Monday, Aug 20, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1.  Two teenagers accused of slapping girls' bottoms at school have apologized and charges against them have been dropped.

2.  A federal judge in Montana may hold the Bush Administration's top forestry official in contempt of court for a fish kill in Oregon.

3. A Eugene man who crashed his car into an LTD bus this morning is in the hospital.

4. An Albany woman on a bicycle was hit by a car and died on Sunday.

5. Jes Burns gives an update on bridge replacement in Cottage Grove. 

6. The US Department of Energy is looking for a place to bury radioactive waste.

7. Rain in the Willamette Valley is a boon for grain farmers.

Features:

1. Chris Lehman reports that federal agencies are gearing up to allow more logging in the Northwest.

2. Tom Banse reports on the progress tearing down Marmot Dam on the Sandy River.

3. Renate Tilson offers advice on gardening on an often neglected strip of land.

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon analysts start to figure out just how much the kicker will be.

2. The Bend-La Pine School Superintendent, Douglas Nelson, announces retirement plans.

3. The Oregon DMV strengthens the penalty for cheating on the written driver's test.

4. Jes Burns reports on a new solar energy demystification tour by a recent OSU graduate.

5. Claude Offenbacher gives an update on the vanishing dune of the central coast.

6. Five people were arrested at the Gorge Amphitheater after a riot in a local campground.   

First Newscast

1. The Yamhill County DA has promised a full review of the sexual harassment case filed against two 13-year-old boys.

2. Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers says he won't run for reelection.

3. OSU researchers have figured out hot to give a community-wide drug test by sampling waste water.

4. Authorities have arrested a Forest Grove man for selling marijuana near an elementary school.

5. The salmon fishing season is over and the results aren't good.

6. Oregon can thank a typhoon near the Philippines for rainy weather in the state.

Features:

1. Claude Offenbacher interviews West Broadway Advisory Committee Co-Chair Greg McLaughlan about the direction of the project.

2.  Dorothy Velasco reviews "Tracy's Tiger" playing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Second Newscast:

1. Lawyers who worked on the Portland Archdiocese Bankruptcy case have submitted an $18 million bill.

2. A former Oregon day trader has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

3. Oregon State Hospital's superintendent Marvin Fickle announced he will retire.

4. Jes Burns reports that a federal judge in SF has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Klamath basin residents against PacifiCorp can go forward.

5. Eugene police are looking for a man who crashed a stolen car into multiple vehicles yesterday.

6. Worries over hurricane Dean have not affected gas prices in Oregon so far.

7. Authorities have released a 9-1-1 tape related to a Portland shooting.

First Newscast:

1. State Rep. Greg Macpherson says he will run for state attorney general.

2. Lane County Commissioner Bobby Green has been named vice chair of the Justice and Public Safety Committee at the National Association of Counties.

3. A coastal paper company will pay 200 thousand dollars to settle accusations of workplace safety violations.

4. A Eugene woman died last night in a car accident near Yachats.

5. A public health advisory has been issues at Sunset Bay State Park beach due to high levels of fecal bacteria in the water.

6. Three Republican candidates have been recommended to succeed Rep. John Dallum in Oregon's 59th House District.

Features:

1. We excerpt a larger piece on the effects of Katrina on the African spiritual community in New Orleans.

2. Tripp Sommer speaks with former New Orleans resident (and current Eugene resident) on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

3. VizCity features "Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art" at the Portland Art Museum.

Second Newscast:

1. Corvallis police have arrested a man charged with running an illegal cockfighting operation.

2. Oregon's constitution goes on display in Salem.

Thursday, Aug 23, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

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