Evening News

  As we reported on Friday’s news, a burning cross was discovered in the yard of a racially-mixed family in Alsea Oregon last week. After initially calling the incident a case of ‘reckless burning’, police later classified it as a hate crime. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke w... Read more

Every Monday morning, foreclosed and pre-foreclosure homes are auctioned off on the steps of the Multnomah County courthouse in downtown Portland. After demonstrations last week by several dozen protesters disrupted the auction, this week saw enhanced security and just a fe... Read more

  A recent study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies examined the possibility of an Israeli nuclear strike on Iran. The study found that an Israeli show of force towards Iran is not entirely out of the question in the coming two years. But neither Barack ... Read more

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  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee recently concluded their annual convention in Washington DC, with hundreds of lobbyists visiting Congressional offices. This year, they were met by protesters calling for equal rights for the Palestinian people. KBOO’s Jenka ... Read more

  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison in Tacoma Washington has asked the federal government for funding to increase the prison’s capacity. KBOO’s Sam Theobald went to a recent protest outside the facility, and brings us some of the sounds of the Mother’s Day Vig... Read more

  President Obama has promoted ‘alternative energy’ as a key part of his agenda. To achieve that goal, some legislators in the US Congress have proposed a ‘Clean Energy Bank’ that would provide low-interest loans for new alternative energy projects. But anti-nuclear group... Read more

  A half million people half the world away flee their homes because of armed fighting and an Oregon based aid group has started helping families in need. The United Nations estimates at least 500,000 have had to suddenly move in Pakistan. Mercy Corps is handing out emerge... Read more

  Protesters gathered at the County Courthouse in downtown, yesterday, to protest the auctioning off of foreclosed homes. A representative for multiple banks has been auctioning off foreclosed homes to anyone who will show up, every Monday at 10:00. But this week, proteste... Read more

  The Sri Lankan government has been on a campaign to eliminate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (or Tamil Tigers) with no regard to the civilian population caught in the crossfire. With virtually all independent news sources banned from the area, accurate news report... Read more