Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Aug. 18-19, 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 18th and Wednesday the 19th of August, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• A grass fire at Skinner Butte grows to two acres before crews stop it.
• A house fire damages a vacant home in Eugene.
• Firefighters contain a fire in North Springfield as well as one in North Eugene.
• A fire near Southeast Springfield causes limited evacuations.
• Eugene police respond to a shooting at a Motel 6 in Glenwood, and the suspect is still at large.
• A Eugene man is jailed after an alleged assault at a downtown apartment complex in Eugene.

In national news:

• Five people are shot outside a Virginia State University dorm.
• Six are dead, including a suspect in a series of killings in Michigan.
• Two planes with the same flight number avoid possible disaster thanks to a flight controller.
• A woman is charged after a six-year-old jumps out of an apartment window and tests positive for cocaine.
• A stray cat survives an 800-mile ride under the car from New Jersey to Georgia.

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