Evening News

Top stories in this episode: Iran-Oman plan for reopening the Strait; US supplies of key weapons dwindling; 3 Middle East countries sign a defense pact.

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:  City Council approves the Moda Center renovation term sheet by a vote of 8 to 4.  Squeaking in just under the wire, the U.S, Senate passes the Federal Disaster Relief Act.  And in national news, Trump signs an executive order to c...

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:  Wildfires grow near Mount Hood, in the worst wildfire season on record in Oregon.  A negotiator hired by Multnomah County for the Moda Center renovation may have a serious conflict of interest.  And in national news, today marks a...

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:  Union Pacific plans to start re-running trains near Portland’s unstable Centennial Mills Warehouse.  Portland’s term sheet for Moda Center renovation negotiations will be finalized Friday.  And, experts worry the ability to bet on...

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:   Portland City Council passes a key hurdle in greenlighting the sale of Zenith Energy’s oil-by-rail terminal.  The Lloyd Center Mall’s last day before demolition is Saturday.  And in national news, President Trump signs new executive o...

Main stories in this episode: Iran war widens; Trump administration is obsessed with leftist terrorism; Labour Party in UK gains on far right

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:  A ballot initiative to redirect Portland climate funds to hire more police fails to gain enough signatures.  A new poll shows more than 2 thirds of Oregonians have negative views on data centers.  And in national news, Trump rolls...

This episode: A Bad Deal: The US-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Deal

Our In Depth guest today is Dian Greenwood, author of the new novel Blackbird Whistling from Travelers Moon Press. Dian published her first novel About the Carleton Sisters in 2023 when she was in her early 80s. Then another novel the very next year, Forever Blackbirds, ...

Coming up on the KBOO Evening News:  Oregon wildfires cross a grim milestone, with 1 million acres burned.  Hillsboro passes a 4 month data center moratorium.  And in international news, a magnitude 7 earthquake hits Japan and at least 40 people are missing.

Coming up on this Spring Membership Drive Special of the KBOO Evening News: The St. Helens City Administrator is presumed dead after falling in the Columbia River over the weekend. Oregon held psychiatric patients in seclusion at the highest rate in the nation.  And ...

What happens when the laws of your culture conflict with the laws of the state? Is it your ethical duty to resist, to preserve your history and identity, and suffer the consequences? That’s an age-old question going back at least 2400 years when it was dramatized by Soph...

Coming up on this Spring Membership Drive Special of the KBOO Evening News: A Chemical vat explosion in Longview Washington kills one, injures 8 others.  Oregonians will pay an extra grand in energy costs because of the Iran war.  And, Albany City Council will consider t...

Coming up on this Spring Membership Drive Special of the KBOO Evening News:  Two progressive candidates in Washington County win their primaries against more establishment opponents.  Portland City Council will weigh a renaming of Cesar Chavez Boulevard next week.  And ...

Coming up on this Spring Membership Drive Special of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon’s Primary election results arrive, with a few races too close to call. The nation says goodbye to Congressman Barney Frank.  And former Capitol Police sue over a Trump created ‘slush fun...

In this episode, The Trump-Xi Summit and the New World Order

Coming up on this Spring Membership Drive Special of the KBOO Evening News:  It’s Primary Election Day, and Oregon voters have until 8 p-m tonight to drop off their ballots at an official drop box Anti-ICE demonstrators in Spokane, Washington are on trial for conspiracy ...

Main topics in this episode: Peace talks going nowhere in Iran; US troop withdrawals from NATO; Iran war may precipitate a global food crisis

A KGW interview with three candidates in Washington County was pulled from air suddenly in late April, leaving the candidates and the community wondering whether the cancellation was for legal reasons or if it amounts to censorship. It has to do with data centers, in...

Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, closes its 102nd season this Sunday, May 3rd at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The program, titled “Firebird Finale”, features Antonín Dvořák’s "My Homeland Overture", Aaron Copland’s "El ...

"Cuba's Fate Does Not Belong in US Hands" - a critical appraisal of Trump's intentions and plans for de facto control of Cuba.