Evening News

With the Bush administration pushing for a number of free trade agreements before they leave office, local groups are organizing to oppose these agreements.Groups like the Oregon branch of the AFL-CIO, the Oregon Sierra Club, the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, and a number of ... Read more

The Bush administration and the Bureau of Land Management sent ripples through the environmentalist community yesterday when they released a new impact statement for the Western Oregon Plan Revision.Earlier this morning, KBOO’s Chris Andreae spoke to Leslie Adams of the Kla... Read more

With the explosion of growth over the last several years in Washington County, homelessness and poverty are also on the rise.KBOO's Eoin  Bastable brings us this report on a center that is trying to deal with these issues in Hillsboro Read more

A forum on prostitution was held last night at PCC’s Southeast Center.KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more: Read more

In Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, Robert may still be president, but his cabinet is in crisis.The cabinet seats for his party total fifteen.These cabinet seats control finance, foreign affairs, police, justice and government information.The main opposition party currently co... Read more

In Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, Robert Mugabe may still be president, but his cabinet is in crisis.The cabinet seats for his party total fifteen.These cabinet seats control finance, foreign affairs, police, justice and government information.The main opposition party curre... Read more

17 innoncent Uighurs refugees who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo are scheduled for a Habeas hearing in federal court on Tuesday. They are among the first prisoners to have the hearings, since the Supreme Court upheld their right to them in a June decision. The Supreme C... Read more

Democracy Reform Oregon has released a detailed analysis of Loren Parks and his 11 million dollars in contributions to Oregon campaigns since 1992.     KBOO Reporter Crystal Leighty spoke with Janice Thompson, one of the reports’ authors Read more

Wall Street suffered through another volatile session today.The Dow Jones plunged as much as 800 points — the largest EVER one-day point drop — before recovering to close with a loss of three hundred seventy. The selling spree took the Dow below 10,000 points for the first ... Read more

  This edition  of Civil Liberties Watch is a roundup of current cvil liberty battles and their heroes. From the resignation of Prosecutor Vandeveld at Guantanamo to  charges being dropped against journalists arrested at the RNC victories for civil liberties are being won.O... Read more