Monday, Oct 22, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Robert Berryhill, the suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a Eugene woman last Thursday, was arraigned today.

2. The motorcycle rider fatality rate in Oregon is climbing - along with the age of riders.

3. Brandon Smith reports on a Coburg-based company received an excellence award today from the EPA.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on the resumption of construction on key parts of a Hanford waste treatment plant.

5. Claude Offenbacher reports on the use and abuse of medical marijuana in Oregon going well beyond what was originally anticipated.

6. River levels are tracked to determine when the boarding floats at Wallace Marine park in Salem must be removed for the fall and winter seasons.

Center:

1. Chris Lehman has an overview of ballot measure 50.

2. Payton composes an audio diary while her mom is in prison and Payton lives with her great-grandmother in Seattle.

Second Newscast:

1. Karen Monem was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Eugene today on charges of bribery and money laundering in the prison food scandal.

2. Democratic State Representative Jean Cowan of Newport will host an open house today to announce her candidacy for a second term in the Oregon House.

3. Oregon company Premierwest Bancorp has signed an agreement to purchase Stockmans Financial Group and its subsidiaries in a stock and cash deal valued at approximately 91-million dollars.

4. Legal disputes over timber sales on national forests in Southern Oregon nearly disappeared in fiscal 2007.

First Newscast:

1. Red Cross volunteers from Oregon head to California to aid wildfire victims.

2. A northbound Central Oregon and Pacific train struck and killed a man this morning as he was apparently sitting on the tracks in the fog.

3. The Bethel School District may become the first in Lane County to start collecting taxes on new construction.

4. Brandon Smith reports on a Eugene man's van that was stolen.

5. A Sheridan teenager has been charged with killing a bald eagle along the Willamette River.

Center:

1. Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is calling on the Surface Transportation Board to pressure Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad to repair the closed line between Coquille and Eugene.

2. Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on Measure 50 ads.

3. Glenn Mosley reports the dangers of teenage suicide.

Second Newscast:

1. Eugene fire crews responded last night to a fire at the U-Haul business on West 7th Ave.

2. Attorneys for the co-founder of an Islamic charity in Ashland have asked a federal judge in Eugene for more time to file motions in his tax fraud and conspiracy case.

3. An 18-year-old Klamath Falls man has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for robbing an elderly couple in their home.

First Newscast:

1. Tom Banse reports on Northwest Red Cross volunteers heading to help California wildfire victims.

2. The head of the U.S. Forest Service told an audience in Portland that global climate change is making forest fires bigger and more frequent.

3. One lane has been opened on Oregon 22, near Detroit, after and overturned semi-truck closed the highway.

4. Oregon officials expect to award a contract tomorrow to replace the century-old state hospital.

5. Maintenance crews in Portland discovered sewage flowing from an outfall pipe to the Willamette River.

6. Oakland Mayor and former California congressman, Ronald Dellums, has been chosen to receive the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics award.

Center:

1. Interview with Dr. Catherine Thomasson, recently returned from a peace mission to Iran.

Second Newscast:

1. Opponents of Oregon's new domestic partnership law have asked a county clerk to change her decision about referendum signatures so the law can go to a statewide vote next year.

2. Lane Transit District recorded more than 10 million passenger boardings since last October, a record for a one year period.

3. Angela Kellner reports on the Oregon National Guard preparing to send helicopters to help with California's wildfires.

4. The irrigation season is over but the North Side Canal Company is still running water through its canal system in the Magic Valley of Idaho.

First Newscast:

1. State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

2. Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says the remains discovered in a remote area have been identified.

3. Republican Dino Rossi says he's running for Washington governor again.

4. Voters in the Lake County town of Paisley have recalled three city council members.

5. Angela Kellner reports on the Eugene Airport offering live music in the terminal.

6. The Siuslaw Middle School braves will rename their mascot.

Center:

1. Interview with Country Joe McDonald.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney sends a dispatch from the coast - in a windstorm.

Second Newscast:

1. The Bethel Association of Classified Employees yesterday rejected a tentative agreement reached between union representatives and the school district.

2. Claude Offenbacher reports on a co-sleeping expert visiting Lane County.

First Newscast:

1. The Republican leader in the Oregon House will pay a $200 civil penalty for failing to report two trips that lobbying groups provided him.

2. Strong east winds have blown a number of trees down on Highway 58, 20, 22 and 126.

3. EWEB says hundreds of customers are without power.

4. The Director of Bring Recycling told the City Club of Eugene that if we are to truly address global warming, wasteful consumption must be curbed.

5. Mark Immel reports on this weekend's Heceta Head Coastal Conference.

6. A Sutherlin hunter has been treated for a gunshot wound to his arm in a bizarre accidental shooting incident.

7. A memorial service for nine skydivers and the pilot killed in a plane crash in Washington is scheduled for tomorrwo.

8. Angela Kellner reports on the Chairman of the United States Olympic Committee, Peter Ueberroth, speaking at the Univeristy of Oregon.

Center:

1. Colin Fogarty reports on the tenth anniversary of the Death With Dignity Act.

2. Jes Burns hits the track with the Emerald City Roller Girls.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on opponents of a pair of gay rights bills who say they'll file a lawsuit to repeal the measure by a public vote.

2. A total of 66 Red Cross volunteers and four emergency response vehicles from Oregon are stationed in Southern California to aid in the wildfire recovery efforts.

3. The "nerd auction" is tonight at WSU.

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