Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for April 7-8, 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 Top-Of-The-Week Edition for Tuesday the seventh and Wednesday the eighth of April, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• Eugene Springfield Fire responds to a two-alarm apartment fire.
• A Portland man is sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
• An arrest is made after a laser pointer is directed at an officer.
• A Eugene house fire sends two to the hospital.
• Tigard police investigate an armed robbery at Washington Square Mall’s Kay Jewelers.
• A woman is arrested with meth and five guns as well as a grenade in Reedsport.

In national news:

• Three people are shot near Pocatello, Idaho and a suspect is dead.
• At least 13 people injured at a Louisiana Lao New Year festival after a vehicle crashes into a crowd.
• A man is crushed by a tractor and is fighting for his life just three weeks after his wedding.
• A father drowns rescuing children from rip currents during his family vacation.
• An Orange County coffee shop hires workers with disabilities.

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