Environment/Climate

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Oregon Grand Jury Arrests Man Suspected of Arson in Connection With Four Wildfires

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
An Oregon Grand Jury has indicted a man on three counts of arson and other charges in connection with a string of four wildfires. This man, named Christopher Wilson at age 37, is suspected to have started the fires on Highway 97 on August 29th. The worst of which has spread... Read more

MEDICARE FOR ALL!

Airs at: Wed, 09/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  plus: Disaster Capitalism in Houston...Headlines on DACA, Michael Bennett, 118-Mile March and More.. As Senator Bernie Sanders prepares to introduce his anticipated Medicare for All bill on September 13th, we speak to leading health care advocate Dr. Margaret Flowers. A... Read more

First Impressions

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The American Southwest is a land that echoes with mystery, stark beauty, and a history of brutality. On this arid landscape civilizations have risen and fallen for thousands of years. Some were wiped out by changing climatic conditions, others by the brutality of Spanish Co... Read more

UN Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Imposing Sanctions Against North Korea

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In spite of North Korean threats to make the U.S. pay a heavy price, the UN Security Council unanimously passed today a resolution imposing sanctions against North Korea. This resolution was prompted when North Korea expanded and tested their ballistic nuclear missile progr... Read more

Rafiki Village Project

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  In this episode of the Radiozine, host Jennifer Kemp interviews David Newman and Laura Orgel, president and secretary of the Rafiki Village Project. The Rafiki Village Project is a local non-profit that helps to support villages in rural Tanzania, working in tandem with ... Read more

High Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southern Mexico, 38 Dead

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A high-magnitude earthquake hit the southern coast of Mexico on Thursday night killing at least 38 people. The epicenter of this 8.1 magnitude quake was roughly 74 miles off the coast of Mexico and was felt as far as Guatemala City and Mexico City, causing a 2 foot tsunami.... Read more

Irma Devastates Barbuda, Many Homeless

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Hurricane Irma blasted through the Caribbean on Thursday killing 10 people and creating near-total destruction on the islands. Barbuda and Antigua were hit especially badly. A chairwoman of the Barbuda council stated that cars were flying over people's heads and 40 foot con... Read more

The Oregon Episode: Big Summit Prairie--Eclipse Fest, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, White River Wilderness

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Welcome back to Threshold Shift, a Resident Sound Artist Series on KBOO 90.7 FM. The recordings on Threshold Shift are collected and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens in the field. We have attempted to leave these field recordings as ra... Read more

Eagle Creek Fire

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On the afternoon of September 2, a group of teenagers thought it was exciting to hurl lit firecrackers into the Eagle Creek canyon in the Columbia River Gorge. Shortly after a number of hikers witnessed and heard the firecrackers, a wildfire erupted in the Eagle Creek area ... Read more

Updates on the wildfires in our area

Resources & Background Information below 9/16 Update on the Eagle Creek Fire: Firefighter control efforts focus on the outer perimeter of the fire. Smoke and flames may be visible as pockets of unburned fuel are consumed within the interior of the fire. Temperatures remai... Read more