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  Listen to this story below. "The Multnomah County Jail System is in crisis and at risk of jeopardizing health and safety." That's the finding from the 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury report, released by District Attorney Mike Schmidt on December 3rd. Orego... Read more

  Listen to this story below. There are just 27 days until Portland’s new form of government and newly elected leadership are in effect. A lot of work has gone into the transition since 2022, when voters passed the Charter Change measure that put the governmental transfor... Read more

  This is KBOO's last gallery event of 2024, and we want YOU to help us celebrate big! Join us on Dec. 6th for a brand new line up of artists and vendors, plus live music, cocktails from New Deal PDX, and tours. The in-station celebration is going on from 6-9pm at our Por... Read more

Some of the best and most intriguing releases in underground metal, hardcore, post punk, ambient and beyond.  Art by Rant 73 Read more

Father and Son, Robert and Graham Parish, present three hours of classic country holiday music, including an entire Christmas cassette mix tape created by a man in Cleveland, Ohio. The program starts off with nearly an hour of holiday classics from “Mr. Guitar” Chet Atkins... Read more

Join the Parsing Sound crew for a thought-provoking exploration of belief systems and resilience. Guided by the insightful Angel Aura, we’ll journey through the challenges and triumphs of 2024. Tune in for a listening experience that encourages reflection and inspiration. Read more

Dr. Diane Kaufman is the founder/director of the Hold On Campaign for Suicide Prevention. She is a poet, artist, internationally award-winning lyricist, humanism-in-medicine awardee, and retired child psychiatrist with over forty years of clinical experience. Diane is a sui... Read more

  And this week's Featured Goddesses:  HOUR 1: DEVON THOMPSON - Indie rock artist, born and raised in Toluca Lake CA. She learned to play guitar and sing at the age of 10, she was writing songs by age 12, and she was packing LA clubs at 19. We've got two of her latest sin... Read more

  This episode features a discussion of possible changes to the Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure  and commentary from Desiree Hellegers on Mourning, Solidarity, and freeing Leonard Peltier.  Frann Michel hosts. More about the segments:   Support Supportive Housi... Read more

Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal, known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power line, and clearcut nearly five acres of forest i... Read more

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Locked Out. The Prison Journalism Project is an independent, national nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated people to be writers and journalists, and publishes their stories so they can serve as influential voices in the broade... Read more

Today’s Pastures of Plenty begins with a song about winter wind "Northwind", by Aaron Nathans & Michael Ronstadt.  It fit perfectly with the Portland cold windy weather while I prepared the show.   Toward the middle of the 90-minute program is a set of folk music from the 1... Read more

Host Glen Andresen and co-pilot Jim Gilbert present a pre-recorded show (recorded about two weeks before today's show). Winter is upon us…are you and your plants and watering system ready? And this is good time, what with the cool and damp weather, to sharpen and maintain h... Read more