Evening News

Normal 0 Headlines for this newscast A land use officer shoots down a proposed immigration detention facility in Southeast Portland.  Protestors in New Orleans are shining a spotlight on corporate legislation that is privatizing the region. All this and more.... Read more

The Veterans for Peace are holding their national convention here in Portland this weekend, at Portland State University. The group organizes veterans to opposed current and future wars, and supports those suffering from post traumatic stress from their military service. Th... Read more

    Evening Headlines Northwest Wolves Threatened Veterans for Peace in Oregon This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click on the link below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Frances Fagan and Emily Young Producer: Jenn Chavez Engineer: Kurt Laue... Read more

A federal judge has denied a challenge by advocacy groups to a congressional rider passed in April that strippped protection of wolves in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Utah. Meanwhile, the US government has made a deal with Wyoming to lift the remaining federal pr... Read more

    Evening Headlines Planned Parenthood of Portland Union Organizing Cascadia Forest Defenders Freed from Jail This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click on the link below to enjoy the newscast! Contributors: Jaime Partridge, Dan Johnson, and Chri... Read more

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Workers at the local branch of Planned Parenthood have begun  a union organizing campaign with the services employees internation union. KBOO labor reporter Jaime Partridge has more.   Read more

Three forest activists who peacefully occupied the regional Oregon Department of Forestry office in Molalla were released from jail today. The trio had locked themselves together in the forestry office as a culmination of the annual Trans & Womens action camp. The activists... Read more

Normal 0 A group of over thirty protesters began the occupation of the Central Offices of the Oregon Department of Forestry.  At issue is the logging of the Elliot State Forest in Coos County, Oregon.  I spoke with a protester on the scene about the protesters demands an... Read more

Normal 0 Health insurance companies are now required to cover women’s birth control without co-pays after the Obama administration issued new guidelines today. The new rules follow the advice from a panel of doctors and health experts, who last month recommended that insu... Read more