KBOO News Team

  President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord has been decried from all angles, with critics warning of its immediate impacts on the environment and on the United States’ place as a world leader on climate action. Mark Mitsui is ... Read more

  It may surprise some listeners to know that the US Forest Service is not an organization solely dedicated to the preservation of our nation’s forests and managing public lands. Instead, their charge also includes selling the timber from these forested lands for profit. ... Read more

Portland’s changed a lot since 1924, but there’s been at least one constant, besides those rusty downtown drinking fountains  – our own homegrown orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic. PYP will be opening their 96th season this Saturday, November 9th, at the Arlene Sch... Read more

  Outside the Frame is a Portland non-profit that works to train homeless and marginalized youth the be the directors of their own films – and lives. The hard work of these youth will be on display tomorrow evening at their annual gala screening. KBOO’s Althea Billings sa... Read more

  The Portland Melody Event center has been facing calls to cancel an event this evening for the right-wing political group the hashtag walkaway campaign. Pop Mob, a local antifascist group has urged the Event Center to cancel the event because of the content of their mes... Read more

On Last Monday’s News In Depth, we previewed the Portland Book Festival, which is coming up this year on Saturday, November 9th. And the week before that, we focused on the 10th anniversary of the Portland Fermentation Festival, another annual event that’s unique to our cit... Read more