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Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's Spring 2026 Concert

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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If you haven’t heard our city’s Best Musical Group, according to Willamette Week’s 2025 Best of Portland Readers poll, this Saturday’s your chance. The Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, continues its historic 102nd season with a conc... Read more

Penny Allen returns to Portland for new film's U.S. premiere

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2026 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Pioneering Portland filmmaker Penny Allen is back in town for the U.S. premiere of her latest film “Pushing Back the Bad” at the Hollywood Theater, this Saturday, March 7th. Penny’s roots as a Portland activist led to her writing, directing, and producing her first two ... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Portland’s focus on new shelters may reduce opportunities to house people" and Portland Filmmaker Penny Allen's New Film "Pushing Past the Bad"

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo about their latest article for the paper, called "Portland’s focus on new shelters may reduce opportunities to house people: Since 2021, the city all but eli... Read more

News In Depth: John DeVoe from WaterWatch of Oregon on Data Centers and Water Usage in The Dalles

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Rachael Garcia speaks with John DeVoe from WaterWatch of Oregon about the impact of the data center industry on Oregon water resources, and the Congressional action to give The Dalles more of the Mt. Hood National Forest ... Read more

News In Depth: Kotek Convenes Data Center Advisory Committee, and How Podcasters Influence Elections

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  The Oregon Data Center Advisory Committee was created by Governor Tina Kotek in January, to come up with policy and regulatory recommendations for data centers. How the state should balance economic opportunities with negative ... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon ArtsWatch on D.E. May Exhibit, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Oregon ArtsWatch executive director Laura Grimes about the latest arts news from our region. In this edition, they speak about the recent piece "D.E. May’s ‘Postcards from Islandsalem’: Not wh... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Celebrating Paul Knauls Sr. at 95"

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Street Roots reporter Jenni Moore about their latest article "Celebrating Paul Knauls Sr. at 95: Knauls helped shape the culture of Northeast Portland. He shared with Street Roots how his storied ... Read more

News In Depth: National Vaccine Advisory Group Pushes Back Meeting But Still Eyes Recommendation Rollbacks

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  Further rollbacks of vaccine advisories are on hold for a few more weeks. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was scheduled to meet this week, but the meeting has now been pushed off until March 18th. The Co... Read more

News In Depth: "A Complete Betrayal" on Campaign Finance, and the Copernicus Climate Change Report 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  "A complete betrayal," is what the League of Women Voters called Oregon House Bill 4018. The bill in the Oregon legislature seems innocuous enough on its face, a one page document requesting a report from the Secretary of State... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon Could Unlink from Some Federal Tax Cuts, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/19/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Daniel Hauser, Deputy Director at the Oregon Center for Public Policy about SB 1507, which would disconnect Oregon's tax code from a few of the tax breaks passed at the federal level last year... Read more