Evening News

  Normal 0 The Department of Energy took public commentary on the suitability of using Hanford as a dump for additional medical and industrial radioactive waste. Read more

Normal 0 teachers and students are protesting cuts to public education Normal 0 Teachers have rallied this month in Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and California, where last week more than a dozen teachers including the head of California's teacher... Read more

KBOO's Joe Meyer reports on the water rate hearing at city hall.  The water bureau is asking for a 13% increase as part of a plan to raise rates 85% over then next five years.  This evening news piece includes voices from the street, expert legal opinion from a veteran o... Read more

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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 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

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 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