Monday, Aug 27, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on the demolition of the Brownsville Dam on the Calapooia River.

2. President Bush landed at Sea-Tac this afternoon to speak at a Republican fundraising event.

3. Highway 18 near McMinnville has now been reopened.

4. OSP say a Drain-area driver remains in critical condition after an accident yesterday.

5. ODOT says it has closed the Beltline on-ramp to I-5 for road work.

6. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports that wildfires are closing in on the central Idaho resort town of Ketchum.

7. Rogue River police say three teenagers who commit theft dressed as ninjas have been arrested.

Features:

1. Tripp interviews Annalisse Romoser, a Senior Associate at the US Office on Colombia, about using palm oil as an alternative energy source.

2. Claude Offenbacher interviews Susan Peterson, Director of the Science Factory's Planetarium in Eugene, about tonight's lunar eclipse. 

Second Newscast:

1. The Sheridan Care Center Nursing Home has been hit with an apparent outbreak of meningococcemia.

2. Residents in Salem will break ground Wednesday on a 38-million dollar community center.

3. Republican Central Committee members have chosen John Huffman to replace John Dallum in Oregon's 59th House District.

4. Jeff Merkley is defending his vote to support a 2003 House Resolution supporting the "victorious removal of Saddam Hussein."

5. Oregon Rep. Bruce Hanna of Roseburg is running for House Republican Leader.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon SAT scores dipped slightly in 2007.

2. A Eugene boy died yesterday afternoon after being struck by a pick-up on Bailey Hill Road.

3. A Bend police officer charged with leading OSP on a high-speed motorcycle chase.

4. Vancouver, WA Police Chief Cliff Cook has noticed high gang activity in his short time on the job.

5. Three teens accused of nearly beating a Milwaukie homeless man to death used a knife and wooden club.

6. Searchers are still looking for a missing Sandy woman in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.

Features:

1. Jes Burns reports on the push to create a railroad quiet zone in Eugene.

2. Chris Lehman reports on what's new at the Oregon State Fair.

3. Tom Banse reports on an old Northwest travel guide that is being resurrected for the 21st Center. 

Second Newscast:

1. State Occupational Safety officials are investigating Saturday's wind turbine collapse.

2. Triple-A says Oregon gas prices should level out before Labor Day.

3. Officials in Central Idaho have ordered another 1400 homes near Ketchum evacuated because of forest fire.

4. A University of Washington Professor of Pharmacology has been sentenced to three years of probation for dumping ethyl ether down a sink in his lab.

5. A Eugene Ems player has been named the Northwest League offensive player of the week.

6. Oregon State's football season kicks off this weekend.

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon Department of Human Services now offers a problem gambling program over the internet, in an effort to target teenage gamblers. 

2. ODOT will suspend road construction on all state highways over Labor Day Weekend.

3. Washington State Patrol is looking for the persons responsible for a rock-throwing spree on I-5 at Federal Way today.

4. A US Coast Guard helicopter from North Bend helped to rescue a kayaker in Siletz Bay near Lincoln City.

5. Trained dogs are rejoining the search for a Sandy woman milling in the Wallowa Mountains since Friday.

6. Benton County prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a woman charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and aggravated murder in last year's killing of a Portland teenager.

Features:

1. Austin Jenkins reports about Washington's attempts to regulate the cut flower industry.

2. Alaska native Stephanie Thompson tries to figure out her role in the environmental movement.

Second Newscast:

1. The man accused of abducting and killing Brooke Wilberger in Corvallis goes to trial next month in New Mexico.

2. Portland's Mercy Corps is working in New Orleans to save some of the flavor of the old city.

3. Support for a railroad quiet zone in Eugene gained momentum last night at a public forum.

4. The Jackson County Deputy District Attorney who resigned last year amid allegations he had sex with a rape victim has admitted lying about his actions.

5. The son of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has agreed to plead guilty to his involvement in a casino-cheating ring.

6. A woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than 900 thousand dollars from a Portland nursing home. 

First Newscast:

1. Attorney General Hardy Myers announced today that Guidant Corp. has settled a complaint for 17 million dollars.

2. Some Eugene residents are asking the city to restore two historic downtown buildings instead of replacing them.

3. Lightening storms sparked a handful of small fires in central Oregon last night.

4. A grand jury in Ontario has rejected a prosecutor's case, resulting in the dismissal of hit and run charges against Marvin Hug.

5. The DOD reports the deaths of three Fort Lewis soldiers in Afghanistan.

6. Health officials say consumers should check the ground beef in their freezer - for e. coli.

Features:

1. Jes Burns interviews Roseburg Representative Bruce Hanna.  He was elected House Republican Leader.

2. John Cooney brings us the Natural World.

3. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports on Lake Roosevelt in Washington, which is awash in human waste.

Second Newscast:

1. Washington Governor Gregoire is refusing to reveal who wasn't picked for seats on the state's new "Sunshine Committee."

2. Oregon and Washington police say they are catching more drivers going over 100 miles an hour.

3. Testing has confirmed four cases of West Nile virus in houses in Union County.

4. Officials from Benton County have confirmed a bird found in north Albany tested positive for West Nile.

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon kicker will give residents a little extra cash to spend this holiday season.

2. State fishing managers will reopen ocean fishing on Sunday off the mouth of the Columbia River.

3. Four fishermen were rescued this week after their boat capsized near the San Juan Islands. 

4. A house fire spread to a wooded hillside in Grants Pass and gave firefighters a scare.

5. About 70 people attended a Eugene town hall meeting on federal timber payments.

6. The top lawyer for the US Forest Service is leaving the Bush Administration to take a job with the nation's leading timber industry lobbying group.

7. A pioneer of American coffee culture, Alfred Peet, has died in Ashland.

Features:

1. Jes Burns interviews Springfield Schools Superintendent Nancy Golden and Eugene Schools Superintendent George Russell about the coming school years.

2. Claude Offenbacher speaks with Oregon State Climatologist George Taylor about his prediction of good snow in the state this winter.

 Second Newscast:

1. Mike Van Meter reports that another round of lightning storms Thursday night triggered dozens of wildfires in central and eastern Oregon.

2. A ranchers' coalition is telling Congressmen that current drought-relief programs won't offset the effects of Eastern Oregon's worst drought in more than 80 years.

3. The West Coast will experience a meteor shower tonight.

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