Evening News

It's KBOO's locally-produced, volunteer-powered evening newscast!  Now available online! Top headlines from the 1/14 Evening News: The US military has been ordered to release a Guantanamo detainee who was captured as a child An Oakland transit cop has been arrested for killi... Read more

Layla El Contonay (Comunications Director of Arab American Anti Discrimination Comittee) talks about the diffrent kinds of media bias she sees and talks about the unheard voices of the Palestinian people and the discrimination against Arabs in the American media and if that... Read more

Ambassador Edward Peck Gives his Views on the relashionship between Palestain and Isreal and the peoples opinion of what is best for them. He also talks about why the US should be supporting Palestain. Read more

OREGON SENATOR RON WYDEN HAD A TOWN MEETING SCHEDULED IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY YESTERDAY.  AROUND FORTY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE SCHEDULED LOCATION, ALL BUT ONE OF THEM THERE TO DEMAND THAT WYDEN MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE ISRAELI INVASION OF GAZA. BUT THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED TO LEAR... Read more

In response to the Israeli assault on Gaza, the Free Gaza movement has set sail from Cyprus with a ship full of humanitarian aid. Jenka Soderberg spoke with Greta Berlin, one of the organizers Read more

This past week has seen developments in several Civil Liberty issues, including the on-air admission of Vice President Cheney to the authorization of torture in an interview with the ABC news. His admission has led to even mainstream media asking if Cheney is a War Criminia... Read more

Portland's venerable In Other Words Bookstore, the nation's final nonprofit feminist bookstore and resource center may be forced to close if it does not raise $3,000 in the next three weeks.   In Other Words Women's Books and Resources is the last surviving non-profit femin... Read more

A number of activist groups in Eugene are pulling togerther with the hope of turning Eugene into a “Human Rights City”—a city that places human rights above all, and doesn’t wait for government mandates to do it. KBOO’s Sue Supriano spoke to Ken Neubeck of the Human Rights C... Read more

Portland Mayor-elect Sam Adams announced last week that the world's largest wind turbine company would be relocating to Portland. But some local media said he was jumping the gun. The Portland Tribune warned Adams to avoid making the same mistake as former Mayor Vera Katz, ... Read more

Today marks the 6-month anniversary of Portland’s day labor center on Martin Luther King Boulevard. While workers have been enthusiastic about using the center, employers have been slow to catch on to the idea. The group has spent some of their contract money to build a new ... Read more