Evening News

The highest smoking rate in the state is among people ages 18-24, and health officials say the new trend of smoking water pipes at hookah bars is another way to hook young people. KBOO reporter Jake Pierce, in collaboration with the Oregon News Service, has more on the story. Read more

LGBT Couples Receive Medical Rights Hookah Bar Smoking in Oregon This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Our production team for tonight's newscast is Jenn Chavez, Nick Walker, Jake Pierce, and Ted Faure. Our engineer is is Matthew Oleson. The KBOO interim evenin... Read more

The nomination of Michelle Leonhart, a Bush Administration hold-over, is fiercely opposed by the Drug Policy Reform Community. KBOO's Crystal Leighty spoke with an opponent of the nomination. Read more

Obama Faces Criticism for DEA Nomination Future of Power Plant Closure in Boardman This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Our production team for tonight's newscast is Ted Faure, Isobel Sharley, Crystal Leighty, and Jake Pierce. Our engineer is Andrew McEwan. Th... Read more

Representatives from several environmental groups met with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality yesterday regarding the closure of the Boardman coal power plant. The Sierra Club would like to see the plant closed as soon as possible, while Portland General Electri... Read more

New Orleans Police Officers Accused of Murder Political Prisoner Released in Burma After 7 Years Military Contractors Expose Oregon Troops to Carcinogen's This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Our production team for tonights newscast is Josh Harper, Evan T... Read more

Oregon Group Dedicated to Helping Returning Military Veterans Bureau of Land Management Rounds Up Horses in Eastern Oregon This is volunteer powered radio! Our production team tonight is Jenn Chavez, Ted Faure, and Sarika Mehta. Special thanks to the reporters from Free... Read more

The Federal Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up wild horses near Burns, Oregon, as a part of a nationwide program to control the wild horse populations and preserve public land. But animal rights groups have called the round up of horses cruel and unnecessary. K... Read more

KBOO's Ted Faure spoke with the group Oregon Partnership, an organization dedicated to ending substance abuse and suicide among returning war veterans. Happy Veterans Day!!!! Read more

Human Rights Activist Critique UN Human Rights Performance Public Hearings on Boardman Power Plant Closure Mineral Mine Proposed on Oregon Coast Wind Farm Opposition in Eastern Oregon Please click the links to listen to a specific story, or enjoy the entire ne... Read more