Monday, Oct 15, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Microsoft and Best Buy.

2. Danaher Corporation is purchasing Beaverton-based Tektronix for nearly 2.9 billion dollars.

3. City leaders convened today in a closed-door meeting to hash out the future of baseball in Eugene.

4. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has announced the reopening of recreationand commercial harvesting of all shellfish, except for mussels.

Center:

1. Interview with Carmen Urbina and Doris Towery about the Western Oregon Women's Conference.

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson on pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns.

Second Newscast:

1. The state has proposed more than $28,000 in fines against the Del Monte Fresh Produce Plant and its worker contract agency, American Staffing Resources.

2. Campaigns are heating up for several Washington ballot issues.

3. Brandon Smith reports on Greenhill Humane Society's new Executive Director.

4. Brandi and David Brown of Bend were married at a local bookstore.

First Newscast:

1. A new study gives Oregon a grade of "D" for overall child well-being.

2. In further fallout after the failed recall election in Dunes City, City Recorder Joanne Hickey has quit.

3. The Medford Mail Tribune has sued the sheriff for a list of concealed handgun licenses in Jackson County.

4. A member of a University of Oregon fraternity is recovering after being stabbed early Sunday morning.

5. The Portland region is facing its largest housing inventory in three years.

6. AAA-Oregon spokesman Elliott Eki says gas prices moved up three cents to $2.90/gallon.

7. The National Weather Service is issuing a high wind watch for the coast for late tomorrow.

Center:

1. Interview with Dr. Kenneth Edelin, author of "Broken Justice - A True Story of Race, Sex and Revenge in a Boston Courtroom."

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on vigils planned to pressure Northwest lawmakers to change their votes to override President Bush's veto of the children's health insurance program.

First Newscast:

1. The parents of a Latino boy who does not speak Spanish filed a $700,000 lawsuit against the Hillsboro School District because they say the school placed the boy into an English as a second language program based solely on his ethnicity.

2. Three Fort Lewis medical units with a total of about 150 soldiers will hold a deployment ceremony Friday as they head to Iraq.

3. Jes Burns reports on the public meeting about what rail road crossing changes would make the most sense for Eugene neighborhoods.

4. The Oregon Department of Revenue says it does not offer direct deposit as an option for the upcoming refund checks known as kickers.

5. Mark Immel reports on the recall effort for Florence Mayor Phil Brubaker.

6. Kady Sneddon will be the new Executive Director for the Florence Chamber of Commerce.

Center:

1. Angela Kellner speaks with Oregon Bach Festival Executive Director John Evans about changes in the upcoming season.

2. Lotte and Terry review "Mostly...Fully Clothed", a group exhibition at Opus Six.

Second Newscast:

1. Oregon received an unsatisfactory grade in a recent national study of women's health care.

2. According to a new report, Oregon ranks third in the county in the transparency of campaign finance reporting.

3. Illinois Senator Barack Obama has raised far more money in Washington state than any other presidential candidate.

First Newscast:

1. High winds and rain hit Oregon.

2. Highway 229 is closed due to a downed power pole and live wires across the road.

3. President Bush and other Republicans, including Oregon's Greg Walden, say the bill to expand health insurance for children costs too much.

4. Claude Offenbacher reports on an OHSU study that finds random drug and alcohol testing does not reliably keep student-athletes from using drugs.

5. Railroad crews are removing 13 cars of a train that derailed in Steilacoom.

Center:

1.  Interview with Adam Bernstein and Lyn Fessnden about a benefit dinner for the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Deschutes Plateau.

Second Newscast:

1. Eugene-based mentoring program, Committed Partners for Youth, recently received a large grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

2. Cathy Duchamp reports on a drink tax in Sandpoint, Idaho.

3. Tacoma firefighters have rescued a worker who suffered a leg injury in a tower on the new Tacoma narrows bridge.

First Newscast:

1. A federal judge in Tacoma is taking more time to decide whether Army Lt. Ehren Watada may be court martialed for refusing to fight in Iraq.

2. A tax overview released by Lane County Thursday reveals a resident with a median-valued Eugene home will pay 2.7 percent less this year. 

3. Seventy members of the LGBT community and their supporters gathered in Eugene last night, to celebrate the failure of conservative groups to put two new gay rights laws on the Oregon ballot.

4.  State Rep. Susan Morgan has announced that she will run for Douglas County Commissioner.

5.  A high school teacher from Klamath Falls has been arrested and accused of distributing controlled substances to at least three students.

6. Rail service should be back to normal tomorrow between Seattle and Portland.

7. Washington and Oregon plan to join California in a lawsuit against the Bush administration.

8. Stormy fall weather has delayed part of the testing OSU scientists had scheduled for an electricity-generating wave buoy.

Features:

1. If you happen to be near the Columbia river this weekend, you might get a glimpse of a giant ten-story fish slide making its way up-river. 

2. Every year, tug boats push millions of tons of products like wheat, barley, potatoes and sawdust up and down the Columbia and Snake rivers.

3. Commentary on song "Norwegian Wood."

Second Newscast:

1. Bethel School District's Classified Employees have reached a tentative agreement on a new three year contract with the district.

2. The driver of a dark-colored pick-up truck struck two women pedestrians last night when they were walking in Eugene.

3. A fire in a tank at the Shell Puget Sound refinery at Anacortes, Washington has been extinguished. 

4. Jes Burns reports the city of Eugene held a forum yesterday to get the public's input on possible city hall architectural designs.

5. A couple in a rural area east of Albany claim they saw what appeared to by UFOs.

6. The Mythbusters TV show is testing whether roaches could survive a nuclear blast by exposing them to radiation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

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