Evening News

British Parliament Member George Galloway has been deported and banned from entering Egypt, after successfully leading a humanitarian aid caravan into the Gaza Strip. Galloway’s ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy faced a number of obstacles while trying to bring over two hundred vehic... Read more

                               The City’s Transportation Department has released the Final Draft of its Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030. The draft was released in early October, and the public was able to comment on it until mid-November. There was plenty of feedback from... Read more

A new Immigration reform bill in Congress has the support of many immigrant rights groups. Now Earl Blumenauer is standing behind it as well. KBOO’s Stefan Kamp has the story. Read more

Measures 66 and 67 are due to go before Oregon voters on January 26th. The measures will impose modest tax increases on the wealthiest two percent of Oregonians in order to fund schools, health care and public safety. Supporters of Oregon ballot measures 66 and 67 say tha... Read more

 Muddy waters community house an employee owned organization says it will close at the end of this week unless it can come up with $10,000 to pay its bills.Every night this week from 5 pm til 10 pm they will be holding events to raise the necessary funds in order to continu... Read more

 0106 OR OHSU Animal Welfare  Animal labs at Oregon Health and Sciences University violated federal animal welfare laws, according to government reports released by national research watchdog group, Stop Animal Exploitation Now.The incidents led to the death of seven ani... Read more

A Mexican judge has once again called for the release of human rights activist Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Moreno was charged with the murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will in 2006, despite the fact that there was no evidence against him. On Friday, a Mexican judge reco... Read more

0105 WA Brian Baird on Palestine   A tough race is heating up in Washington for the seat of Congressman Brian Baird.After Baird announced that he would not seek re-election this year, six candidates quickly put their names in the running. KBOO spoke with Brian Baird today ... Read more

A Mexican judge has once again ordered the release of Oaxacan human rights activist Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno.Moreno was charged with the murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will in 2006, despite the fact that there was no evidence against him.This is a clip of his wife, ... Read more

Israeli authorities have admitted that Israeli government pathologists illegally harvested organs from both Palestinians and Israelis, without the permission of their families.   KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg has more:  Read more