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Almost 10 years ago, the Oregon Legislature created a program to help Oregonians help themselves financially. The Oregon Individual Account Initiative has helped more than 1600 people through the challenges of saving money. KBOO's Nick Walker has more on this story in co... Read more

US Veterns for Peace Bradley Manning Support Network Oregon Individual Development Account This is volunteer powered and produced radio!!! Our production team for tonights newscast is Isobel Charle, Ted Faure, Jenn Chavez, Nick Walker, and Sarika Mehta. Our engi... Read more

As the Obama administration released reports today suggesting the US was making progress in Afghanistan, hundreds of activists gathered at the White House to protest the ongoing wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. KBOO's Air Cascadia host Chris Andrae spoke with an activist... Read more

The national news media continues to explore US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. As the situation develops, Private First Class Bradley Manning, the man allegedly behind the massive leak of classified information, sits in solitary confinement in a military prison... Read more

Coal Export Terminal on Columbia River Appealed This is volunteer produced and powered radio!!! Our production team for tonight is Ted Faure, Crystal Leighty, and Evan Tenenbaum. Our engineer is Adrew McEwan. The KBOO Interim New Director is Rebecca Nay. Please click belo... Read more

This week, environmental groups filed an appeal to block the construction of a coal export terminal on the Columbia River in Longview, Washington. Last month, Cowlitz County gave Shoreline Development permits to build the first major coal export site on the U.S. West Coa... Read more

Normal 0 And now a warning to listeners: the news media may have an effect on what you choose to eat tonight. That’s according to the recent findings of a study done by researchers at Perdue and Kansas State University.  Researchers studied how media coverage of meat pr... Read more

Normal 0 A new study by Portland State University's Regional Research Institute says a program that teaches financial skills to lower-income Oregonians is paying off. It helps participants reach savings goals to fund a major purchase. KBOO’s Dan Johnson, in collaboratio... Read more

Normal 0 Our Production team for tonight’s newscast is Evan Tenenbaum and Brenda Escobar… Special thanks to reporter Dan Johnson… Our Engineer is Jeff Lovell …  The KBOO Interim Evening News Director is Rebecca Nay. If you can't catch the whole broadcast, listen to these... Read more

Tristan Anderson is a long time peace activist and justice activist from Berkley, California. Last year. while attending a peaceful protest in Palestine, Tristan was shot in the head with a tear-gas canister fired by Israeli troops. On December 4th, he returned home to B... Read more