Evening News

 An update now on the homeless in New Orleans.  Last month, the New Orleans City Council Voted to demolish hundreds of units of public housing. Now residents are forced to live on the street and are unable to return to their homes. Yesterday a march was staged to bring a... Read more

 If you are one of the 13 percent of Americans who use an antenna to receive over the air television signals… get ready.  In just about a year from now, the type of signal your antenna receives will change.  A new digital signal will accommodate digital television, and you’... Read more

Living sustainably is not an easy thing to do in city life. Too often everyday people are forced to make harder and harder decisions when it comes to their environmental impact. KBOO’s Michael Ianello brings us one community’s example of sustainable city living. Read more

 Next we have our recurring news segment Civil Liberties Watch. Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund speaks with Oregon attorney Brandon Mayfield for an update on his case against the Patriot Act. Read more

An Interview with attorney Brandon Mayfield about his successful lawsuit to have the Patriot Act declared unconstitutional.  Read more

    The Portland City Council will look a lot different by the end of the year. Four of the five council seats are up for reelection this year because of a series of vacancies left by current members. KBOO’s Spencer Raymond reports. Read more

 A group of hunting and fishing advocates says the Bureau of Land Management’s new plan for public lands in Western Oregon focuses too much on increasing timber production and creating “ATV playgrounds,” and not enough on saving fish and wildlife habitat.  KBOO’s Spencer ... Read more

Candlelight vigils will replace a celebration that the groupBasic Rights Oregon had expected to host tonight.     This follows the news that a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, delaying the implementation of Oregon's new Domestic Partnership law.... Read more

 Happy New Year from the KBOO Evening News Team.  2008 marks KBOO's 40th anniversary, and in honor of the occasion, we've been digging through the KBOO archives, which are filled with recordings from KBOO's 40 years of radical radio.  Throughout the coming year, you will ha... Read more

 Today we air a new recurring feature of the KBOO evening news, Civil Liberties Watch, with KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund.  Tonight's program is a review of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act   Read more