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Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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Rose City Book Pub owner talks pandemic relief funding for small business

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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Many small businesses are closed here in Portland during the COVID-19 pandemic. And, without paying customers, they’re struggling to stay afloat.  That list includes one of our favorite small businesses, Rose City Book Pub, which opened in November 2018 with the original, ... Read more

COVID-19 distancing aggravates overdose crisis, but also exposes common-sense ways to improve treatment access

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  The COVID-19 pandemic has disparate impacts on people of different groups, including those impacted by the opioid crisis. Drug users face increased barriers to accessible treatment due to pandemic-related closures. Social distancing can make it harder for them to receive... Read more

Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams re-enters local politics in the hopes of reconnecting the city to its people

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Voters will see a familiar face on the ballot in May for Portland City Council Position 4, former Portland mayor Sam Adams. He is challenging incumbent Chloe Eudaly, returning to Portland politics and the city itself after years away, working in Washington D.C. Adams wa... Read more

Portland City Council candidate Seth Woolley brings expertise on clean air and campaign finance

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Seth Woolley has lived in Portland since 2004, and he is the the cofounder of the non-profit Portland Clean Air as well as being an advocate of campaign finance reform.  Woolley is challenging Commissioner Chloe Eudaly for Portland City Council Position 4. Woolley spok... Read more

Local environmental groups plan online action against Chase Bank for 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Airs at: Fri, 04/17/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  The 50th anniversary of Earth Day falls  on April 22nd, and local environmental organizations have online actions planned, since stay-at-home orders and social distancing mean in-person organizing is not possible. #StoptheMoneyPipeline is an action against J.P Morgan Cha... Read more

Position 4 challenger Keith Wilson offers creative solutions for transportation problems in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  While in-person campaigning for local office is temporarily suspended, the race is still very much on. One challenger for Portland City Commission Position 4 is Keith Wilson. Wilson is a second generation Portlander and businessman with expertise in transportation, runni... Read more

Pandemic opens up conversation about the Rights of Nature and protecting the environment

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  The coronavirus pandemic has opened up different avenues of thinking, including about the environment. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg interviews a regional representative from the CELDF about how this pandemic has managed to open up the conversation about the Rights of Nature as... Read more

Local musicians go online for Alberta Rose Theatre's Portland Music Stream series

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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The coronavirus pandemic has hit our local musicians and music venues here in Portland especially hard. And, as with many of us, they’re adapting to the demands of social distancing, and staying home, by going online. That’s the reason for the new Portland Music Stream seri... Read more

Global pandemic does not slow escalating tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  While coronavirus is spreading across the world and worsening in the United States, President Trump took time from his Wednesday briefing to focus on Venezuela and its role in the coronavirus outbreak, as well as its response within its own borders. The administration al... Read more

Peer-Run Harm Reduction Group Continues Outreach to Houseless Portlanders

Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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  Portland People's Outreach Project (PPOP) are a peer-run organization that provides a needle exchange and other harm-reduction services for Portland's houseless community. They are volunteers on the front lines of not just the struggle against our inequitable economic sy... Read more