Evening News

  Michael Schrunk, the District Attorney for Multnomah County, held several supposedly public hearings last week.  The focus of the hearings was a proposed policy on the use of deadly force by the Portland police department.  Although the topic is one that usually raise... Read more

 This past Sunday, a town hall meeting was held at the friends meeting hall here in Portland, Oregon, on the subject of ending the funding of the Afghanistan and Iraq occupations.Some twenty people testified at the Town Hall.The Following is a sampling of some of those t... Read more

 Demonstrators made themselves heard at a San Francisco Courthouse on Monday. They were there to support former Black Panthers on trial for a 37 year old Police Killing.Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund brings us the story.   Read more

 PacifiCorp has agreed to shut down power production at the Link River Dam near Klamath Falls in the late summer and early fall. It’s part of an agreement made with the conservation group “Oregon Wild,” to save endangered sucker fish that migrate into Upper Klamath Lake.... Read more

 The Rogue River is number two on the list of “America’s Most Endangered Rivers.” The new report is from the conservation group American Rivers. It says if the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Plan Revision goes into effect, more should be done to protect tribu... Read more

In the leadup to it's annual meeting, Coca Cola, Incorporated has blocked a shareholders' resolution to publicly report test data on its bottled water brand, Dasani. KBOO's Ethan Scarl spoke about the reasons for Coke's action with Sara Joseph, of Corporate Accountabili... Read more

 In the leadup to its annual meeting, Coca Cola, Incorporated has blocked a shareholders' resolution to publicly report test data on its bottled water brand, Dasani. KBOO's Ethan Scarl spoke about the reasons for Coke's action with Sara Joseph, of Corporate Accountabili... Read more

 The United Farm Workers have filed a petition of 13,000 signatures to Whole Foods Corporation in Texas.The petition calls on the company to allow farmworkers in Oregon and Washington to unionize.Andrea Cano (KAH-noh) represents the Oregon branch of the United Farmworker... Read more

 A major cause of high food prices is the way food gets to market – from multiple levels of middlemen, to poor planning that makes commodity prices volatile. That’s the view of a farm and food systems analyst, who is coming to Oregon next week to share his thoughts abo... Read more

Pete Anderson Interviews Piper, co-owner of Proper Eats Cafe of St. John's near North Portland. Proper Eats creates sustainability and connectivity through preparing and providing organic, vegetarian, vegan, locally made and earth respecting food. Read more