Evening News

 Seattle has a plan to get their homeless off the streets but Homeless advocates say that plan is not much of a plan at all. KBOO’s Michael Ianello has more  Read more

 On Friday, the monthly bicycle ride known as critical mass stopped at the Portland International Auto Show.  Bicyclists made the visit in a festive statement of ending our dependence on oil. KBOO’s Marc de Giere has the story.A longer version of this story ran during our... Read more

And now, the latest edition of KBOO's Weekly series Civil Liberties Watch, with Linda Olson-Osterlund Read more

 The ten-year old 'roadless rule' of the U.S. Forest Service now protects 58 million acres of forestland from development, almost 2 million of it in Oregon. It’s turned out to have benefits not only for wildlife and water quality, but for the state’s economy. KBOO's Nia... Read more

 Global belly laugh day, scheduled for January 24th at 1:24 pm, is in its third year.  KBOO reporter Marliese Franklin kicked it up with the founder of the day at Buckman Elementary school, in Southeast Portland, this morning.  Read more

           When the temperatures drop to their lowest and the nights howl with the sounds of wind whipping through the trees, no one in Portland feels it more than the homeless and low income families.             Kboo’s Crystal Leighty spoke with Lisa Harwynne from the ... Read more

  A group of environmental activists in Portland, Oregon erected a blockade Tuesday in front of the Northwest Natural Gas company -- out of a huge pile of dead christmas trees.  KBOO reporter Saed Bannoura has more  Read more

        Two American non-profit  journalism organizations have counted nine-hundred and thirty-five  false statements by President Bush and his administration leading up to the Iraq War. Kit Brazier has the story  Read more

  Over the holiday weekend, a group of Portlanders gathered to commemorate Martin Luther King Day by screening a film on the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.  Homeowners in the lower ninth ward have faced forced demolition of their homes, closure of public housing projects... Read more

Measure 18 was passed by voters in 1994 and effectively banned the use of hounds to hunt cougars and bears in the Oregon wilderness. House Bill 2971 could possibly change all that. KBOO's Michael Ianello has more.  Read more