Monday, Sept 24, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Math test scores of Oregon's grade-schoolers declined slightly from last year according to the ODE.

2. Higher education officials in Oregon hope to reduce the student dropout rate.

3. A federal appeals court has blocked the expansion of the Mount Ashland ski area in southern Oregon.

4. Hundreds of Oregon National Guard soldiers turned out for a military job and benefit fair in Medford.

5. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire is threatening to sue the Bush administration over children's health insurance.

6. Beginning today portions of Broadway in downtown Eugene are closed for repairs.

7. A former teacher is starting a new career as a stand-up comic.

Features:

1. Mike Van Meter reports that the growth of central Oregon's population and economy is largely based on wide-open scenery.

2. Tom Banse reports on new alternative fuel crops growing in the NW.

3. Some E-85 ethanol fuel pumps may not have been certified as safe.

4. MV?

Second Newscast:

1. A series of commercial truck inspections completed by ODOT found nearly 20 percent of drivers were cited for safety violations.

First Newscast:

1. At Food For Lane County, food is in low supply these days.

2. Members of the local teamsters union are gathering tonight outside the Hult Center to protest the Wildish Company receiving the Eugene Chamber of Commerce Emerald Award for Business of the Year.

3. Residents and officials of Dunes City continue to debate how serious the danger is from last weeks algae bloom on Siltcoos Lake.

4. The U.S. Senate today authorized nearly 100-million dollarsfor water projects in Oregon.

5. A father and son mountain climbing team that died last week near Leavenworth, Washington was killed by a combination of hypothermia and head trauma.

6. An Idaho company says it's at least one year away from submitting the paperwork to build a nuclear power plant about an hours drive south of Boise.

7. Eastern Oregon authorities say a pipe bomb exploded in a farm shop building near Boardman, killing its builder.

Center:

1. Interview with Marc Siegel with the Democratic Party of Oregon.

2. Chris Lehman brings the story of an Oregon radio broadcaster with 100 milliwatts of community spirit.

Second Newscast:

1. Emergency responders from around the area will gather on McKenzie Highway, west of Vida tomorrow to participate in a simulation of a school bus collision.

2. Oregon's average price for a gallon of gasoline rose more than 6-cents in the past week.

3. A Lebanase-born Swede wanted on suspicion of plotting to set up a terrorist camp in Oregon has been extradited to the U.S.

4. Pixelworks Inc of Tualatin says its board has approved a 10-million dollar stock purchase plan.

First Newscast:

1. Legislation to reauthorize county payments for an additional four years passed the House Natural Resources Committee today.

2. The state has fined the health insurance company PacifiCare $34,000 for rejecting claims without conducting a reasonable investigation.

3. OPB's Colin Fogarty reports on signatures submitted by opponents of two gay rights bills.

4. Large numbers of published arguments in the voters' pamphlet will be mailed to Oregon homes by mid-October for the November 6th election.

5. Another Snohomish County, Washington family has been targeted by hateful graffiti.

6. Federal court judges have agreed to keep Jeff Sullivan as the U.S. Attorney in Seattle.

7. 76-year-old Doris Anderson, who was lost in the Oregon wilderness for two weeks, has been released from the hospital.

8. Austin Jenkins reports on GPS tracking on sex offenders in Washington state.

Center:

1. Claude Offenbacher speaks with Robert Meerpol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only Americans executed during the McCarthy era for espoinage-related activity.

Second Newscast:

1. A federal judge in Portland has ruled two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional.

2. Many of Oregon's wood products mills hope to delay or avoid having to install controls on emissions of formaldehyde from glue.

3. 21 acres of brush and woody debris will be burned Thursday north of Camp Sherman.

4. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports on how high wheat prices could be bad for some eager farmers.

5. Federal Way, Washington officials are planning to ask the city council next month to establish a midnight curfew for young people.

Thursday, Sept 27, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on Kate Brown's announced candidacy for Oregon Secretary of State.

2. Senate Democrats are pushing a hate crimes bill that they've attached to must-pass legislation bankrolling the Pentagon and the Iraq war.

Center:

1. Interview with Keith McConnell about the Oregon Track Club Masters "Fall Celebration Run & Walk."

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney sends a dispatch from the mouth of the Siltcoos River.

Second Newscast:

1. Part of the Eugene Airport was locked down this morning following the discovery of a suspicious device.

2. An annual poll of business travelers by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine has chosen Portand International Airport as the best in the country for the 2nd consecutive year.

3. A new collective bargaining for teachers at Western Oregon University has been ratified.

4. The McKenzie River Gathering Foundation received a 3-million-dollar gift today.

5. The body of an adult male was found this morning near the Washington-Jefferson park in Eugene.

6. Researchers from Norway and OHSU have found that the season in which a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer may affect his survival.

7. The Washington State Ecology Department has issued a water discharge permit for the Buckhorn Gold Mine in Okanogan County.

First Newscast:

1. Democratic Senator Floyd Prozanski of Eugene announced today he will not run for Oregon Attorney General or Lane County District Attorney.

2. Jes Burns reports on the City Club of Eugene debate between Senator Floyd Prozanski and Dave Hunnicut over Measure 49.

3. Mark Immel reports on the recall efforts of four of the six Dunes City city councilors.

4. A Medford police officer is facing charges for allegedly using a taser close to the eye of a teenager who escaped twice in one day from the county juvenile center.

5. Claude Offenbacher reports on the endorsement given to Eugene's Civic Stadium to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Center:

1. Interview with film-maker Greg Greene about his latest release, "Escape From Suburbia - Beyond the American Dream."

2. OPB's Colin Fogarty profiles the Independent party of Oregon.

Second Newscast:

1. Hail storms are car accidents are occuring on I-5 near Eugene.

2. Jes Burns reports on the 20-year plan for the Eugene Symphony.

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