about their biggest accomplishments of the session as the ink dries on the final bills passed by the Oregon legislature this year.

2.  A judge says he will rule Monday on whether to suspend a new Oregon law that caps annual interest rates on consumer loans at 36%.

3.  Former gubernatorial candidate Kevin Mannix says he wants a ballot measure requiring harsher treatment for people convicted of meth-related offenses.

4.  Public Radio talk show host Jeff Golden is no longer on the air while he considers challenging Republican Gordon Smith for a U.S. Senate seat next year.

5.  KLCC's Jes Burns explains why Lane Community College President Mary Spilde said she was "overjoyed the school year is over".

6.  Portland Police are continuing to coordinate a search for David Schwartz, a Jesuit priest from California and 61-year-old Cheryl Gibbs, his traveling companion.

Center:

1.  Interview with Eugene Tree Foundation President Albi Thoumsin and Urban Forester for the City of Eugene, Mark Snyder.

2.  Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports majority Democrats called this a landmark session for healthcare, education and the environment.

Second Newscast:

1.  KLCC's Heather Meldrum reports U of O Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny told the City Club of Eugene today he thinks university athletics will move more toward commercialization.

2.  The Oregon-Idaho AAA says it sees no indications of higher gasoline prices, despite an expected increase in demand for holiday travel.

3.  Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports on the removal of an historic shipwreck, the Catala.

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