Evening News

 The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report today about the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.  The report found that scientists employed with the EPA are finding it more and more difficult to do their jobs without political interference. KBOO's Jenka Soderb... Read more

 The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it was working with donors to review Haiti's need for more aid to deal with soaring food prices.  The food crisis recently sparked food riots in the Caribbean country.But while the economists in the International Monetary Fund... Read more

  Michael Schrunk, the District Attorney for Multnomah County, held several supposedly public hearings last week.  The focus of the hearings was a proposed policy on the use of deadly force by the Portland police department.  Although the topic is one that usually raises h... Read more

 This past Sunday, a town hall meeting was held at the friends meeting hall here in Portland, Oregon, on the subject of ending the funding of the Afghanistan and Iraq occupations.Some twenty people testified at the Town Hall.The Following is a sampling of some of those test... Read more

 Demonstrators made themselves heard at a San Francisco Courthouse on Monday. They were there to support former Black Panthers on trial for a 37 year old Police Killing.Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund brings us the story.   Read more

 PacifiCorp has agreed to shut down power production at the Link River Dam near Klamath Falls in the late summer and early fall. It’s part of an agreement made with the conservation group “Oregon Wild,” to save endangered sucker fish that migrate into Upper Klamath Lake. Th... Read more

 The Rogue River is number two on the list of “America’s Most Endangered Rivers.” The new report is from the conservation group American Rivers. It says if the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Plan Revision goes into effect, more should be done to protect tributar... Read more

 In the leadup to its annual meeting, Coca Cola, Incorporated has blocked a shareholders' resolution to publicly report test data on its bottled water brand, Dasani. KBOO's Ethan Scarl spoke about the reasons for Coke's action with Sara Joseph, of Corporate Accountability ... Read more

 The United Farm Workers have filed a petition of 13,000 signatures to Whole Foods Corporation in Texas.The petition calls on the company to allow farmworkers in Oregon and Washington to unionize.Andrea Cano (KAH-noh) represents the Oregon branch of the United Farmworkers: ... Read more

 A major cause of high food prices is the way food gets to market – from multiple levels of middlemen, to poor planning that makes commodity prices volatile. That’s the view of a farm and food systems analyst, who is coming to Oregon next week to share his thoughts about ... Read more