Evening News

 Today the Oregon Bureau of Land Management, rejected the hardrock lease application for a site near Mount St. Helens.According to the BLM, an Environmental Assessment conducted in 2007 was unclear in its findings, and that the mining could result in mineral development exc... Read more

 Twenty-seven homeless people sat down out side city hall last night, and they say they plan to stay there until city government finds somewhere for them to live.The sit-in was started last Friday as a protest against the bridge sweeps being conducted by Portland police.The... Read more

 The US Supreme Court voted yesterday to uphold the state of Indiana's restrictive voter ID laws. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Justin Levitt, with the Brennan Center for Justice, and the author of a report entitled "The Truth About Voter Fraud":  Read more

 A call from agricultural researchers today could lead to a five year moratorium on Biofuel production. Citing concerns about nations halting the exportation of rice and grains the researchers are saying that biofuel production may be the cause. KBOO’s Michael Ianello ha... Read more

Riad Hamad was an outspoken advocate for the rights of the Palestinian people, and the founder of the Palestinian Children's Welfare Fund. He spent his own money from his salary as a teacher to send shipments of school supplies and medicine to children in Palestinian refug... Read more

 KBOO Reporter Saed Bannoura brings us the latest news from the occupied territories of Palestine:  Read more

Recent research is connecting chemical exposures to the rising rates of obesity.                 In a forum sponsored by the Oregon Environmental Council, Bruce Blumberg, Associate professor of development and cell biology, visited portland to discuss his research on the s... Read more

 The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report today about the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.  The report found that scientists employed with the EPA are finding it more and more difficult to do their jobs without political interference. KBOO's Jenka Soderb... Read more

 The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it was working with donors to review Haiti's need for more aid to deal with soaring food prices.  The food crisis recently sparked food riots in the Caribbean country.But while the economists in the International Monetary Fund... Read more

  Michael Schrunk, the District Attorney for Multnomah County, held several supposedly public hearings last week.  The focus of the hearings was a proposed policy on the use of deadly force by the Portland police department.  Although the topic is one that usually raises h... Read more