Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Aug. 6-7, 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 sixth and Friday the seventh of August, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• An officer-involved shooting has happened near a campground under investigation also in Linn County.
• A Umatilla man is sentenced in an armed casino robbery.
• The Lebanon Fire District responds to multiple calls, including a water assist and temporarily depleting all resources.
• A Roseburg man drowns in the North Umpqua River.
• A Eugene officer named in an excessive force lawsuit resigns in lieu of termination.
• Shots are fired inside the Cinemark Theater at the Clackamas Town Center, which launches an investigation.

In national news:

• One is dead and four are wounded in a Yonkers shooting and a 15-year-old is in custody.
• A woman is arrested after trafficking underage girls after detectives find children in a hotel room.
• An HVAC repairman is killed on the job and the co-worker is charged in his death.
• An officer is found guilty after encouraging a family to whip a handcuffed 15-year-old with a belt.
• Chipotle has found that jalapenos they have are a source of salmonella in an outbreak.
• The Zac Brown Band celebrates a sellout crowd by surprising the entire audience with a free cruise.
• And stolen Civil War-era cannonballs are found in a suitcase at an Alabama airport.

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