Evening News

 KBOO Reporter Saed Bannoura brings us the latest news from the occupied territories of Palestine:  Read more

Recent research is connecting chemical exposures to the rising rates of obesity.                 In a forum sponsored by the Oregon Environmental Council, Bruce Blumberg, Associate professor of development and cell biology, visited portland to discuss his research on the s... Read more

 The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report today about the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.  The report found that scientists employed with the EPA are finding it more and more difficult to do their jobs without political interference. KBOO's Jenka Soderb... Read more

 The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it was working with donors to review Haiti's need for more aid to deal with soaring food prices.  The food crisis recently sparked food riots in the Caribbean country.But while the economists in the International Monetary Fund... Read more

  Michael Schrunk, the District Attorney for Multnomah County, held several supposedly public hearings last week.  The focus of the hearings was a proposed policy on the use of deadly force by the Portland police department.  Although the topic is one that usually raises h... Read more

 This past Sunday, a town hall meeting was held at the friends meeting hall here in Portland, Oregon, on the subject of ending the funding of the Afghanistan and Iraq occupations.Some twenty people testified at the Town Hall.The Following is a sampling of some of those test... Read more

 Demonstrators made themselves heard at a San Francisco Courthouse on Monday. They were there to support former Black Panthers on trial for a 37 year old Police Killing.Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund brings us the story.   Read more

 PacifiCorp has agreed to shut down power production at the Link River Dam near Klamath Falls in the late summer and early fall. It’s part of an agreement made with the conservation group “Oregon Wild,” to save endangered sucker fish that migrate into Upper Klamath Lake. Th... Read more

 The Rogue River is number two on the list of “America’s Most Endangered Rivers.” The new report is from the conservation group American Rivers. It says if the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Plan Revision goes into effect, more should be done to protect tributar... Read more

In the leadup to it's annual meeting, Coca Cola, Incorporated has blocked a shareholders' resolution to publicly report test data on its bottled water brand, Dasani. KBOO's Ethan Scarl spoke about the reasons for Coke's action with Sara Joseph, of Corporate Accountability ... Read more