Evening News

The presiding officer in the hearing of alleged army whistleblower Bradley Manning has submitted a recommendation that all twenty two charges against the army private be moved to court martial. The recommendation must be approved by a higher-ranking officer, but it seems l... Read more

On January first a call to action was issued by the ILWU because transnational corporation EBT is in violation of their leasing agreement to employ local unionized workers. A mass protest is planned in unison with the occupy movement on January 20th to shutdown the port to... Read more

The Occupy Portland Movement has moved indoors, with a new headquarters opening today in the basement of Saint Francis church. The new space is located at Southeast 12th and Oak Street, and will be open this evening beginning at 5:30. Organizers with the Occupy Portland mo... Read more

Portland is experiencing unusually cold weather and snow is forecast for the weekend. For an update on how homeless shelters are managing, KBOO’s Joe Meyer spoke with Brian Merrill of the Portland Rescue Mission.   Read more

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Normal 0   A Washington state judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Hanford nuclear worker alleging that he was unfairly dismissed after raising safety concerns. Walter Tamosaitis says that his case demonstrates a major flaw with Washington state law – whi... Read more

A protester with Occupy Portland who was photographed being pepper-sprayed in the mouth made her first court appearance this week.   Elizabeth Nichols was charged with three counts of interfering with a peace officer after she was pepper-sprayed at a protest near Pioneer squ... Read more

At a special session tomorrow afternoon, The Portland City Council will vote on a resolution calling on the US government to end the war in Afghanistan and bring troops and contractors home from Iraq. The statement is called the “War Dollars Home Resolution”, and is based ... Read more

Normal 0 The city of Portland has been trying to avoid building a costly additional water treatment plant. Federal regulators are mandating the facility, and recent tests from the Bull Run watershed could possibly support their case. KBOO’s Zeke Harrington has more.... Read more

Also on the docket for tomorrow’s City Council meeting is a resolution declaring that corporations are not people, and supporting a constitutional amendment to that effect. Rich Cohen with the Occupy Portland Visioning team says that this is just one part of a larger movem... Read more