Monday, Oct 1, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on a new law taking effect today to help protect Oregonians from identity theft.

2. Authorities say a bicyclist was struck by an SUV then run over by another vehicle along Highway 30 near St. Helens this morning.

3. The Oregon Bounty tourism promotion kicked off today with events held across the state.

4. Police have arrested a Tigard woman on accusations that she beat a WWII veteran she had befriended.

5. Eugene Police say officials caught 31 people using counterfeit tickets to the U-of-O football game on Saturday.

6. Public health officials are reminding people to get flu shots.

7. The Portland School Board has tapped Carole Smith as superintendent.

Center:

1. Tom Banse takes us on a nighttime fieldtrip to track the secret life of the region's bats.

2. Austin Jenkins takes us on a canoe trip in Northeastern Washington in part one in a series on the Columbia River.

3. Master Gardener Renate Tilson tells us about cover crops on Good Gardening.

Second Newscast:

1. The City of Springfield is launching a new graffiti abatement program.

2. 17-year-old Charlie Carnes of Tiller was arrested for the murder of Kevin Omann of Canyonville.

3. Andrew Bartholomew reports on OSU researchers embarking on a new study that may have many reconsidering the role of their roof.

First Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on the U.S. Forest Service withdrawing plans to log old growth spotted owl habitat that burned last year in the Black Crater Fire near Sisters.

2. Coos Bay Senator Joanne Verger has announced she will be seeking a second term.

3. Umatilla County Sheriff John Trumbo says he will seek a fourth term as sheriff.

4. The instability of several train tunnels has led to the closure of a rail line from Coquille to Vaughn.

5. Andrew Bartholomew reports on supporters of the Eugene Downtown Renewal Plan.

6. A man accused of putting pipe bombs on cars in Salem plans an insanity defense.

Center:

1. Interview with Joe Cronin and Matt Keating about the upcoming LCC production of King Lear.

2. Anna King reports on the John Day dam. It's one of the deadliest for small fish on the Columbia River.

Second Newscast:

1. Jes Burns reports on Governor Kulongoski's support of Measures 49 and 50.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon State Senator Ben Westlund is running for Treasurer.

2. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams has announced he plans to run for mayor.

3. Physicians in the Oregon Medical Group have invested 11.1 million dollars in McKenzie Willamette Hospital.

4. Andrew Bartholomew reports on the health advisory still in effect for water in Siltcoos Lake.

5. The battle over the use of gas-powered motorboats on Waldo Lake near Oakridge has resumed.

6. Austin Jenkins reports on a lawsuit in Washington state that questions whether the public can have access to detailed maps of oil and natural gas pipelines.

7. Somebody has stolen seven sturgeon from a pond at the Bonneville hatchery.

Center:

1. Interview with Paul Jeffrey, a missionary recently back from Darfur, Sudan.

2. Viz City's Terry & Lotte review the Mayor's Art Show and the Salon de Refuse.

Second Newscast:

1. Congressman Peter DeFazio is frustrated with President Bush's decision to veto the bill to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or S-CHIP.

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