Evening News

  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth, we speak with the Urban League of Portland Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jennifer Parish Taylor, about the organization's upcoming candidate forums ahead of the May 21st primary.  2024 Primary Election Virtual Candidate F... Read more

  On Mic: Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer We speak with Kanani about the Spring Anthology Volume 1, and look back at some of Street Roots' reporting from the past 6 months.  More information at streetroots.org Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The EPA will strictly limit PFAS in drinking water, for the first time ever, A new Boeing whistleblower raises the alarm about the safety of the 787 Dreamliner, And in local news, Food cart owners near PSU rally together to save th... Read more

This week's commentary is on US complicity in Israel's violations of international and US law in Gaza. I call for suspension of US offensive weapons aid to Israel. Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon governor Tina Kotek threatens to veto spending on certain water infrastructure projects, Container trucks could be vulnerable to hacking, a new report says, And, the lawsuit over public access to Oswego Lake enters  a new ph... Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The fight against Zenith Energy in Portland is set to heat up again as the D-E-Q opens a public review of a new air quality permit, Environmental Activists in Southern Oregon occupy old growth trees in a “tree sit” protest against ... Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Mayor Ted Wheeler proposes a new camping ban after the last one was blocked by courts, The scammer who stole 1.5 million dollars from the Portland Housing Bureau is arrested, And, Oregon democrats are being urged to vote “uncommit... Read more

Tonight's episodes include US policy in the Israel war; China's food security; North Korea's evasion of sanctions; Hong Kong security laws Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: At a rate of a thousand new cases a week: today Multnomah County leaders heard about the impact of serious child abuse cases, the governor signs new legislation about insulin, and former congresswoman Liz Cheney lays out the case a... Read more

Back in the Golden Age of Radio, there was a short-lived network, called the Tesla Broadcasting Company (or TBC). Founded in New York in 1943, and acquired by CBS just two years later, the TBC became a mere footnote in the history of American Radio. That is until March 10t... Read more