Evening News

      Recent killings by Portland Police have prompted community response. Several spontaneous events have already occurred this week.   A rally is scheduled for this coming Monday to express anger and frustration. K-B-O-O’s Jim Thompson spoke with Marko Lampson, one of th... Read more

A federal judge ruled this week that the Bush administration acted illegally by wiretapping an Islamic charity without a warrant. The case was a victory for the Al-Haramain Islamic Charity, whose US office was in Ashland, Oregon. The organization was charged in 2002 with... Read more

  KBOO reporter Jamie Partridge brings us a report on the Working Families Party kick-off rally. Read more

      A group of over 100 demonstrators rallied for police accountability last night following the recent police killings. Most of the demonstrators did not engage in property damage as they roamed the streets of downtown Portland chanting against police brutality. But a ... Read more

  Protesters gathered in front of the Multnomah County Detention Center on Friday, to show support for activist Joel Dow. Dow was arrested on Friday, during a protest against police killings. KBOO spoke to one of the people at the Joel rally about the situatio.   Joel Dow... Read more

      Portlanders are wondering if their concerns will be heard, as state and federal move forward on plans for a new Columbia River Bridge. KBOO’s David Osborn has more. Read more

    Animal rights activists have launched a 24-hour a day vigil to keep watch over sea   lions around the Bonneville Dam. The sea lions are being trapped and slaughtered as part of a federal and state government plan to control their population. According to Julie Farris o... Read more

       The vigil culminated on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, at the site of the recent killing of unarmed black man Aaron Campbell by Portland police officer Ronald Frashour on January 29th.   Today, there is a protest going on right now in the South Park Blocks to challeng... Read more

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      President Obama plans to sign the health care reform bill into law this Tuesday. After months of back-and-forth and compromise, the reform bill barely resembles the original proposed by key members of the Democratic party last Fall. What it does contain, however, i... Read more