Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for July 28-29, 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 28th and Wednesday the 29th of July, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• There was a shootout over the weekend at the Seattle Food Festival where it killed three people and four were injured. Police have arrested a 15-year-old suspect and are searching for another. We’ll have the latest in just a few moments.
• Also, the Oregon State Police are investigating a report of individuals impersonating law enforcement.
• The Lane County Sheriff’s Office and Fire respond to another fatality in the Willamette River.
• A float plane changed course to avoid a storm before crashing on an island in Washington, injuring 11.
• A former Oregon prison guard gets a life sentence for shooting and killing his brother in Polk County.
• A woman is arrested after flooding her apartment and breaking a window.
• A family is asking for help after a seven-year-old’s specialized wheelchair was stolen at Armitage Park.

In national news:

• A powerful earthquake in Southern Japan leaves people trapped in a damaged mall with reports of lots of deaths. We’ll have the latest on that in just a few moments.
• One is dead and 16 injured after a van drives into a crowd during a Berlin Pride Festival.
• Eight family members are found dead after a suspicious house fire in Grand Haven Township, Michigan.
• A fired 60 Minutes reporter said CBS bosses asked her to cover news that never happened.
• Over 1.5 million cartons of eggs are recalled at Kroger and other stores after a salmonella risk.
• And a man finds more than 200 Civil War era cannonballs on his property.

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