Evening News

Organizers of a town hall meeting in Medford Thursday were trying to set the record straight on health care reform. Lawmakers, the public and health care reform avocates were discussing why universal health care in Oregon is necessary. KBOO's Kurt Ackerson reports: Read more

The spring and summer salmon fishing seasons are officially over and the bottom line is not good for oregon. Kboo’s Abbey akers reports along with oregon news service Read more

Immigrations and Customs Enforecement, also known as ICE, arrested Elvira Arellano and deported her on Sunday. Elvira has been a leader in the immigrant rights movement and a mother of a ten year old.  Last night, Elvira found her influence once again rippling across the na... Read more

Moveon.org says that Portland is the home of a large number of it members. And the group is planning a large scale vigil here on August 28. KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more.                    Read more

Every day, Oregonians are paying more for the Iraq War…and the costs continue to rise. A new report shows the state’s taxpayers have already spent $3.7 billion on the war.   KBOO’s Owen (Bass-table) Bastable provided this report along with the Oregon News Service.  Read more

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

ON TUESDAY EVENING AT THE US ARMY AND MARINE RECRUITING CENTER IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND, A SMALL AND VARIED GROUP OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO PROTEST THE WAR IN IRAQ. ARRIVING IN ONES AND TWOS, THEY CAME WITH SIGNS, BANNERS AND GUITARS.  ONE WOMEN EVEN BROUGHT TWIRLING FLAGS FOR... Read more

Three different sites on Oregon’s Coast are being targeted by Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, companies as possible sites for Import Terminals. In addition to the Bradwood location in northern Oregon, the coos bay estuary on the south coast has also been scoped. KBOO reporter... Read more

Local activist Yvonne Simmons was directly impacted by the massive earthquake that hit Peru last week She talked to KBOO News about how the earthquake has affected indigenous communities that she works with in Peru: Read more

LOCAL ACTIVIST YVONNE SIMMONS WAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT PERU LAST WEEK. SHE TALKED TO KBOO NEWS ABOUT HOW THE EARTHQUAKE HAS AFFECTED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT SHE WORKS WITH IN PERU Read more