Evening News

 Global belly laugh day, scheduled for January 24th at 1:24 pm, is in its third year.  KBOO reporter Marliese Franklin kicked it up with the founder of the day at Buckman Elementary school, in Southeast Portland, this morning.  Read more

  Over the holiday weekend, a group of Portlanders gathered to commemorate Martin Luther King Day by screening a film on the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.  Homeowners in the lower ninth ward have faced forced demolition of their homes, closure of public housing proje... Read more

Measure 18 was passed by voters in 1994 and effectively banned the use of hounds to hunt cougars and bears in the Oregon wilderness. House Bill 2971 could possibly change all that. KBOO's Michael Ianello has more.  Read more

 Workers at the Portland Hilton continue to urge local groups and companies to boycott the hotel until their union reaches a settlement with management. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Bruce Palamountain, a banquet server at the hotel and a member of the UNITE HERE Ho... Read more

 Yesterday the local branch of the steelworkers union led a coalition of groups that marched on  Senator Gordon Smith’s Portland office. The protestors called on the Senator to take action on the problem of imports that are hazardous to our health.  Ethan Scarl has th... Read more

 On Wednesday, January 16, the local branch of the steelworkers union led a coalition of groups that marched on  Senator Gordon Smith’s Portland office. The protestors called on the Senator to take action on the problem of imports that are hazardous to our health.    Read more

      A plan for the removal of four dams on the klamath River was announced on Tuesday.  This plan follows two years of closed-door negotiations between farmers, Indian tribes, fishermen, conservation groups and government agencies battling over scarce water and fish ... Read more

 The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon has been swamped with more than 20,000 public comments about its “Western Oregon Plan Revision”, or 'Whopper - W-O-P-R. The plan would allow logging on all of the Bureau of Land Management's land holdings in Oregon. Although the... Read more

 The latest on last week's 'incident' between Iranian and US naval vessels is that senior Pentagon officials apparently used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to create a sensational media campaign around what was a relatively minor event. The initial press stories on... Read more

 In Portland Friday, a group called 'rebooting democracy' held an event to encourage progressive activism within electoral politics. But not all attendees were happy with the group's choice of keynote speaker.  KBOO's Katie Arrants has more  Read more