Evening News

Cuba has authorized Sex-Change Operations for Transsexual citizens.  KBOO’s Jacob Anderson-Minshall has more on the story.    The Associated Press reported Monday that Cuba has official authorized gender-reassignment operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens.... Read more

Activists with the United Poor People's campaign issued citations to spectators of this year's Starlight parade. The action was to raise awareness of the citations issued to homeless people in Portland on a daily basis. Lawrence Bishop with the United Poor People in Portland... Read more

 Supporters of “The Seriously Pissed-off Grannies” have cause to celebrate today. One year after locking themselves to a World War 2 tank in last year's Rose Festival Parade, Grannies Sara Graham an... Read more

 Supporters of “The Seriously Pissed-off Grannies” have cause to celebrate today. One year after locking themselves to a World War 2 tank in last year's Rose Festival Parade, Grannies Sara Graham an... Read more

A British newspaper revealed today that Bush is secretly brokering a deal to continue US military occupation of Iraq indefinitely. KBOO’s jacob anderson-minshall has more:   Read more

Workers at the Rosemont Treatment Center and School for at-risk girls held a picket today in Northeast Portland. They were protesting their low pay and difficult working conditions. The workers have... Read more

Federal regulators have given the environmental go-ahead for a proposed liquefied natural gas, or LNG, terminal near Astoria. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released its environmental impact statement on the controversial Bradwood Landing Project late this afternoo... Read more

As reported yesterday on the KBOO News, this week marks the 60th anniversary of Portland's Hurricane Katrina-like disaster: the Vanport flood.  Professor Michael McGregor has written about the relevance of the Vanport flood for today's Portland:   That was Michael McGregor, a... Read more

Yesterday, Portland's City Council voted to approve new guidelines on the 'Use of Deadly Force' by the Portland Police. KBOO's Don Wolfe has more   Read more

With the New York Times reporting that Senator Hillary Clinton will resign from the Presidential race, the Democratic nomination will almost certainly go to Senator Barack Obama. Obama gave a speech yesterday that raised a great deal of criticism among human rights advocates.... Read more