Evening News

Normal 0 Three new Oregon biomass projects are receiving federal Recovery Act money to get them up and running by early 2012. These incentives are seen with positive eyes, not only for locally generated power, but healthier forests, cleaner air, and job incentives for ... Read more

Normal 0 Earlier today, the organization, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility petitioned the Obama Administration to rescind a Bush-era policy that imposed a gag order on government scientists.  KBOO’s Joshua Harper spoke with executive director Jeff Rook ... Read more

Normal 0 The Pastors for Peace Friend-ship-ment Caravan to Cuba is an aid caravan that travels through the U-S, Canada and Mexico to bring essential goods to Cuba. Cuba has been subject to a U-S embargo for nearly half a century. The Caravan makes its stop in Portland to... Read more

Normal 0 Normal 0 Washington state is logging some of the last remaining old growth in the country under the noses of local communities. The Cape Horn Again is a thirty eight acre old growth timber sale on state forest land near Woodland, Washington, j... Read more

Normal 0 Last week, there was a U-N meeting of the high ministers to discuss the issue of women in development. For the first time, the discussion included women with disabilities on the docket. KBOO’s Sarika Mehta spoke with Shantha Rau Barriga, from Human Rights Watc... Read more

The body charged with investigating complaints against Portland police has itself come under fire for allegedly failing to fully investigate or resolve citizen complaints. After Portland’s Independent Police Review Committee released their annual report last week, a number... Read more

Normal 0 The House of Representatives is gearing up to vote on a controversial multi-billion dollar war spending bill before the upcoming July Fourth Recess.           KBOO’s Jenn Chavez Spoke with Rebecca Griffin, political director of advocacy group, Peace Action Wes... Read more

Normal 0 Postal employees around the state are challenging the U-S Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. Today an informational picket is taking place at the Portland Main Post Office to raise awareness about the five day plan and its effects on postal w... Read more

Normal 0 Portland State University’s student-run radio station, KPSU, has had its AM signal shut down permanently. The station is leased from Benson High school, whose managing director Bill Cooper found a program on sodomy offensive. He  decided to take the station... Read more

Normal 0 Despite the economic downturn, there’s some good news for Oregon companies that do good. Terry Kellogg, CEO of One Percent for the Planet, says the last two years of economic meltdown have actually been the best he’s seen when it comes to companies wanting to ... Read more