Evening News

A Long Island woman convicted of enslaving two Indonesian domestic workers has been sentenced to eleven years in prison. Her husband is due for sentencing later today. Christine Lewis reports from New York City.   Read more

Portlanders opposing the city’s treatment the homeless gathered at city hall yet again yesterday morning to testify before the City Council. The following is an excerpt from that testimony.   Read more

Ethan Scarle went to meeting of the Northeast's Public Safety Committee, at the King Neighborhood Facility, where people from the neighborhoods, from the police, and from other public service areas meet once a month to work on safety issues facing North and Northeast Portla... Read more

K-BOO’s Kyle Burris stopped by Portland’s day labor center on June 25th, to see how things have progressed since its opening on June 16th.   Read more

After almost thirty years of service, Peterson’s convenience store is about to be evicted from its downtown Portland  location. K-BOO’s Kyle Burris talked about it this afternoon with the store’s owner, Doug Peterson. The building owners have com... Read more

An Oregon paper mill which was sold off in bankruptcy proceedings last month will re-hire half the workers that were fired – but without a Union contract. When Pope and Talbot paper mill in Halsey went bankrupt last month, 180 workers lost their... Read more

On Sunday, thousands of Portlanders experienced what it would be like if Portland was car-free.  The free, first ever event attracted cyclists, strollers, and skaters to a six mile loop through Nort... Read more

A group of local union carpenters held a picket this morning outside of a condo construction site on East Burnside. The workers say that Gray Purcell, the company building the site, refuses to pay a standard wage. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg was there, and spoke with Cliff Pucket... Read more

The U-S congress is considering a bill this week that would limit slaughter of horses. KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has the story…   Read more

  The prosecution throws up new obstacles in the case of eight former members of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Jailed defendants Jalil Muntaquin and Herman Bell are delayed in their return to New York for a parole hearing. Read more