July 3, 2026

KEPW – Whole Community News

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for July 2-3, 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 End-Of-Week Edition for Thursday the second and Friday the third of July, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • Salem police are investigating a fatal shooting incident.
  • A bat is confirmed positive for rabies in Benton County.
  • Deputies are investigating a disturbance and shots fired on Colonial Road in Deschutes County.
  • Authorities used a bait bike to arrest 34 people at multiple Portland-area locations.
  • Oregon’s minimum wage rises again this week. We’ll let you know all about that.
  • A Clackamas County man reports himself for shooting his wife and is charged with manslaughter.
  • The fence around the Federal Building in Lane County here in Eugene has been taken down.

In national news:

  • A 10-year-old stabs a Dollar Tree employee multiple times during an attempted robbery.
  • A manhunt is underway after a two-year-old and two women are killed in a horrifying Mississippi shooting.
  • A dead baby is found in a portable toilet at a Michigan music festival.
  • Two are arrested after climbing to the top of the Empire State Building and they got engaged.
  • A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off the Gulf of California.
  • One church faces pushback over a skit depicting a devil executed by a firing squad at a youth event.
  • And a teenage boy springs into action saving a Sherman Oaks home and neighbors from a fire.

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

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