June 23, 2026

KEPW – Whole Community News

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for June 23-24, 2026

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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 23rd and Wednesday the 24th of June, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • Salem Police locate and recover property in a burglary and theft investigation.
  • An early-morning fire damages a Eugene business.
  • Also, firefighters faced challenging conditions at a Springfield fire.
  • A North Albany man whose kidnapping of his brother led to the brother being shot by police is sentenced to prison.
  • Senior members of the Hoover Gang are sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing firearms.
  • Two are wounded in a shooting near Cheshire and Skinner Butte Loop.

In national news:

  • 13 are injured in a mass drive-by shooting in Chicago’s Princeton Park neighborhood, and there were more shootings to tell you about.
  • Victims are sought after a man allegedly points guns at passing cars in Santa Clarita.
  • Flare-ups at the Boyle Heights warehouse fire continue after a shelter-in-place order is lifted.
  • And a stray cat crashes a performance of Romeo and Juliet to play with the actor’s hair.

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

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