Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for July 7-8, 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 seventh and Wednesday the eighth of July, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• An illegal fireworks explosion causes significant injuries and property damage in Salem.
• The Douglas County interagency narcotics team concludes a monthslong methamphetamine distribution investigation and three arrested.
• A Portland man is charged with a firearm offense or more after firearms went missing at the Portland International Airport.
• A sunny and warm Fourth of July leads to a busy night of dynamic calls for the Eugene police.
• One is dead and four are hurt in a Fourth of July weekend boating crash on the Willamette River.
• A deadly shooting at a Gresham apartment ruled a homicide and a victim is identified.
• A suicide at the Lane County Jail spurs a wrongful death lawsuit.
• 80 cats are rescued in a suspected neglect case and those arrived at the Oregon Humane Society.

In national news:

• There is a Coney Island shooting that happened on the 4th of July, leaving five people injured, including one in critical condition.
• The Brooklyn Bridge catches fire amid a fireworks display.
• Three are shot and two are dead at a mall near Detroit, Michigan.
• Newport Beach, 4th of July havoc leads to 402 arrests.
• Violence erupts at two 4th of July celebrations in Compton. Three are dead and four are injured.
• An Orange County toddler is expected to survive a drowning after his sister rescues the two-year-old from a pool.
• A semi-truck spills nearly 40,000 pounds of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce.
• A rare copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is found by a volunteer in the London
  archives.

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