Teresa Mueller: Many different towns and cities around the country have found ways to discourage and ultimately block Amazon's overtures. I ask you as our policy shapers to follow that lead.

Nathan Robinson: Since we were founded in 2015, Current Affairs has been relentlessly making the argument that democratic socialist politics can win and that they need to be given a chance. Well, now we have that chance. It's probably the most exciting moment in the history of the U.S. Left, but that means that the pressure is on and the fight is just beginning.

This is KEPW-LP 97.3 FM, broadcasting locally here in Eugene, Oregon, and simulcast online at KEPW.org. And now: the news. On this special edition of KEPW Newsday: Sam Broadway reports from a Human Rights Commission work group. Lane County Commissioner David Loveall shares a Veterans Day message. Veterans from American Legion Post 83 share the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

Fire Chief Mike Caven: We made the recommendations to expand a peer navigator-type social service response program, and stepping back into that space in the core areas where there's high-volume utilization. That's 6th, 7th Street downtown, and then out Highway 99.

Brittany Quick-Warner:  As a lifelong Democrat, I'm just  disappointed to see our own party considering resolutions that politicize the governance of our community college.

Jawaharlal Nehru (Aug. 15, 1947): A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

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 sixth and Friday the seventh of November, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday: A Washington state man pleads guilty to damaging an energy facility. A Salem man is sentenced for attempted murder.

Presenter: A protester with a bullhorn pleaded with federal employees: Do not obey in advance. Alternating commentary with readings from the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, here's Faith: Faith (protesting at the Eugene federal building, 6th & High): ‘Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy. Perhaps rulers did not initially know that citizens were willing to compromise this value or that principle.

Dakota Harris: When I step on stage, I get that guitar and I start playing, it's like my brain is just a single thought. And it's like the best thing in the world, you know. The stage is my happy place.

Pelroy, a Lane County native, joined the U.S. Marines in 2005, serving three combat tours in Iraq. After leaving the military, he dedicated himself to serving his community through public policy.

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 fourth and Wednesday the fifth of November, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday: A Newport man is sentenced to prison for callously killing his neighbor's dog.

Stephen Adams: If we're not able to secure those funds, then we are going to go into cold nights without sufficient beds. And if we have a prolonged ice event, as we did two winters ago, that could be very challenging for us.

In a statement, Willamette Valley Crisis Care thanked the community for efforts to bring "this essential service back to Eugene...We look forward to getting back out there in the vans supporting our community."

Sarah Medary: Imagine running a merged business where you still had two boards of directors, two CEOs, two CFOs, and on and on and on. This has been happening for over a decade.

Nathan Robinson said he wanted to do something that Chomsky doesn't often do in his work, to ask: 'What are some of the key points that recur across these case studies? And what's the takeaway as a whole?’

Eric McArthur: The legal question is whether Section 12406 colorably authorizes the president to call up the National Guard when violence and threats of violence directed at federal officials and facilities has significantly impeded federal law enforcement and required an unsustainable diversion of the regular forces in order to contain it.

Allies can help by watching for anything unusual happening in the neighborhood, by pushing back against stereotypes of Asians as wealthy people, and by pushing back against both denial and shame.

Dracula awaits: Step into the story, the beauty, and the magic at the Hult Center Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 2 at 2 p.m.

Oregon has “the highest levels of violence against people who were unhoused we have ever documented,” according to the National Coalition for the Homeless 2024 Hate Crimes Report.

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 October, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday: The governor of Oregon has declared a food emergency. A police response interrupts a crime in progress in Salem.

Celine Swenson Harris: "It doesn't call on you to invest additional dollars. It provides people with an opportunity to own their home. It's also a proven solution for other housing types here in Oregon and for these housing types in other states." 

Jacob Trewe: The Budget Committee passed a measure that by the end of October, we'd have a presentation from the city manager about how we'd fund $2.5 million worth of alternative response funding such as CAHOOTS, including from the community safety payroll tax.

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 October, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday: We have deputies and a K-9 in Blachly arresting a man after an assault and a house fire.

Kaarin Knudson: The mayor will cast the deciding vote to move this forward to public hearing, and the motion passes with a vote of 5-4.

Community rights groups will host former Rep. Marty Wilde, who will suggest three ways our elected representatives might better reflect the people's interests.