Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for June 11-12, 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 11th and Friday the 12th of June, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:
- A Lincoln City drug dealer is sentenced to prison for causing the overdose death of a 67-year-old woman.
- A Jacksonville man pleads guilty to federal fraud and tax crimes.
- Nye Beach has a health advisory issued on June 9.
- Portland’s progress against gun violence shows that we must stay the course.
- There’s a road construction happening on Lorane Highway.
- The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is providing an update on a Wood Village shooting where a suspect was arrested.
- An Oregon man is accused of starting a string of fires and charged with domestic terrorism.
- A bomb threat forces the evacuation of Hayward Field.
- Four Oregon hospitals are threatened with fines by the Trump administration. We’ll tell you all about that.
- Mayor Wilson of Portland is warning that their affordable housing system is on the verge of financial collapse.
In national news:
- (This just coming into KEPW newsroom this Thursday) Authorities are responding to a hazardous materials incident at the Pentagon.
- A Los Angeles high school was on lockdown, and that was lifted after police searched for armed juveniles.
- An Uber driver helped stop a woman from getting scammed.
- Someone called 911 on a lemonade stand. And instead of shutting it down, officers became one of its best customers.
- Plus, a five-year-old boy from Georgia saved seven of his family members and their dog during a house fire.
We’ll have all of that, plus our national roundup, bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts… right now!
Sam Broadway is the longtime voice of KEPW Newsday on KEPW 97.3 Eugene PeaceWorks Community Radio. New editions of KEPW Newsday air every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
