Monday, Dec 17, 2007
Hosted by: Andrew Bartholomew & Brandon Smith

First Newscast:

1. Oregon's seasonally adjusted employment grew in October and November.

2. An Oregon State Police Trooper and Baker County Sheriff's Deputy will be honored today for their work.

3. Researchers at OHSU are looking at one of the body's basic defense against the cold - shivering.

4. EWEB is offering gift certificates this season.

5. AAA estimates about 65-million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the holiday period.

6. Lane County has drafted a Use of Deadly Force Plan.

Center:

1. Revisiting the Sunday at Noon interview with Oregon Senator Ron Wyden.

2. Anna King reports on the significance of sagebrush in Northwest.

Second Newscast:

1. Amanda Loder reports on Washington Governor Chris Gregoire's healthcare initiatives she'll be asking the legislature to fund next session.

2. Rachael McDonald reports on the Central Oregon snow storm.

3. Vernonia's Mayor, city councilors and citizens joined to recognize teh work of the Department of Corrections' staff supervisors and 160 minimum security inmates who helped with flood cleanup.

4. The U of O basketball team managed to remain in the AP Top 25 Basketball Poll despite an overtime loss to Nebraska over the weekend.

First Newscast:

1. The Oregon Department of Revenue is investigating reports on unintentional kicker donations to the state school fund.

2. Police say Ryan Osbrink was getting ready for a job at the sheriff's department and practicing his draw when his .45-caliber pistol discharged, killing his wife.

3. The U of O Athletic Department should generate enough revenue to pay the estimated $11-million dollar annual debt for the bonds the school will use to finance the construction of a new basketball arena.

4. About one in four Oregonians are in families that will spend more than 10% of their income on health care costs next year.

5. The U.S. Department of Energy will reduce by $1-million its payment to a contractor hired to clean up parts of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Center:

1. Interview with Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad about the county's new deadly force plan.

2. Guy Hand reports that brewers are concerned about the future of expensive Northwest holiday ales.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on investigations into whether clear-cut logging was a factor in two massive mudslides this month in Oregon and Washington.

2. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski is expressing concern over the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal near Astoria.

First Newscast:

1. The December storms have produced an estimated 165-million dollars in insurance claims for damages in Oregon and Washington.

2. Farmers in Oregon can get federal loan assistance for storm damage.

3. An unidentified driver was killed this afternoon when his vehicle crashed into a traffic signal post on 30th Avenue, in front of Lane Community College.

4. The town of Glenwood will not get a makeover soon, after a Portland development firm pulled out.

5. A woman suspected of stealing a pickup truck and running down a milton-freewater police officer has been captured.

6. Federal prosecutors have dropped the case against the suspected "waddling bandit."

7. The Medford Police Department and the man known as saxaphone santa have come to an agreement.

Center:

1. Interview with musician Brian Cutean.

Second Newscast:

1. A new trial is in the works for Jordan Merrell, convicted of the murder ten years ago of Edward Bonci in Eugene.

2. A lack of diversity is a big issue for 4-J schools in Eugene.

3. Cathy Duchamp reports on investor representing Warren Buffett briefing local residents in Peyette, Idaho about a proposed nuclear power plant near the Idaho-Oregon border.

First Newscast:

1. OSU says a recent landslide was not the result of clearcuts on their land.

2. A BLM convoy is in Tillamook County to help with repairing roads after the December storm.

3. A judge has upheld strict limits on lobbyist gifts in Oregon's new government ethics law.

4. A district attorney has given up prosecuting about 100 cases because they relied on the testimony of a Corvallis police officer who was overzealous in pursuing drunken drivers.

5. Chris Lehman reports on the fire safe cigarettes law that takes effect January 1, 2008.

6. Medford Police say someone risked life and limb to steal metal.

Center:

1. Interview with Al Lepage for a preview of A Christmas Carol Solo.

2. Natural World Correspondent John Cooney.

Second Newscast:

1. Vancouver, BC-based Finavera Renewables today got a federal permit to build the nation's first experimental wave energy plant.

2. The Oregon Zoo is raising money to bring back the lion exhibit.

First Newscast:

1. Congressman-elect Kurt Shrader has officially resigned his seat in the Oregon legislature.

2. Some parents who invested in a state-run college savings plan in Oregon are unhappy about losses they took when losses.

3. The Oregon School Employees Association says the Baker School District violated workers' rights when it threatened and disciplined employees without notifying the union.

4. The City of Eugene has reinstated its Emergency Parking Ban.

5. Closures in our area.

6. Tom Banse reports on the below average snowpack in the Northwest.

7. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says he opposes a U.S. Forest Service decision to allow a natural gas pipeline to run through Mt. Hood National Forest.

8. Governor Ted Kulongoski has appointed 11 members to a newly formed Oregon Energy Planning Council.

9. Claude Offenbacher reports on the investigation into the Pine Ridge wildfire.

Center:

1. Interview with Tove Gilbert-Morgan, LCC health instructor about women's heart attack risks.

2. Commentator John Frohnmayer shares his thoughts on religion in government.

Second Newscast:

1. Chris Lehman reports on the funeral for Woodburn Police Captain Tom Tennant who was killed in last week's bank bombing.

2. New geologic maps have Cannon Beach officials thinking about putting their new city hall on higher ground and finding safer locations for schools.

3. Doug Nadvornick reports on the snow in Spokane.

4. Austin Jenkins reports on a list of state parks slated for closure under the Governor's proposed budget.

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