May 13, 2026

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for May 29-30, 2025

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

This is KEPW Newsday End Of Week Edition for Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th of May, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • An Estacada man faces federal charges for trafficking 270 pounds of methamphetamine.
  • The Lane County Sheriff’s canine search leads to drugs and a stolen gun.
  • Firefighters respond to a fully involved home in Springfield.
  • An arrest is made in a sexual assault incident in Medford.
  • Former CAHOOTS workers look to establish CAHOOTS 2.0.
  • An underwater volcano off the Oregon coast may be about to erupt.

In national news:

  • A girl, four, receiving treatment in Los Angeles, faces life-threatening risk of deportation to Mexico.
  • A former police chief, found guilty of rape and murder, uses a fake guard outfit in a prison escape.
  • Wendy’s is selling junior bacon cheeseburgers for one cent for five days.
  • A bear crashes through the ceiling of a home.
  • Dodgers star Freddie Freeman donates $1 million to a children’s hospital where his son was treated.

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

Featured musician: Ozzy Ozbourne, Revelation Mother Earth

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