Monday, Aug 13, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

Ashland Review by Dorothy Velasco: "Gem of the Ocean"

First Newscast:

1. Andrew Bartholomew reports the EQC has denied a Lane County Board of Commissioners request to ban field burning.

2. A wildfire in central Washington has moved away from nuclear reactors and waste storage at Hanford.

3. University of Oregon graduate Noah Smith wins the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship.

4. Jes Burns reports about a Cottage Grove man who tried to hang himself from a downtown Eugene construction crane is still in intensive care.

5. A worker was fatally injured when he was pinned under a mobile home in Yakima.

6. Alaska state troopers have identified the five victims and four survivors in last night's airplane crash north of Ketchikan. 

Features:

1. Tripp Sommer interviews humorist and  2007 SLUG Queen Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant.

2. HIV Alliance's Needle Exchange Program is back in business.  Jes Burns has an update and profile.

Second Newscast:

1. Plum Creek Timber Company withdraws its Measure 37 claims.

2. The Umatilla Chemical Depot resumed incinerating leftovers from its work destroying chemical weapons. 

3.  Jes Burns reports on Lane County's new program aimed at holding people accountable for misdemeanors.

4. Court Officials says Oregon Rep. David Wu was summoned to jury duty, but has been excused.

5. Former public radio talk show host Jeff Golden will not run against Gordon Smith for the U.S. Senate.

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