Evening News

Organizers and activists from around the Pacific Northwest are occupying the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal site in Bradwood, Oregon today. NorthernStar Corporation has proposed building a terminal on the site to import natural gas from Russia and other source... Read more

President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, Karl Rove, announced today that he will leave the White House at the end of this month. Rove has been with Bush since the start of his political career in Texas. Critics have called Rove Bush’s brain A criminal in... Read more

In this year's legislative session, the Oregon State Legislature was unable to come to an agreement on fixing Measure 37, a rural development bill which would drastically alter the Oregon landscape.  This November voters will have a chance with Measure 49 to change the impa... Read more

A community radio station serving the South-west township, or Soweto, in South Africa, is currently facing a crisis in governance. The station began during the anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980s, and became a voice for the oppressed people living in the townships of S... Read more

A group of teen peacemakers are in Portland today to celebrate and honor local peacemakers.  Tonight the group will be presenting at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church – Community Center, Between NE 8th & 9th just South of Alberta at 6:30 pm. KBOO Reporter Kurt Ackerson spoke with... Read more

A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.  KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene.  She joins us now by phone. Read more

A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.  KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene.  She joins us now by phone.  Linda, are you there? Read more

A chemical bomb was tossed from a car at a mosque in Glendale Arizona late last night.  Local police are considering the incident a possible hate crime. The explosive device, made up of a swimming pool chemical and a reactant, was tossed by a passenger in a red car.  It lan... Read more

For the past week Oregon State Hospital has been dealing with a viral outbreak affecting over 70 people from its staff and patients.   The outbreak has been identified as the contagious norovirus.  The norovirus leads to stomach flu and other gastrointestinal illnesses.   Th... Read more

TODAY BEGINS THE CONVERGENCE FOR CLIMATE ACTION, AN EVENT WHICH WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO PLAN ACTIONS TO TURN BACK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. TAKING PLACE IN LONDON, WASHINGTON STATE AND NORTH CAROLINA, THE CAMPS ARE BRINGING CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGNERS TOGETHER WITH LOCA... Read more