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              0913 OR Columbia fishing closed   Beginning today, all recreational and non-tribal commercial fishing in the Columbia River will be suspended. Oregon and Washington fish managers ordered the closure  based on low salmon and steelhead counts at Bonnevi... Read more

0911 CA California law for renewable energy   California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that commits California, the world’s fifth largest economy, to 100 percent clean energy by 2045. He also issued an executive order establishing a new target to achieve... Read more

0910 INT India Fuel Price Protests   Protests in India have led to school closures, blocked highways, and around one-hundred arrests. Over 20 political opposition parties are participating in a nationwide strike called Bharat Bandh [BAH-RAHT BOND] in response to India’s i... Read more

  KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO PRESENTS Futurism: 50th Anniversary Annual Membership Event Sunday September 30th 2018 Clinton Street Theater 2522 SE Clinton Str eet , Portland, OR 97202 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Free, All Ages & Disability Affirmative!  Join you're fellow KBOO Co... Read more

          0906  INT  Japan quake     Japan’s northern island Hokkaido has been hit by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake and several smaller aftershocks.  The quake resulted in a number of massive landslides that have trapped some residents in their homes and buried others.... Read more

INTERIM Development Director Department: Development Reports to: Station Manager                                            Job Title: Interim Development Director Hours and Pay:  30-hours a week/ $20 per hour Time period: October- December 2018                         ... Read more

Text service for KBOO Evening News Spetember 5th, 2018   0905 US Judge Kavanaugh Senate Hearing   Today marks the second day of Senate hearings for U-S Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. After the first day saw organized protests and calls for Democrats to "walk out... Read more

Labor Day was established by Grover Cleveland's 1887 suggestion, in order to keep working class from organizing around May 1st. The state of Oregon was the first to adopt it, and it was National policy by 1894. The idea was to distract attention from the much more frighteni... Read more

    Note:  The News In Depth interview with Andrew Tolman and Philip (Wolf) is appended.   0904 US Tropical Storm to hit Mississippi   The Mississippi cities of Gulfport, Long Beach, and Biloxi have received mandatory evacuation orders for their harbors and marinas. A... Read more