Evening News

 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 abo... Read more

Pete Anderson Interviews Piper, co-owner of Proper Eats Cafe of St. John's near North Portland. Proper Eats creates sustainability and connectivity through preparing and providing organic, vegetarian, vegan, locally made and earth respecting food. Read more

  And now, the latest Civil Liberties Watch, with KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund:   Read more

 This past Saturday, in Northeast Portland, the Council for Prostitution Alternatives opened its second weekly drop in center for any person who is now working, or who has ever worked, in the sex industry.KBOO reporter Don Wolfe spoke with the Director, Lila Lee, about t... Read more

 Oregon's Governor Ted Kulongoski spoke Friday at the Oregon Convention Center on how the state can address the climate crisis.The Governor focused on building an environmentally sound transportation infrastructure, as well as giving drivers incentives to reduce carbon o... Read more

A new report says that the income gap between rich and poor is alive and growing here in Oregon.   KBOO’s Ethan Scarl has more. Read more

 An event held yesterday at Lewis and Clark University in Portland called for an end to the so-called "war on carnivores". K-BOO's Nia Lewis spoke with Brian Vincent, with the group 'Big Wildlife'  Read more

Local war tax protesters will be holding their annual training seminar at the downtown Portland Library to educate citizens how to withhold their federal taxes in protest of the Iraq War.  KBOO reporter Don Wolfe spoke with Ann Huntwork about the upcoming training and he... Read more

 Three weeks ago, a major event called 'Winter Soldier' was held outside Washington DC to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.  In three days of gripping testimony, hundreds of veterans of the Iraq war described war crimes that they committed or witnessed i... Read more

  General David Petraeus said today that he wants the US army to stay in Iraq at least another year.Petraeus told two Senate committees that last year's influx of 30 thousand troops in Iraq had helped calm some of the sectarian violence.  This is the first time in seven ... Read more