Evening News

While many cities in the U.S. are finally coming to the realization that walkability is a necessity in city planning, Vancouver, Washington is actually doing something about it. A non-profit group in the city invited Mark Fenton, the host of the PBS series "America's Walkin... Read more

An emergency rally to stop the expansion of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) was held in Portland.  Organized by a number of local groups, the rally was held outside the Federal Building on Southwest Third. One of the speakers was Centolia Maldonado Vasquez, a... Read more

the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides marks a special anniversary this weekend.  KBOO’s Adinah Little spoke with Aimee (ahh-may) Code about the group’s 30th anniversary Celebration and Auction. Read more

Reports from the Africa with Marianne Fry reporting for KBOO news. Read more

Last night, a contentious  public meeting was held to discuss the renaming of Interstate Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue. KBOO’s Andy Seaton was at that meeting, and brings us this report: Read more

The Hammerskin Nation, a neo-Nazi skinhead organization, aims to attract hundreds of hardcore racists to the group's twentieth-anniversary celebration, to be held from today until Sunday somewhere in the greater Portland area. The group has not publicized the location of th... Read more

      After Representative Earl Blumenauer refused to answer questions on his support for the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement during his town hall meeting on Sunday, a group of local activists conducted a blockade and sit-in early this morning in his Portland office. KBOO’s Mi... Read more

A Medford police officer is facing charges for allegedly misusing a taser weapon on a teenager.    KBOO’s Marc de Giere reports in collaboration with the Oregon News Service. Read more

Protestors calling for the impeachment of George Bush met yesterday outside the Portland office of Congressman Earl Blumenaur, but were locked out of his office itself. KBOO’s Kurt Ackerson spoke with Martha Odom, one of the protestors: Read more

The Sneak and Peek Provision of the USA Patriot act has been declared unconstitutional by a Federal judge.  Eoin (Owen) Bastable has more:   Yesterday afternoon, an Oregon Federal District court Judge ruled in favor of the family of Brandon Mayfield and his family, in their ... Read more