Evening News

Tonight's main topics: Dictatorship and Drug Trafficking in Latin America; An "Historic" Upgrade in US-Japan Relations (and China's Response); Environmental Justice rulings in Europe. Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon lawmakers voted for hundreds of millions of dollars in housing, for communities big and small statewide, An Oregon school district grapples with hundreds of layoffs expected next month, And this tax season, the IRS had so... Read more

In this edition of the KBOO evening News: Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez unveils plans to consolidate power around homelessness regulation in the mayor’s office, An audit of the Joint Office of Homeless Services finds Multnomah County still lags behind the need... Read more

Today's episode: High-level US-China Diplomacy Resumes (but not without a squabble over economic policy) Read more

  On Mic: Sarah Wolk, the Executive Director of Equal Vote Coalition We speak with Sarah about STAR Voting, the campaign to use it in Eugene city elections on the ballot this May, and the statewide initiative petition that's circulating now. The primary election in Orego... Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Multnomah County D-A candidate Nathan Vasquez faces an ethics complaint, Pro-Palestine protesters in Eugene shut down I-5 for two hours, And in national news, the Supreme Court allows an Idaho ban on gender-affirming care to go in... Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Portland’s interim police chief makes it permanent, the Multnomah County Library reduces service due to staffing issues, And in national news, the death of OJ Simpson prompts new reflections on media literacy in the years since hi... Read more

On today's episode: starvation in Gaza; vulnerability of aid workers in Gaza; Democrats on arms aid to Israel; Mexico's president deals with the US and Ecuador; and more. Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Fighting fire with fire, how that’s becoming an increasingly used strategy against wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, fighting cybersecurity threats needs to be more of a priority, according to an Oregon senator, And those who ... Read more