Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Oct. 22-23, 2026

This is KEPW-LP 97.3 FM broadcasting locally here in Eugene, Oregon, and simulcast online at kepw.org. And now the news.

This is KEPW Newsday End-Of-Week Edition for Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd of October, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• The U.S. Attorney’s Office announces over $3 million in fraudulent SNAP benefits uncovered in an ongoing fraud crackdown.
• A triple homicide is under investigation in Happy Valley, and a suspect’s whereabouts are unknown.
• A South Eugene home is destroyed in an early-morning fire.
• A machete-wielding suspect is arrested after a Northeast Portland TriMet incident.
• A drive-by shooting at Roseburg Bi-mart leads to three arrests.
• A man is arrested on a kidnapping warrant after eluding police.
• Portland police seek witnesses in a deadly downtown box cutter attack.
• Oregon leads the nation on a path towards universal health care.

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