Evening News

With Taser usage nationwide at an all-time high, KBOO's John Flag reports on a new market approach for tasers - tasers with MP3 players attached. Some audio provided by the Independent Online.  Read more

 Wild bison migrating out of Yellowstone National Park are being hunted in Montana in what activists have termed ‘cross-border hunting sprees’.  Jenka Soderberg interviewed Stephanie Seay of the Buffalo Field campaign about the state organized killing of these animals.   Read more

 With opposition to the US war in Iraq at an all-time high, some have taken to voicing their opinion on the war in unusual and creative ways.  KBOO reporter Eoin Bastable brings us this story about a group of students who are performing the ancient Greek play, Lysistrata,... Read more

 Nine Washington County residents spent a night in their cars and on the street last week to experience what it was like to be homeless. K-BOO's David Rosenfeld reports.  Read more

 The Guantanamo International Day of Action includes eighty-three events worldwide. One of the events is occurring at Pioneer Courthouse Square.  We go live now to the scene of the protest.   Read more

  This week on KBOO News, you’ve heard several reports on the Western Oregon Plan Revisions, which will allow logging on all land owned by the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. Today the public comment period for the Western Oregon Plan Revision, or WHOPPER, draws to ... Read more

 George Bush is making his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories today.  He is protected by an army of 10,000 soldiers, and the Palestinian population has remained under curfew, with all protest banned, as long as Bush is in the area. KBOO's Jenka Soderbe... Read more

 The Western Oregon Plan Revision, otherwise known as the “Whopper” threatens old growth forests and could add to global warming.  The Bureau of Land Managent took comments until January 11.   KBOO’s Stephanie Potter spoke with Sean Stevens of Oregon Wild.    Read more

 Landowners on the border with Mexico have been refusing to cooperate with governments attempts to take their land for the fence planned by Homeland Security. Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund brings us the report.  Read more

 Mandatory declassification of a National Security Agency report reveals that United States officials lied during the Vietnam War to get the American people to go along with an escalation of the war.Kboo reporter Martha Odom has the story. Read more