Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Jan. 29-30, 2026
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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. (Newsday theme)
This is KEPW Newsday End-Of-Week Edition for Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th of January, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:
- We have a traffic crash with a fatality to tell you about that is of concern for the morning commute and afternoon as well. So we’ll tell you about that in just a minute.
- Multiple people are detained and injured during an anti-ICE protest in Eugene.
- A police pursuit leads to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect and a gun seizure.
- The OSP (Oregon State Police) K-9 team seizes meth and cocaine from an I-5 traffic stop in Marion County.
- A North Bend man is arrested after an assault and a grenade launcher and narcotics are found in a search of his home.
Now, in national news:
- An individual is in critical condition after an Arizona shooting allegedly involving the Border Patrol.
- Rep. Ilyan Omar is rushed by a man on stage and sprayed with a liquid at a town hall event.
- Ecuador says an ICE agent was blocked from entering its Minneapolis consulate.
- Video shows a Waymo vehicle slam into parked cars in Echo Park.
- A snowplow driver helps transport a sick baby to a hospital during the storm.
We’ll have all of that, plus our national roundup. Bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts…right now!