December 17, 2024

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Dec. 12-13, 2024

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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 12th and Friday, the 13th of December, 2024. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • One person is hospitalized after a shooting at a Gresham apartment complex.
  • Officers apprehend a barricaded suspect after a reckless driving incident.
  • An Oregon federal judge has temporarily blocked a Kroger-Albertson’s merger.
  • A Portland dispensary is  robbed at gunpoint, an employee is assaulted.
  • A Springfield man is sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing and manufacturing semi-automatic rifles and silencers.

In national news:

  • Thousands are warned to evacuate in Southern California as wildfires threaten Malibu.
  • Firefighters rescue Santa Claus after he got stuck rappelling down a building at a holiday event, and
  • A phone company has developed an AI Granny to beat scammers at their own game.

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

Featured music: Live version of Christmas Eve Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

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