Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for June 16-17, 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 16th and Wednesday the 17th of June, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:
- Salem police arrest two men interfering with the Salem Pride event.
- A brush fire threatens businesses in Springfield.
- The Oregon State Police are investigating the use of deadly force in Marion County.
- A Portland man is sentenced to federal prison for aggravated assault.
- The Portland Street Rsponse brings new tools to help people during this high heat weekend.
- A suspect is arrested in connection with a North Portland murder.
- A worker is injured after falling into a hydro pulper pit at the Longview paper mill.
- A Portland food pantry loses free bottled water just before the heat wave.
- One is dead after a plane crash near the Hillsboro airport.
- A Roseburg motel faces a forced closure.
In national news:
- At least one is killed and 10 are injured in a shooting in Midland, Texas. The suspect is dead.
- Eleven skydivers and a pilot are killed after a plane crashes south of Kansas City.
- The FBI disrupts a planned attack targeting the White House during the UFC show.
- Fire breaks out under a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
- Four are rescued after the ride stalls 120 feet in the air at Six Flags in St. Louis.
- A heroic boy, eight years old, helps save their grandfather after their kayak capsizes and drifts miles offshore.
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.
