Evening News

Normal 0 The House of Representatives is gearing up to vote on a controversial multi-billion dollar war spending bill before the upcoming July Fourth Recess.           KBOO’s Jenn Chavez Spoke with Rebecca Griffin, political director of advocacy group, Peace Action ... Read more

Normal 0 Postal employees around the state are challenging the U-S Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. Today an informational picket is taking place at the Portland Main Post Office to raise awareness about the five day plan and its effects on postal ... Read more

Normal 0 Portland State University’s student-run radio station, KPSU, has had its AM signal shut down permanently. The station is leased from Benson High school, whose managing director Bill Cooper found a program on sodomy offensive. He  decided to take the stati... Read more

Normal 0 Despite the economic downturn, there’s some good news for Oregon companies that do good. Terry Kellogg, CEO of One Percent for the Planet, says the last two years of economic meltdown have actually been the best he’s seen when it comes to companies wanting ... Read more

Normal 0 Portland’s Independent Police Review commission submitted their annual report at City Hall last night. The independent police review system has undergone significant changes over the last month, after City Auditor Lavonne Griffin-Valade presented a report... Read more

Normal 0 Normal 0 The Oregon Food Bank network is hosting its twenty-third annual Waterfront Blues Festival here in Portland. This year’s goal is to receive at least six hundred thousand dollars in cash and canned goods to meet the record demands for emer... Read more

Normal 0  This week’s high-level ministerial meeting at the United Nations will discuss development assistance for the rights and needs of women with disabilities. KBOO Radio’s Sarika Mehta spoke with Shantha Rau Barriga from Human Rights Watch. Read more

Normal 0 Around fifty people protested outside of an O-H-S-U facility in Hillsboro today, drawing attention the center’s use of primates in drug research. The center has been criticized for several citations it received for violating the animal welfare act.    KBOO’s ... Read more

Normal 0 On the evening of Friday, June twenty-fifthth, local citizens of Clatsop County, attended a hearing to debate the building of a One-hundred and twenty mile long Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline here in the state of Oregon.  The proposed pipeline would tra... Read more

Normal 0 Public meetings were held this past Saturday morning at the Oregon Convention Center organized by "America Speaks." The group says it is gathering ideas about how to reduce the nation's future budget deficits. Similar meetings were held across the country to ... Read more