Evening News

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: 3 thousand unionized nurses at Providence Hospitals in Oregon will go on strike next week, Over a dozen Portland City Council candidates qualify for publicly matched campaign dollars, And, a bull at the Sisters Rodeo jumps the fen... Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: O-H-S-U will lay off more than 500 workers, Oregon Republican state lawmakers set their sights on rolling back the Sanctuary Promise Act, And, more than a dozen community organizations plan a “Reject Militarization” counter summit... Read more

Main stories: Six elections that tell us about the contradictions between elections and democracy; China ups the pressure on Taiwan and Hong Kong; Human Rights Under Fire in Venezuela. Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: a four billion dollar spending plan: will it help Multnomah county provide more assistance for the houseless, and solve the ambulance crisis, the tragic cases of murdered and missing indigenous people are hitting home in Oregon’s c... Read more

In this edition of the KBOO Evening News: A Washington State initiative described as "forced outing" of students takes effect despite a legal challenge, a record head waves hits the southern United States, and pharmacy closures in Oregon put the state at the bottom of the ... Read more

This week's commentary: Israeli public opinion--favoring removal of Netanyahu and getting the hostages back, but also favoring his war objectives. Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Portland Public Schools appoints a new superintendent, Power company PacifiCorp settles yet another multi-million dollar lawsuit for their role in the 2020 Labor Day fires in Oregon, And, the company that owns the East Oregonian ne... Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon lawmakers put $5 million dollars towards overhauling the state campaign finance system, Pamplin newspapers are sold to a Mississippi conglomerate, And in national news, President Biden plans to sign an executive order to ef... Read more

On this edition of the KBOO Evening News The federal appeals court announced; the State of Oregon must release people accused of a crime from jail if they can’t find them a public defender within 7 days, Portland police shoot and wound a resident while serving a warrant A... Read more

  Starting this fall, Portlanders will be using a new system of voting - Ranked Choice Voting - to elect their city councilors. It's a big shift, but it may be more intuitive for voters than it seems at first.  For more on Ranked Choice Voting, KBOO's Althea Billings speak... Read more