Evening News

A measure has been introduced into the Oregon State Legislature which would close the Oregon School for the Blind. Sara fay Goldman spoke with Art Stevenson, President of the National Federation of the Blind of Oregon about the importance of the upcoming vote. Read more

Canadian courts have, for the first time, convicted someone for war crimes committed in another country. Though the Canadian government is not calling their law ‘Universal Jurisdiction’, today’s ruling has a lot of similarities with a Spanish law that has allowed that co... Read more

A group of protesters from People for the Ethica Treatment of Animals stood outside of Lowe’s this afternoon protesting the store’s sale of Cruel Mouse-Traps. The Group caught a fair bit of attention with their bikini-clad model pretending to be a mouse caught in a glue-... Read more

Today is the third day of a United Nations Summit for Indigenous Issues.  As part of the summit, indigenous activists marched to several embassies to demand policy changes toward native people and biodiversity. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Ann Peterman of the Global For... Read more

    Hundreds of indigenous leaders have gathered at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this week in New York. Some of the top issues they are hoping to address include the climate crisis, free trade agreements, and indigenous sovereignty. KBOO’s Jenk... Read more

  Fired workers from the Laurelhurst Village nursing home held a community forum Tuesday night to discuss the management’s anti-union activities, and asking for community support. KBOO’s Peter Shapiro has more:   Read more

Multnomah county has become one of the top spots in the nation for human trafficking. County sheriff Keith Bickford reports that in Oregon, police are encountering three to five people per week who are victims of trafficking. Eighty percent of the victims of this slave tra... Read more

On the Columbia, sea lions have moved in because of Salmon struggling to make it up the dams. In order to protect the Salmon population from Sea Lions looking for an easy meal, the state has begun executing Sea Lions who frequent the location. Some feel that the Sea Lion... Read more

Privatizing water systems threatens jobs and negatively impacts local economies. Crystal Leighty speaks with Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch.   That was Crystal Leighty speaking with Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Waer Watch.   Read more

Conservationists and fishermen are optomistic the Obama administration will follow the instructions of US District Judge James Redden and take a new scientific approach to protecting Colombia River Salmon. KBOO’s Brendan Grubb, in conjunction with the Oregon News Service, ... Read more