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Evening News on 09/23/20

Airs at: Wed, 09/23/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Proud Boys, the hate group planning a rally in Portland this Saturday, runs into permitting difficulties; President Trump issued an executive order yesterday on combatting race and sex stereotyping; A... Read more

Evening News on 09/22/20

Airs at: Tue, 09/22/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Protests in Portland continued last night after restarting last week following a brief break due to wildfires and unhealthy air quality;   The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 200,000;   Following the p... Read more

Evening News on 09/21/20

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Protests against police brutality and systemic racism resumed over the weekend in Portland as air quality improved across the region; The Department of Justice released a list of three cities they labele... Read more

Evening News on 09/18/20

Airs at: Fri, 09/18/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Rains finally arrive in Oregon to start clearing the air and dampening the wildfires; Multnomah County Sheriffs may have endorsed civilian roadblocks in Corbett; And, the Federal Disaster Declaration me... Read more

Evening News on 09/17/20

Airs at: Thu, 09/17/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Thunderstorms are rolling in: will they help or hurt firefighters’ efforts to get the wildfires under control?   The search for survivors of the fires: both human and animal, is still on throughout Oreg... Read more

Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots by DJ Lee

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
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  Our In Depth guest today is DJ Lee, author of Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots, published by Oregon State University Press. DJ is a Regents Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Washington State University, the Director of the Selway-Bitterroot Wildern... Read more

Evening News on 09/16/20

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Fires and smoke continue to overwhelm much of the state; More evidence emerges that ICE facilities are performing hysterectomies on unsuspecting women; And, President Trump touts herd immunity, while sa... Read more

Evening News on 09/15/20

Airs at: Tue, 09/15/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Multiple wildfires continue to burn in the Portland metro and surrounding areas; The city of Louisville, Kentucky has agreed to a settlement in the police killing of Breonna Taylor; And, a whistleblow... Read more

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty on reducing police terror

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  "[It] depends on that officer's perception of the call that they're on. I also know that ... community members have been trained to make the calls sound as scary as possible to get a quicker police response." Before Jo Ann Hardesty was a Portland City Commissioner, she... Read more

Evening News on 09/14/20

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this special Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Historic wildfires across the West Coast continue to rage, including some near the Portland area; The number of cases of COVID-19 in Oregon and across the country continues to grow; And, Patriot Praye... Read more