Evening News

Agency calls for Willamette dam fish passage--Kboo's Nathan Jimenez has the story: A federal agency says three dams in the Willamette Valley should have fish passage structures if the stream's Chinook salmon and Steelhead are to avoid extinction. The National Marine Fisheries... Read more

A portland Police Officer who was put on suspension for organizing a union has now been allowed to return to work.   KBOO’s Crystal leighty spoke with James Hester with the legal defense.   Read more

The FBI has leaked news of its new policy to investigate Americans based on profiles collected through datamining including racial and ethnic profiling. Coming up on Kboo's recurring feature Civil Liberties Watch, reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund talks with Caroline Fredrickson... Read more

US Senator Ron Wyden Recently Voted for the Iraq  Funding Bill.    Kboo’s Nathan Jimenez questioned the senator’s office about the Senator’s vote.   Read more

             Oregon Normal has launched a petition drive for the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2010. That was Crystal Leighty speaking with Madeline Martinez, the director of Oregon Norml, which advocates for the legalization of marijuana.   Read more

Portland area peace activists and Somali immigrants gathered yesterday in downtown Portland to call for an end to U.S. involvement in the war-torn nation of Somalia. The rally was prompted by a series of bombings by U.S. military aircraft and su... Read more

The Seattle-based Starbucks coffee company announced today that the company will close six hundred stores throughout the U.S. According to the company, the stores scheduled for closure are unprofitable.  The company hopes to increase earnings by ... Read more

George Bush has told the Democrats in Congress to support ending the 27 -year moratorium on offshore drilling, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  Bush is trying to get the moratorium overturned before Congress adjourns for the July fourth holiday.KBOO's Crystal... Read more

Indiana's massive, federally funded highway system, Interstate 69 highway is widely opposed by Indiana citizens. KBOO's Scott Pham talks to a former Portland Activist now working with environmental groups in Indiana to oppose the freeway plan. Read more

Next up,  our recurring feature Civil Liberties Watch.  This week reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund focuses on whistleblower Mark Klein and the fight to stop the governments use of telecom companies to spy on Americans   Read more