Monday, Oct 29, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. The FBI says the "waddling bandit" suspect is a well-known teacher at the Oregon Coast - Robert Christie.

2. Horizon Air is continuing to fly the Bombardier Q-400 Turboprop, although Sweden's SAS has gounded 27 of the planes after 3 landing gear problems in 7 weeks.

3. In Washington, the Okanogan and Wenatchee nationla forests approved a plan for roads, underground pipes and a water filtering system for the proposed Buckhorn Mountain gold mine.

4. Northwest blues musician Curtis Salgado is recovering from surgery in his latest battle with cancer.

5. Ashland made Jackson County history by opening its library branch on Sundays.

6. The Salem Police Department has some safety tips for parents and their children on Halloween.

7. Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy will be at Sweet Life Patisserie tomorrow from 5-6pm to meet with community members.

Center:

1. Bill McKibben radio piece on the time he went an entire winter eating only foods from the Lake Champlain Valley in Vermont.

2. Mixed Voices offer their own poems.

3. Master Gardener Renate Tilson on putting fallen leaves to use.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on the air pollution advisory issued for the entire Willamette Valley.

2. Dr. Franklin Ross of Ashland was sentenced to 10 months in jail for failing to file income taxes in 2003.

First Newscast:

1. Portland Timber Company Pope & Talbot has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada.

2. Two miles of levees were destroyed at Upper Klamath Lake in Southern Oregon to create wetland areas for endangered sucker fish.

3. Douglas County Sheriff Chris Brown is leaving to take a post with Oregon State Police.

4. Tom Potiowsky will return to his post as Oregon's Sate Economist next January first.

5. Brandon Smith reports on a new product created by two Oregon moms - Boogie Wipes.

Center:

1. Claude Offenbacher speaks with Peter Ueberroth, Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

2. Angela Kellner speaks with Annette Newingham with Lane County Elections about the upcoming election.

Second Newscast:

1. Brandon Smith reports on Florence Mayor Phil Brubaker fighting efforts to recall him.

2. Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed is forecasting a 51% turnout for the November general election.

3. More than 100 mayors will visit Seattle Thursday for a 2-day conference on how local leaders can curb global warming.

4. Eugene Police are urging motorists to drive with extra caution tomorrow night when kids take to the streets for Halloween.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon receives a grant for over one-million dollars to assist people with AIDS who have a co-occuring mental illness.

2. Tom Banse reports on the federal government's new plan to balance Columbia Basin dams and endangered salmon.

3. A Eugene high school chemistry teacher convicted of sexually abusing two students has been sentenced to two-years in prison.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on the resignation of a Washington State lawmaker embroiled in a gay sex scandal.

5. Weyerhauser CEO Steve Rogel remains optimistic even though 3rd quarter profits are down 55% due to the housing slump.

6. Brandon Smith reports on the beginning of the home wood heating season.

Center:

1. Viz City's Lotte and Terry review "Paintings of a Northwest Master" - the works of Carl Hall.

2. Interview with Eugene-based painter Jerry Ross.

Second Newscast:

1. 25 members of Congress today sent a letter to three House committee chairmen urging them to hold hearings on Iran.

2. Governor Kulongoski has repeatedly said he didn't know that former Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt abused a 14-year-old girl unitl it became public knowledge in 2004.

3. Anna King reports on a bill introduced today that would protect scientists ability to study ancient remains like Kennewick Man.

4. Dungeness Crab in the water near Astoria and Coos Bay already have enough meat in them to be harvested.

First Newscast:

1. Flags have been ordered flown at half-staff in honor of Army Sergeant Joshua Brennan of Ontario who was killed in Afghanistan.

2. Former President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Mayors Conference on Climate Change in Seattle.

3. The DEQ is holding a meeting tonight about the environmental contamination from Union Pacific's Eugene Railyard.

4. Eastern Oregon University plans to cut 35 faculty, staff and administrative positions as it struggles with falling enrollment.

5. Portland-based truck manufacturer Freightliner is moving 341 jobs to the Carolinas.

6. Chris Lehman reports on a mill in Southern Oregon that has begun taking smaller logs to stay in business.

7. Democratic Congresswoman Darlene Hooley has announced more than 250-thousand dollars in federal funding to Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon for food programs.

Center:

1. Interview with violinist Joshua Bell.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Dorris Ranch in Springfield.

Second Newscast:

1. Claude Offenbacher reports on AFSCME Council 75 seeking to force Governor Kulongoski to renegotiate its labor contract.

2. Anna King reports on the death of Washoe, a chimp that learned sign language at Central Washington University.

3. The Springfield Police Department is now in possesion of 75 lawn ornaments that someone stole from yards then placed in front of one person's home.

First Newscast:

1. Andrew Bartholomew reports on a reward being offered for information leading to the arrests of those responsible for damage at a BPA substation in Eugene.

2. Anna King reports on the spread of antibiotic-resistant staph infection known as MRSA spreading in Northwest schools.

3. Angela Kellner reports on a new computer system being used by the Social Security Administration to speed up disability claims.

4. Corvallis Police Officer David Cox has been suspended for allegedly arresting someone who tested negative for drugs and alcohol.

5. John David Booty will start as quarterback in Saturday's game when USC faces Oregon State.

6. Tickets to Saturday's game between the Oregon Ducks and Arizona State are going for $200.

Center:

1. Interview with Rogene Manas about the benefit for artist & instructer Carol Westlake.

2. Angela Kellner speaks with Scott Chavkin about what is now believed to be the largest organic cattle ranch in the U.S. located in Eastern Oregon.

3. Rachael McDonald reports on a new state of the art scoreboard that will be in place in time for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials.

Second Newscast:

1. The City Club of Eugene today heard about plans for the upcoming Olympic Track and Field Trials.

2. Police have arrested Lyndal Ritterbush in Salem who had escaped from a Utah prison in 1985.

3. A 2-year-old Oregon boy will be sent to live with his grandmother in Mexico, despite a challenge by his foster parents.

4. The Spokane Spokesman-Review Newspaper is laying off 14 newsroom employees.

5. Ruth Anderson's urn washed ashore a year after being placed on the Oregon Coast.

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