Monday, Oct 8, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. A watchdog group asks a federal judge to send the Agriculture Undersecretary to jail for contempt of court.

2. After narrowly surviving a recall vote in Dunes City, four members of the city council vowed to continue working to protect two lakes from the effects of development.

3. A Yamhill County winegrowers group is claiming a partial victory in its effort to stop construction of a luxury hotel on land zoned for agriculture.

4. Claude Offenbacher reports on the tenth anniversary of Oregon's assisted suicide law.

5. American children fail to get the health care they need more than half the time, even if they're from middle-class families and covered by private insurance.

6. Medford teacher Shirley Katz is in court today, seeking the right to carry a pistol to her job teaching high school.

7. Students in Glendale were released from school this morning following the sudden death of an elementary special ed teacher.

Center:

1. Interview with the members of Ballet Fantastique and Trio Voronezh.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney on the trail of Sir Francis Drake.

Second Newscast:

1. A public health advisory was issued today due to higher than normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Agate Beach in Lincoln County.

2. Oregon Congressman Greg Walden is one of nine republicans under pressure to break with President Bush over his veto of the federally funded children's health program called S-CHIP.

3. Seven different law enforcement agencies combined this morning for what Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders calls a significant drug bust.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's Secretary of State says the second of two anti-gay petitions has failed to qualify for the ballot.

2. A new study given to state lawmakers says a measure to require minimum sentences for drug and property crimes could put 4,000 to 6,000 more Oregonians behind bars.

3. Jes Burns reports on the City Club of Eugene debate on the proposed Eugene gas tax.

4. Longview Fibre Paper Packaging says it will lay off 200 workers in the next 2 to 6 months.

Center:

1. Interview with Dave Jones, singer and guitarist with Missoula rock band "The Hermans."

2. Angela Kellner speaks with Sandee Burbank, Executive Director of Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse - MAMA.

Second Newscast:

1. Recap of top story.

2. Claude Offenbacher reports on Governor Kulongoski saying Oregon must tighten rules on drivers licenses.

3. Oregon officials say the state should say no to a Southern Oregon man who wants a gravel company to exavate 514,000 tons of rock from a 20-acre pit on his land.

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