Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for March 19-20, 2026

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 19th and Friday the 20th of March, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• The Corvallis Police arrests a suspect in an assault at Pioneer Park.
• The Oregon State Police are investigating use of deadly force in Marion County.
• A Portland man is indicted for posting violent threats online.
• A Eugene truck theft at knifepoint ends with a suspect in custody.
• Grants Pass approves an emergency shelter project called Parker’s Place Village.

In national news:

• An investigation is underway after a body is found on a recycling conveyor belt in Fontana, California.
• A video captures chaos during a shooting following a fight at the Santa Monica Pier.
• NASA confirms a boom in Ohio was a 17,000 pound meteor.
• The Costco CEO gives an update on the future of $1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo.
• A bear wanders into a KTLA reporter’s live shot while covering a bear attack.

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