Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for May 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 Top-Of-The-Week Edition for Tuesday the 19th and Wednesday the 20th of May, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• The Lane County Sheriff’s deputies arrest a man after a vehicle pursuit.
• SNAP interviews are going to be required for all households starting June 1.
• Activists demand Eugene police chief resign after an officer’s offensive bodycam video is released.
• There’s a Wood Village shooting investigation in Multnomah County.
• A teen is arrested for pointing a gun at a driver during a Gresham Road rage incident.
• A man is in custody after a police standoff at a Vancouver waterfront apartment.

In national news:

• We’ll have live updates regarding the San Diego mosque shooting where three victims were killed at an Islamic center. We’ll have this on the Public News Service from Pacifica.
• Also, fighter jet crews parachute safely after a collision at a U.S. air show.
• A woman is killed after crawling under a stopped metro bus in Santa Monica.
• A livestreamer known for posting racist content faces alleged attempted murder charge after a shooting outside a courthouse.
• Cars for Kids. The jingle is pulled from airwaves in California for false advertising.
• Twenty-one valedictorians are to graduate from one high school after receiving perfect GPAs.
• A man returns a fanny pack with more than $30,000 to its rightful owner after being found in a Wawa bathroom.

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