Evening News

Oregon Environmental Council has released a new guide book, the "Eco-Healthy Homes Checkup Kit".  KBOO's Jacob Anderson-Minshall spoke with Jen Coleman from OEC about the organization, toxins in our homesand what people can do to improve the health of their homes.  Oregonia... Read more

Normal 0 Following recent deaths by police shootings, the Portland City Council heard a report last night from the Citizen Review Committee on use of force by Portland Police.  KBOO reporter LT has More.   Normal 0 Read more

Normal 0 A rally was held Downtown today for those opposing Governor Kulongoski’s cuts to services and funds for seniors and people with disabilities.   KBOO’s Sheya Rivard reports… Read more

Normal 0 When it comes to personal opinions about the environment, regulations and conservation, a new report from the carsey institute says a person’s geographic location and political beliefs seem to matter the most.   Here is Nick Walker with a report.             Read more

Normal 0 Oil-eating microbes located in Gulf Coast sand offer a potential solution to the B-P oil spill. These microbes occur naturally in the Gulf Coast and have evolved over centuries to consume the oil that naturally seeps out of the fissures of the ocean  floor. B-... Read more

Normal 0   Defense contractor Kellog, Brown & Root is on Trial for poisoning Oregon National Guard veterans.   Documents shown yesterday in a Portland Courtroom reveal information about an ultimatum delivered to the pentagon by KBR within days of the 2003 Iraq invas... Read more

Normal 0 Three new Oregon biomass projects are receiving federal Recovery Act money to get them up and running by early 2012. These incentives are seen with positive eyes, not only for locally generated power, but healthier forests, cleaner air, and job incentives for ... Read more

Normal 0 Earlier today, the organization, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility petitioned the Obama Administration to rescind a Bush-era policy that imposed a gag order on government scientists.  KBOO’s Joshua Harper spoke with executive director Jeff Rook ... Read more

Normal 0 Last week, there was a U-N meeting of the high ministers to discuss the issue of women in development. For the first time, the discussion included women with disabilities on the docket. KBOO’s Sarika Mehta spoke with Shantha Rau Barriga, from Human Rights Watc... Read more

Normal 0 The Pastors for Peace Friend-ship-ment Caravan to Cuba is an aid caravan that travels through the U-S, Canada and Mexico to bring essential goods to Cuba. Cuba has been subject to a U-S embargo for nearly half a century. The Caravan makes its stop in Portland to... Read more