Evening News

The Oregon Secretary of State's office released a fiscal impact report on all the Ballot Measures Oregonians are going to see this November.Measures sponsored by conservatives Bill Sizemore and Kevin Mannix take up a lion's share of the estimate.KBOO's Michael Ianello has m... Read more

 In Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Sunday, hundreds of activists gathered to call for an end to the logging of Oregon's public lands.Day Owen of the Pitchfork Rebellion helped organize the event. He spoke today with KBOO's Jenka Soderberg.   Read more

 Due to a report from city Auditor Gary Blackmer last week the city's program to spur affordable housing development has been called into question.Tax breaks, or tax abatements, have been given to developers who are promising to build affordable housing. The audit, which lo... Read more

The Bush Administration relies on secrecy to cover up illegal spying on Americans and the torture of Salim Hamdan in US custody.  Read more

  A Houston TV station presented the results of an investigation, on August 1st  showing military recruiters bullying schoolkids and threatening them with prison. The recruiters lie to the high schoolers, telling them that the 'delayed entry' program is a binding contract... Read more

 Could the legendary D.B. Cooper have actually been a woman?  That’s what two Washington Authors contend in their new book.  Kboo’s Jacob Anderson-Minshall has more on the story. Read more

  The Free Gaza movement is a group of international and Palestinian activists working to open the Gaza Strip, an area which is currently under siege by Israeli military forces.The group is currently in Cyprus loading medical supplies onto fishing ships. On Tuesday, they wi... Read more

 Last Tuesday, KBOO reported a story about an alleged kidnapping that was reported in the Salt Lake City media.Instead of a kidnapping, the story turned out to be a false accusation that resulted into brutal hate crime committed against two gay men. In a follow-up to this s... Read more

 Small Pacific islands are facing increasing pressure as global warming bring higher tides.KBOO’s Beth Crawford has the story.  Read more

Last Thursday, the Portland Tribune reported that the new indoor Day Labor Site run by Portland-based Voz Worker's Rights Education Project, hasn't been as popular with day laborers as they hoped. KBOO's Scott Pham spoke with Romeo Sosa of Voz. Read more