KBOO News Team

  The inclusive community collaborative Our Home is opening a new co-housing space in St. Johns. Their goal is to create inclusive and diverse cohousing communities consisting of families who have the opportunity for home-ownership and include individuals often seen as ‘at... Read more

  On this Fall Fund Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon Republicans sue over the state’s new US House district maps; Health officials report 82 new deaths on Tuesday, the highest number of deaths Oregon has reported in a single day; And, Kaiser Permanente healt... Read more

  A recent Climate Matters bulletin produced by Climate Central shows Portland’s weather last month was much warmer and wetter than normal. KBOO's Aurora Biggers spoke with Climate Central meteorologist Sean Sublette about this unusual weather. Climate Central's report sh... Read more

  On this Fall Fund Drive edition of the  KBOO Evening News: Death row inmates could have a chance at a new sentence, thanks to an Oregon Supreme Court ruling; Rural officials publicly reject the statewide vaccine mandate; And, Senate Republicans agree to raise the debt c... Read more

  The Pandora Papers revealed the hidden owners of offshore empires, where the rich and powerful across the world hide wealth and wield influence abroad. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg speaks with Bob Lord from the Inequality Project to understand more about what exactly the Pando... Read more

  On this Fall Membership Drive edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon’s largest nurses union speaks out, saying that there is a staffing crisis at local hospitals; Courts rule that nurses, teachers, paramedics and firefighters have to get vaccinated or risk losing thei... Read more

  Speak Out Now recently hosted an online panel discussion on the links between health and structural injustices and how to heal our world. The featured speakers were Raj Patel and Dr. Rupa Marya, co-authors of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. Patel is... Read more

  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: A new study says the pilot program for the Portland Street Response team should be expanded; COVID-19 cases are down 36% in Oregon since their summer peak; And, the Biden administration lifts an abortion referral ban on family ... Read more

  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: ​COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the decline in Oregon, but hospitals may remain full until December; A massive oil spill coats Southern California’s beaches in a potential ecological disaster; And, Facebook, WhatsApp and Inst... Read more