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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Dec. 18-19, 2025

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 18th and Friday the 19th of December, 2025.

On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • We have a update on the landslide that happened on Highway 229.
  • An arson suspect is arrested following an investigation into an October apartment fire.
  • An Oregon woman is sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud and tax evasion.
  • Pacific Power crews are responding to outages already related to an overnight storm that happened on Tuesday.
  • Corvallis residents evacuate as SWAT investigates a suspect in a barricaded home.
  • Transit police, Portland police, arrest an 18-year-old man accused of threatening a bus passenger with a firearm.

In national news:

  • A terror plot involving a series of bombings across southern California has been foiled.
  • The Department of Homeland Security and Rialto police clarified details surrounding a collision between a man and a Border Patrol truck.
  • Millions of Hyundai and Kia owners can get free repairs from a settlement over anti-theft technology.
  • A thirsty kitten floods the Cat Cafe, forcing a temporary closure.

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

And welcome to this soggy edition of KEPW Newsday…

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