Monday, Nov 12, 2007
Hosted by: Tripp Sommer

First Newscast:

1. Tens of thousands of people are without power in the Pacific Northwest.

2. Heavy rain and strong winds battered the Oregon coast today.

3. Brandon Smith reports on the search for the missing University of Oregon professor being scaled back.

4. The Oregon Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision that said prosecuters do not need to prove that drug dealers knew they were within 1,000 feet of a school.

5. The state of Oregon has paid more than $300,000 to settle claims of five inmates who say they were denied adequate treatment for Hepatitis C.

6. J. Wesley Sullivan, a longtime Statesman Journal editor, has died at age 86.

7. A national report urges other states to follow Oregon's lead in allowing adopted adults the right to their birth certificate.

Center:

1. Special Issues Part One: Claude Offenbacher speaks with Greg Erwin, immediate past president of the Oregon Track Club and one of the co-chairs of "Eugene 08."

2. Master Gardener Renate Tilson says gardens should be calming, not a hassle.

Second Newscast:

1. Ten people tested by the Oregon Environmental Council showed evidence of toxic chemicals.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the "Save Madison Meadow" effort in South Eugene.

3. A church nearing its 100th anniversary in the Eastern Oregon town of Pilot Rock burned Sunday.

First Newscast:

1. Rachael McDonald reports on the decision to scale back the search for the missing University of Oregon professor, Daming Xu.

2. A group that advocates crackdowns on illegal immigration says it will begin collecting signatures soon to place an initiative on Oregon's November 2008 ballot.

3. Animal rights activists renewed their protest today over the treatment of monkeys at a national research lab in Oregon.

4. The Eugene Planning Commission is meeting tonight to discuss updates on the proposed Rasor Park Mixed Use Center.

5. The OLCC will consider next month whether to allow minors to enter live music clubs that sell alcohol.

6. Widmer Brewing company and Redhook Ale Brewery say they will merge.

Center:

1. Special Issues Part 2: Angela Kellner reports on how the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials are expected to impact and influence the community, public safety, tourism and the economy.

2. Interview with activist, author and media critic Norman Solomon.

Second Newscast:

1. The 8th Annual Southwestern Oregon Peacemakers Conference will be held at Lane Community College Wednesday.

First Newscast:

1. Springfield is considering a gas tax.

2. Angela Kellner reports on a groundbreaking for an addition to the Kids Center at the Deschutes Children's Foundation.

3. Two former adult foster home workers were sentenced to prison yesterday for defrauding an elderly patient of over $100,000.

4. A mixed-use center in the lower River Road area is a good idea, according to the Eugene Planning Committee.

5. Prosecutors are deciding whether to charge 43 anti-war protestors who were arrested overnight trying to block military equipment at the Port of Olympia.

6. Berkeley Lent, a former chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court has died.

7. Oregon State Police in Roseburg tracked down a van load of juvenile boys who had escaped from a drug treatment center in Medford.

Center:

1. Special Issues Part 3: Jes Burns reports on the "greening" of the 2008 Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene.

2. Viz City's Lotte & Terry review "Bloodlines - Painting and Work on Paper" by J.S. Bird.

Second Newscast:

1. A judge has ordered the state to keep a 2-year-old boy in Oregon with his foster parents pending an appeal of a ruling to send him to Mexico to live with his biological grandmother.

2. South Lane School District is the latest to consider implementing a tax on new construction within its borders to pay for school building repair and maintenance.

3. Brandon Smith reports on the Oregn Department of Environmental Quality issuing 175 penalties totaling over 2-million dollars so far this year.

4. Jes Burns reports on the open house for the City of Eugene's draft of the "Pedestrian and Bicycle Strategic Plan."

5. White supremacist Gabriel Laskey will receive no jail time for his involvement in a hate crime at a Eugene synagogue.

First Newscast:

1. Bomb threats were made at Creswell High School and Triangle Lake School today.

2. A British court ruled today that radical cleric Abu Hamza Al-Masri can be extradited to the U.S. to faces trial on charges of supporting terrorism.

3. A Fort Lewis, Washington soldier accused of firing a rifle from the balconey of his Lacey home and hitting a car says he can't remember what happened because of an Iraq war head wound.

4. Rachael McDonald reports on Governor Kulongoski speaking at Springfield High School about the expansion of Oregon's Shared Opportunity Grant program.

5. Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto told state investigators there is no credible evidence that he lied about his knowledge of former Governor Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a teenage girl.

6. Jes Burns reports on a town hall meeting about field burning and what can be done to litigate the matter.

7. Springfield leaders are considering making minor marijuana possesion a local offense so the city can recoup enforcement expenses through keeping the resulting fines.

8. The Oregon Transportation Commission has been meeting in Canyonville and Roseburg about the CORP railroad shutdown.

Center:

1. Special Issues Part 4: Andrew Bartholomew reports on steroid use in track and field and how coaches and athletes try to keep it out.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney reports from Fort Hoskins historical park in King's Valley.

Second Newscast:

1. Angela Kellner reports on a disparity study commissioned by ODOT that found firms owned by African American and Asian Americans have been under utilized.

2. Five anti-war protestors were arrested today after trying to block the movement of military equipment out of the Port of Olympia.

3. Springfield Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio voted in favor of a bill to end the Iraq war.

First Newscast:

1. Governor Kulongoski plans to make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to get Oregon driver's licenses.

2. Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports on lawmakers planning to add tolls to Washington roads and bridges.

3. Federal licensing authorities recommended today that Pacificorp's four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River be kept in place.

4. The fishermen who catch Dungeness Crab and the processors who sell it to supermarkets have agreed on an opening price.

5. Red Sox world champion Jacoby Ellsbury returns to Oregon tomorrow and his hometown of Madras has planned a welcome home parade and ceremony.

6. A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon-based Islamic charity claiming it was illegally wiretapped by federal investigators cannot go forward because the key piece of evidence is protected as a state secret.

Center:

1. Special Issues Part 5: Mike Van Meter reports on how biomechanical science is being used to boost the performance of runners.

2. Austin Jenkins reports on a once promising drug treatment program, which has come under scrutiny.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on immigrants' rights groups blasting Governor Kulongoski's move to restrict driver's license requirements.

2. Northwest senators were divided today as the senate blocked a 286-billion dollar farm bill.

3. An Oregon State Police trooper was not injured last night after his patrol car was struck by an intoxicated driver near Veneta.

4. Invited guests at a unique banquet tonight are not sure what they will get to eat as a way to show world hunger statistics.

5. EWEB will host an informational meeting next week regarding the new Roosevelt Operations Center.

6. The Eugene Fire and EMS Department will engage in a training burn.

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