Evening News

The Rising Tide bike riders took over the streets of North Portland Sunday, June 14th,  shouting “Twelve Lanes? That’s Insane”.Their slogan refers to a proposal to construct a new I-5 bridge known as the ‘columbia river crossing’ between Portland and Vancouver. Protesters a... Read more

In today’s Portland City Council meeting, the council agreed to give twenty five thousand dollars to the Albina Ministerial Alliance to help support one hundred fifty survivors of Hurricane Katrina who relocated to Portland in 2005. The Council also approved nearly two hund... Read more

As the United Nations Convention on Climate Change holds its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany this week, a coalition of environmental groups have called for comprehensive climate reduction goals. Read more

A Clackamas County grand jury has cleared two police officers involved in the killing of a mentally-ill man in Milwaukie last week. Read more

The Oregon House has approved a plan to expand state health coverage to an additional 80,000 uninsured children and 35,000 low-income adults.      The measure calls for raising taxes on hospital revenues and establishing a tax on health insurance premiums to pay for the expa... Read more

Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on health care, at Portland Community College on JUne 5th. Read more

Thousands of front-line workers from all over the state are taking to the streets in Portland Sunday for the “United for Oregon” march and rally. Their message is that it’s unacceptable for Oregonians that can least afford it to bear the brunt of the effort to balance the b... Read more

Oregon’s only coal-fired power plant might have to reduce its pollution levels, according to a new proposal. Some local advocates are saying, That’s not enough. KBOO’s Stefan Camps has the story.   Read more

Residents of the Lents neighborhood will meet Wednesday evening to challenge the proposal of a Triple A baseball stadium and to offer alternatives. Lents park is located near southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Boulevard. With nearly $42 millon dollars in urban renewal funds on... Read more

In Salem, workers at the CherryLift company could go on strike at any moment. Due to unscrupulous business practices, the Amalgamated Transit Union who represents CherryLift no longer trusts the company’s employer OHAS. Peter Shoaf talked to Jonathan Hunt, President of the ATU: Read more