October 22, 2025

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Oct. 21-22, 2025

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

This is KEPW Newsday Top Of The Week Edition for Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd of October, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • The Trump administration notifies states that SNAP benefits are not coming in November.
  • Also, early morning shots fired call results in two people being arrested.
  • There was a natural gas leak on Pine Street in Roseburg.
  • The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland.
  • Thousands marched in the No Kings rally here in Eugene and across Oregon as well as across the country, seven million people in total.
  • After the No Kings March, protesters are tear-gassed at a Portland ICE facility.
  • The state says Trillium will take over Pacific Source Medicaid enrollees in Lane County.

In national news:

  • We have a man arrested outside the Atlanta airport after making threats to shoot it up, and he brought an AR-15 with him as well as ammunition.
  • A school staff member dies after being kicked by a 14-year-old student.
  • Federal authorities announced charges related to alleged misuse of California homeless funds.
  • A listeria recall of food included in federal school breakfast and lunch programs.
  • And Charmin announces a new toilet paper roll designed to last up to a month.

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

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