Evening News

Normal 0 Normal 0 The Mt Hood Community college board and Faculty Association have been locked in an ongoing labor dispute since last August.  Next week the full-time faculty may strike, if negotiations continue to falter. Yesterday KBOO's Jamie Partridge spoke wit... Read more

Normal 0  KBOO’s Sarina Fong spoke with Sara Williams, a math instructor and the president of the college’s Faculty Association. Last night the board presented a new offer to the faculty, in an attempt to divert a strike.   Read more

Normal 0 Several Rallies were held on Monday in Oregon to honor worker’s rights. KBOO reporters Carlos Chavez and John Walsh reported on one of those events held here in Portland. Read more

Normal 0 Are you one of the millions of Americans who have embraced the futuristic Iphone or Ipad made by Apple? It may surprise you to know more about how those devices are manufactured. KBOO's Sarina Fong reports. Read more

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Normal 0 Time magazine has named Ai (EYE) Weiwei (Way-Way), the internationally renowned artist, to their annual list of the one hundred most influential people in the world.  Ai, the only fine artist on the list, has been missing for the past month. Normal 0 ... Read more

Normal 0 Plans for the three point six billion dollar “Columbia River Crossing Project” are moving forward, and Portland Mayor Sam Adams has publicly rebuked a less costly alternative.  Adams told the Oregonian yesterday that George Crandall’s  “Common Sense Alternati... Read more

Normal 0 The Columbia River plays a starring role in a new PBS documentary that airs this coming Sunday. "Salmon: Running the Gauntlet" is an overview of what a fish goes through during its 10,000-mile lifetime migration in Northwest rivers, and a look at the fed... Read more

Normal 0 It’s May Day on Sunday and around the world unions, workers and activists are holding rallies to celebrate the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. In the US the ongoing effects of the economic downturn, including high unemployment and slow... Read more

Is it vandalism or is it art?  You might see examples of graffiti art on abandoned buildings, street signs, or dumpsters, and not think too much about it.  But imagine if you came to work one day and someone painted your entire car, including the windshield.  Now imagine... Read more