Evening News

        Two American non-profit  journalism organizations have counted nine-hundred and thirty-five  false statements by President Bush and his administration leading up to the Iraq War. Kit Brazier has the story  Read more

 Global belly laugh day, scheduled for January 24th at 1:24 pm, is in its third year.  KBOO reporter Marliese Franklin kicked it up with the founder of the day at Buckman Elementary school, in Southeast Portland, this morning.  Read more

           When the temperatures drop to their lowest and the nights howl with the sounds of wind whipping through the trees, no one in Portland feels it more than the homeless and low income families.             Kboo’s Crystal Leighty spoke with Lisa Harwynne from the ... Read more

  Over the holiday weekend, a group of Portlanders gathered to commemorate Martin Luther King Day by screening a film on the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.  Homeowners in the lower ninth ward have faced forced demolition of their homes, closure of public housing projects... Read more

Measure 18 was passed by voters in 1994 and effectively banned the use of hounds to hunt cougars and bears in the Oregon wilderness. House Bill 2971 could possibly change all that. KBOO's Michael Ianello has more.  Read more

 Workers at the Portland Hilton continue to urge local groups and companies to boycott the hotel until their union reaches a settlement with management. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Bruce Palamountain, a banquet server at the hotel and a member of the UNITE HERE Hotel... Read more

 Yesterday the local branch of the steelworkers union led a coalition of groups that marched on  Senator Gordon Smith’s Portland office. The protestors called on the Senator to take action on the problem of imports that are hazardous to our health.  Ethan Scarl has the s... Read more

 On Wednesday, January 16, the local branch of the steelworkers union led a coalition of groups that marched on  Senator Gordon Smith’s Portland office. The protestors called on the Senator to take action on the problem of imports that are hazardous to our health.    Read more

 The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon has been swamped with more than 20,000 public comments about its “Western Oregon Plan Revision”, or 'Whopper - W-O-P-R. The plan would allow logging on all of the Bureau of Land Management's land holdings in Oregon. Although the pu... Read more

 The latest on last week's 'incident' between Iranian and US naval vessels is that senior Pentagon officials apparently used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to create a sensational media campaign around what was a relatively minor event. The initial press stories on th... Read more