Monday, Nov 5, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Sergeant First Class Johnny Walls of Bremerton, Washington was killed in Afghanistan.

2. Austin Jenkins has a preview of Tuesday's election for Washington, Oregon & Idaho.

3. The Oregon Department of Corrections says a minimum-security prison is recovering from an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 1/3 of inmates.

4. Claude Offenbacher reports on a state board has ruled that Josephine County improperly laid off more than 100 county mental health workers and privatized the services they provided.

5. A lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle today seeks to force the federal government to restrict pesticides that affect salmon.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on Oregon's record blueberry production.

Center:

1. Tom Banse reports on a program in Washington that uses nature to heal the wounds of war.

2. Chris Lehman reports on an Oregon job fair connecting returning soldiers with employers.

3. Don Wimberly reports on four marijuana measures on the ballot in Hailey, Idaho.

Second Newscast:

1. Robert Christie of Tillamook has been accused of robbing banks as the "waddling bandit."

2. Authorities say one person died on a foggy stretch of Southern Oregon highway south of Klamath Falls today.

3. The Oregon Department of Human Services is spending 3.2-million to hire a consultant.

4. A 27-year-old Linn County man has been accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend to death.

First Newscast:

1. The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the former Food Services Administrator for the Oregon Deparment of Corrections, Fred Monem.

2. Federal court documents say agents have seized more than a dozen fossil specimens from the home of a Kelso, Washington man who was excavating illegally in Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

3. A search is on for a University of Oregon professor who went hiking alone.

4. An Oregon teen killed himself after his release from a downtown Portland jail, where he had been on suicide watch.

5. Angela Kellner reports on a grant received by the Lane County Department of Youth Services.

6. Rachael McDonald reports on the first statewide conference on sexual assault prevention.

7. Brandon Smith reports on the annual Trash Busters awards in Lane County.

8. Portland is hosting auditions to sing the national anthem at the Davis Cup.

Center:

1. Interview with Patrick Torelle and Joseph Gilg about the LCC and U-of-O collaboration of "Three Penny Opera."

Second Newscast:

1. An anti-war group says it will hold what it calls a family friendly march and rally at the Port of Olympia to protest a military shipment.

2. Dr. Daniel Cox of OSU will speak in Eugene Thursday about tsunamis.

3. The Eugene Human Rights Commission will hold a symposium Friday on how international human rights principles and laws can be applied locally.

4. State liquor agents give the Nooksack indian tribe 24 hours' notice before an undercover enforcement operation at the tribe's casino.

5. Austin Jenkins reports on trouble for Republican lawmaker Jim Dunn of Vancouver, Washington.

First Newscast:

1. Oregon voters trounced Measure 50 that would have increased the cigarette tax to help pay for children's health insurance.

2. Oregon voters approved Measure 49 which rolls back some of the development rights granted under Measure 37.

3. Eugene's downtown urban renewal district measure was defeated.

4. Benton County voters appear to have approved a new county levy to offset cuts in federal timber payments.

5. Grocery workers in the local area have authorized a strike.

6. Crater Lake officials say the annual closure of Rim Drive and the north entrance is expected by the end of the week.

Center:

1. Interview with Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman about the election results.

2. Anna King reports on the search for the elusive Giant Palouse Earthworm.

3. Austin Jenkins reports on a Canadian company trying to set up gold mining in Washington.

Second Newscast:

1. Recap of top story.

2. Two City of Eugene employees were arrested on drug charges in October.

3. The Lane County Board of Commissioners wants public input on the future of the fairgrounds.

4. Oregon Air National Guard has joined in the search for a missing University of Oregon math professor.

5. The methods and techniques used by emergency response officials in Lane County could help the nation of Thailand prepare for a tsunami disaster.

6. Residents of The Dalles are taking the radar guns into their own hands.

First Newscast:

1. Searchers are still looking for a missing U-of-O professor.

2. The "Blacks on Track Team" committee hopes to lessen racial intolerance during next summer's Olympic trials.

3. The Eugene School Board last night approved a new labor contract with its 1,000 non-teaching workers.

4. Western Oregon University reports a record enrollment for the 2007-2008 academic year.

5. Angela Kellner reports on researchers at OHSU saying Americans might be getting too many vaccinations.

6. Sheriff's authorities say an unidentified man and woman have been killed in a fiery crash on Lorane Highway near Eugene.

7. Rachael McDonald reports on a grant for the Lincoln County Historical Society to preserve its audio recordings.

8. The City of Portland may tarnish its green reputation with a carbon tax on new housing that merely meets the building code.

Center:

1. Austin Jenkins reports on a one-percent cap on property tax increases in Washington state being ruled unconstitutional.

2. Angela Kellner speaks with Tomas Endicott of SeQuential Biofuels about the burgening business of ethanol.

3. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports on salmon spawning in coast range rivers.

Second Newscast:

1. Volunteers are needed to help plant trees along Amazon Creek in Eugene this Saturday.

2. Chris Lehman reports on the legislature's upcoming February special session.

3. A federal judge in Seattle has suspended Washington's requirement that parmacists must sell "morning-after" birht control pills.

First Newscast:

1. The search continues for a missing University of Oregon professor.

2. A  Eugene judge says a former fugitive who returned to the U.S. in August to face federal tax fraud and conspiracy charges must name a custodian if he is to be freed while he awaits trial.

3. A national study says one in four homeless people are war vets.

4. The FCC is holding a meeting in Seattle about cross-ownership of the media.

5. A University of Washington student is in jail in Italy for a death investigation.

Center:

1. Interview with Bob Proctor about the "Olympic Dream For Darfur."

Second Newscast:

1. The King County, Washington prosecutor's office has declined to charge Ann Marie Gordon, the manager of the state toxicology lab who was accused of falsely certifying quality-assurance samples used in DUI breath samples.

2. The Navy says 220 cargo handlers will return Tuesday from deployment in the Middle East.

3. The birth of a baby orca in Puget Sound this week makes it the fourth calf born this year.

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