Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Jan. 27-28, 2026

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

This is KEPW Newsday Top Of The Week Edition, for Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th of January, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• There’s an arrest in a seizure of firearms and drugs in Salem.
• The Salem police respond to a train versus pedestrian incident.
• A domestic investigation leads to three arrests.
• Portland police arrest a man after a standoff along NE 82nd Avenue.
• A Glenwood machine shop worker dies after an industrial accident.

In national news:

• A man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under the agency’s custody in Texas.
• A Border Patrol agent fires shots in Compton, drawing a crowd of activists and residents.
• A 100-year-old home is saved from demolition and moved from Altadena for the Eaton Fire survivors.

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