Evening News

  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison in Tacoma Washington has asked the federal government for funding to increase the prison’s capacity. KBOO’s Sam Theobald went to a recent protest outside the facility, and brings us some of the sounds of the Mother’s Day Vig... Read more

  President Obama has promoted ‘alternative energy’ as a key part of his agenda. To achieve that goal, some legislators in the US Congress have proposed a ‘Clean Energy Bank’ that would provide low-interest loans for new alternative energy projects. But anti-nuclear group... Read more

  A half million people half the world away flee their homes because of armed fighting and an Oregon based aid group has started helping families in need. The United Nations estimates at least 500,000 have had to suddenly move in Pakistan. Mercy Corps is handing out emerge... Read more

  Protesters gathered at the County Courthouse in downtown, yesterday, to protest the auctioning off of foreclosed homes. A representative for multiple banks has been auctioning off foreclosed homes to anyone who will show up, every Monday at 10:00. But this week, proteste... Read more

  The Sri Lankan government has been on a campaign to eliminate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (or Tamil Tigers) with no regard to the civilian population caught in the crossfire. With virtually all independent news sources banned from the area, accurate news report... Read more

Normal 0 Last week the federal government removed endangered species protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies. While Oregon still protects the wolves through statewide protections, states like Idaho and Montana are eager to eradicate the wolf populations now t... Read more

New developments have emerged in the case surrounding the 2006 death of James Chasse. Read more

Mother’s Day weekend is time to remember that many Oregon moms are having difficulty making ends meet. It’s also when the US Postal Service mounts the country’s largest annual canned food drive, to fight hunger by filling local food bank shelves just before kids get out of ... Read more

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to shine light on a secret, new international trade agreement. Read more

The Oregon state House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring greater oversight of so-called TARP funding in Oregon. The US Congress passed the TARP, or Troubled Asset Relief Program, in the last days of the Bush administration, providing over seven hundred billion ... Read more