Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Sept. 19-20, 2024

Sam Broadway: This is KEPW 97.3 FM LP broadcasting locally here in Eugene, Oregon and simulcast online at KEPW.org. And now the news.

This is KEPW Newsday, end-of-week edition, for Thursday the 19th and Friday the 20th of September 2024. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• A local investigation led to the seizure of 1.5 pounds of fentanyl and $15,000 in cash. Also:
• A commercial fire happened in West Eugene.
• We have noncitizens added to the Lane County voter rolls due to DMV error and that was quickly removed.
• Firefighters respond to suspicious fire at a Wilco store.
• Portland Fire rescues a woman trapped in a basement during the house fire.
• We’ll have two (not one, but two) operational updates this morning again and these may be the end of them.
• The federal government is sending Oregon almost $43 million for roads damaged by the winter storms of last year (and here comes winter again), and
• Firefighters respond to a fire at Kelly Middle School.

In national news:

• Two Former New York Fire Department chiefs are arrested in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.
• Sean “Diddy” Combs is charged with sex trafficking in a sprawling indictment and held without bail.
• Disney trips meant for homeless students went to New York City employees’ kids, and
• A man uses his truck to stop a runaway car after a woman loses consciousness behind the wheel.

We will have all of this plus our national roundup. Bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts… right now!

Featured music: The Project 2025 Song – Full lyrics © 2024 by Jason Kravits