Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for July 30-31, 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 End-Of-Week Edition for Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st of July, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy is placed on unpaid administrative leave pending an investigation.
• Salem police seized drugs and arrest two following a traffic stop.
• We’ll have an update on the fires that are in the area from the Oregon Department of Forestry in just a moment.
• A man is arrested after a scary road rage incident in Beaverton.
• A Clackamas County sergeant loses his police certification after an ex accuses him of strangling her.
• A Coos Bay man fights arrest and faces assault charges on an officer.
• And Nevada and Oregon sawmills get $80 million to expand and fight wildfires.

In national news:

• One is dead and two dozen are hurt after a Queens fire spreads to three buildings.
• Eleven are arrested after Inland Empire partygoers attack police officers.
• A man attacks three women with knives in Paris before being stopped by a bystander.
• Trump policy clears the way for civil commitment of homeless in some states.
• A man is arrested for making moonshine.

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