Evening News

Headlines for this newscast: A picket began today against a local dog daycare facility by a former employee.  The employee claims she was wrongfully terminated and is fighting to get her job back. A massive bomb exploded in Baghdad killing 59 and injured more than... Read more

Headlines for this newscast: A new homeless center in Corvallis broke ground yesterday. President Obama is proposing new off-shore drilling policies. KBOO speaks with the ACLU of Oregon about Obama's partial continuation of Bush's torture policies. Read more

Headlines for this Newscast Clackamas County Employees agree to caps on their health care benefits. President Obama adds immigration agents to the southern border. A witness to the Gaza Flotilla raid speaks with KBOO about the May 31st raid.   Read more

Headlines for this newscast: As the Ringling Bros. Circus prepares to come to Portland, PETA activits are shining a spotlight on animal cruelty by the circus. An annual report on Social Security prompts news outlets to report misleading information regarding  it's... Read more

Oregon's Electronic Recycling Program is doing better in it's second year. Teachers in the state breathe a sigh of relief as Oregon recieved 117 million dollars for education. Environmental Watchdog Greenpeace launches a three month investigation in order to analyz... Read more

Federal scientists recently released a report indicating that hatchery fish are threatening endangered salmon in the Columbia River Basin.  KBOO environmental reporter Jacob Anderson-Minshall talks to the State of the Salmon director about the new findings and what they mea... Read more

Scientists in the Gulf have found evidence that oil may be beginning to make its way into the Gulf  food chain. Oregon gas prices have risen above three dollars, the highest in two years. Oregon schools will receive around $100 million after the U.S. House passed ... Read more

KBOO's environmental reporter talks to a Sierra Club attorney about why the organization is suing the EPA. Although the Sierra Club joined forest and paper industry groups in filing suit over the "tailoring rule" the environmental organization isn't siding with industry.  I... Read more

Headlines for this newscast Raw sewage was gushing into the Willamette River today at a rate of 25 gallons a minute. Religous leaders in Oregon protest human expermentation by the CIA. A new poll in California suggests the state is in support of legalizing ma... Read more

Headlines for this newscast: Portland Community College is facing such high enrollment that they are starting to turn students away. In response to a recent report ranking that lists Portland as 2nd in the U.S. for under-age sex trafficking, The YWCA of Portland r... Read more