Monday, Sept 3, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The Crook County School District plans to provide laptop computers to all of its sixth-graders this year.

2. LRAPA is working to make local school zones "idle-free."

3. Chris Lehman reports that some bars aren't waiting for the 2009 Oregon smoking ban and are doing itself.

4. The amount of marijuana confiscated by police so far this year in Josephine County forests already is about twice that taken last year.

5. Bonneville Power Administration is having trouble finding enough linemen to fill their positions.

6. On January 1st, a murder suspect in Oregon will no longer have the right to plan a funeral or cremation for the spouse he or she is accused of killing.

Features:

1. Renate Tilson brings us Good Gardening.

2. Jes Burns reports on the Lane County Central Labor Council's Labor Day picnic.

3. Some New Yorkers are waking up to the sounds of a singing sanitation worker.

Second Newscast:

1. G. W. forest fire near Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon has almost doubled in size.

2. Fire officials in central Idaho say they are close to containing the Castle Rock fire near the town of Ketchum. 

3. Andrew Bartholomew brings us a preview of two coming ballot measures.

4. Analysts hired by the state say they found no major obstacles that would prevent construction of a new Oregon State Hospital psychiatric facility.

5. 55 year old David Michael has given up his volunteer performances abord the Klickitat ferry in Port Townsed.

First Newscast:

1. Residents of Black Butte Ranch will be allowed to return to their homes after 6 this evening.

2. Fire officials in Idaho say they have closed a section of State Highway 55 near Banks due to wildfire.

3. Ten gypsy moths have been found in Oregon so far this summer.

4. A Roseburg died this morning on I-5, when she lost control of her vehicle while negotiating a curve.

5. Portland's Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a fatal boat capsizing near Ocean Park, Washington.

6. Oregon is one of eight states selected by the Office of National Drug Control Policy for a six-month anti-meth advertising campaign. 

7. The federal government is giving the University of Washington 10 million dollars to expand its stem cell research.

8. Some films potentially bound for the Oscars will be stopping in Salem.

Features:

1. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports on the shortage of rural surgeons.

2. Tom Banse reports on the problems of slow background checks for would-be American citizens in the Northwest.

Second Newscast:

1. The pendulum has swung back in favor of PeaceHealth in an antitrust lawsuit filed by McKenzie-Willamette Hospital.

2. As Oregonians marked Labor Day, a new report found many workers have little to celebrate.

3. Gas prices are expected to level off in the Northwest.

4. A 16 year old Newberg boy is in the hospital after being shot in the head.

5. Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and City Councilors will be at the Eugene Celebration Saturday seeking citizen opinions about the next city manager.

First Newscast:

1. An Oregon woman says she was sexually molested multiple times as a child while attending the East Salem Seventh Day Adventist Church.

2. Voters will have the final say on a funding plan for the Eugene West Broadway redevelopment project.

3. Jes Burns reports that the EWEB Commissioners unanimously approved a water capital plan.

4. The City of Portland recommends caution for recreational river use on the Willamette.

5. Chris Lehman reports a congresswoman is calling for federal funding to give the Willamette River a boost.

6. A portion of a dead whale washed up last night on Del Rey Beach, north of Gearhart.

Features:

1. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson brings us the second installment of her rural surgeon series.

2. VizCity talks the Eugene Mayor's Art Show.

Second Newscast:

1. Kevin Mannix has turned in signatures for an initiative measure to devote 15 percent of Oregon lottery proceeds to public safety.

2. An employee fired after computer discs with patient records were stolen from his van is suing Providence Health Systems.

3. Thanks to some help from the weather yesterday, firefighters were able to make good progress on the GW Fire burning near Black Butte.

4. The Portland City Council is set to vote on starting a process that could change the name of Interstate Avenue to Cesar E. Chaves Boulevard. 

First Newscast:

1. Ninety-five Oregon school districts could be facing a lawsuit from the Oregon School Employees Association.

2. In response to the Virginia Tech shooting, an AG's task force has released a report with recommendations on improving school safety throughout the country.

3. With school beginning at Head Start Centers in Hillsboro, so many 3 and 4 year olds are trooping into classrooms that administrators are holding a separate morning and afternoon sessions.

4. Law enforcement agencies are campaigning to encourage the use of safety belts and child restraints in vehicles.

5. Mike Van Meter reports on how the GW Fire is affecting the Sisters tourism industry. 

6. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports on the status of dam safety in the NW.

Features:

1. Tripp Sommer interviews poet Jorge Hitchcock.

2. John Cooney presents the Natural World.

Second Newscast:

1. Firefighters continue to make good progress on the GW Fire.

2. Jes Burns reports on Eugene Symphony's Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero's decision to leave for Nashville.  

First Newscast:

1. Officials say food reserves in the Marion-Polk food share warehouse in Salem are at dangerously low levels.

2. The Lane County DA's office announced today it will no pursue charges against an Oregon State Police Recruit Trooper who hit a baby stroller.

3. The Lane County Circuit Court has rewritten a ballot measure that, if passed, would allow the city of Eugene to spend an additional $40 millin on downtown redevelopment.

4. Search and rescue crews from around the state were on Mt. Hood this morning, for training and to search for the bodies of two mountain climbrs missing since last December.

5. Patrick Starnes announced today he has set up a committee to explore a bid for Douglas County Commissioner position one in 2008.

6. Washington governor Chris Gregoire has changed her mind about keeping some "Sunshine Committee" applications secret. 

7. A Portland man has been sentenced to ten years for hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife.

Features:

1. Tripp Sommer interviews Matt Purvis, Chair of DEMI, about the Eugene Celebration.

Second Newscast:

1. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama visited Portland today on a swing through the west.

2. Portland police discovered the bodies of a couple and their daughter in their home, the result of an apparent murder-suicide.

3. An alternative energy company is celebrating what it calls a milestone in wave energy.

4. Yesterday's health advisory for Nye Beach has been lifted.

5. Chris Lehman reports that some Fairs are banning transfats.

6. A harp player who was forced off the Port Townsend-Keystone ferry route because of security regulations has been told he can return for 200 dollars a day.

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