Evening News

A community radio station serving the South-west township, or Soweto, in South Africa, is currently facing a crisis in governance. The station began during the anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980s, and became a voice for the oppressed people living in the townships of S... Read more

A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.  KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene.  She joins us now by phone. Read more

A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.  KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene.  She joins us now by phone.  Linda, are you there? Read more

A chemical bomb was tossed from a car at a mosque in Glendale Arizona late last night.  Local police are considering the incident a possible hate crime. The explosive device, made up of a swimming pool chemical and a reactant, was tossed by a passenger in a red car.  It lan... Read more

For the past week Oregon State Hospital has been dealing with a viral outbreak affecting over 70 people from its staff and patients.   The outbreak has been identified as the contagious norovirus.  The norovirus leads to stomach flu and other gastrointestinal illnesses.   Th... Read more

A group of teen peacemakers are in Portland today to celebrate and honor local peacemakers.  Tonight the group will be presenting at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church – Community Center, Between NE 8th & 9th just South of Alberta at 6:30 pm. KBOO Reporter Kurt Ackerson spoke with... Read more

TODAY BEGINS THE CONVERGENCE FOR CLIMATE ACTION, AN EVENT WHICH WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO PLAN ACTIONS TO TURN BACK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. TAKING PLACE IN LONDON, WASHINGTON STATE AND NORTH CAROLINA, THE CAMPS ARE BRINGING CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGNERS TOGETHER WITH LOCA... Read more

Today the Portland City Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution calling for a Federal Department of Peace. A number of local residents spoke in favor of the resolution at this morning’s City Council meeting. The following are statements from Kathleen Pequeno (pay-... Read more

And now, another edition of the local environmental series, Our Backyard with K-BOO’s Edison Carder. Read more

Health care workers around the country have been struggling to form unions, facing off against private health care companies that care little about living wages and benefits. Workers Independent News brings us this report about one group of workers trying to unionize in Chi... Read more