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Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 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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Oregon Secretary of State candidate Jennifer Williamson offers a vision for election equity and security

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Jennifer Williamson has been the Oregon House Majority Leader since 2016, representing Northwest and Southwest Portland since 2013. Now, she is running for Oregon Secretary of State. In office, Williamson has worked on issues like reproductive rights, tighter gun control... Read more

Oregon Secretary of State candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner is a record setter in more ways than one, offering a variety of experience

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Jamie McLeod-Skinner is running as a Democrat in the primary for Oregon Secretary of State this coming May.  McLeod-Skinner ran for Congress for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District in 2018 and set new records for Democratic turnout. This included winning two counties th... Read more

Methamphetamine documentary director highlights the reasons behind addiction

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2020 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Canadian paramedic and filmmaker Rodney Bodner is the producer and director of a recently released documentary entitled “Methamphetamine: Community Under Siege.” Bodner spoke with Melissa Hood about the goals of the film. Read more

Portland author Dorice Horenstein talks new book and how to make the most of "Moments of the Heart"

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Author Dorice Horenstein's new book "Moments of the Heart, four relationships everyone should have to live wholeheartedly," offers counsel on the crucial relationships one needs to maintain.  Horenstein herself is Israeli-American and her work as a Jewish educator and r... Read more

'Blue Dog Bus' owner Meg Vogt starts new 'Rawhide Ranch' for dogs in the city

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Dog devotee Meg Vogt is committed to canines in a big way. Known in some parts of the city as "the lady with the blue Dog Bus," Vogt is now working on creating a "Rawhide Ranch,"as a place for people and pets to gather.  More information available at Vogt's Go Fund Me pa... Read more

Exploring the lives of undocumented Oregonians with the Immigrant Story

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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   A new exhibit called “DREAMS Deferred” is opening at the Oregon Historical Society, designed to showcase the voices of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America who came to our country as kids or young adults. KBOO's Annette Newell speaks with Sankar Rama... Read more

Police Chief change and what to expect in 2020: a conversation with Portland Copwatch

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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  Former Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw resigned her office at the end of December, taking a job as Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner. Appointed in 2017, she was Portland’s first female African American police chief, and she also be the first African American woman... Read more

Secretary of State candidate Mark Hass on voter misinformation, redistricting and how the office can help those in need

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Mark Hass is currently an Oregon State Senator from District 14, in Washington County. Hass is known for being the tax expert in the State Senate, and was architect of the recently passed Student Success Act, which establishes a corporate activity tax to fund grades K th... Read more

A House On Stilts by Paula Becker

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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Our In Depth guest today is Paula Becker, author of the new memoir A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction, from University of Iowa Press. The book tells the story of Paula’s son, Hunter -- raised in a close, supportive, and loving family – who later fa... Read more

Activist Suncere Shakur equips women with non-lethal weapons to combat human trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Suncere Ali Shakur is an activist in Cleveland, Ohio. He runs a free breakfast program for kids, and this December, he created a drive to provide women and girls with non-lethal weaponry in an effort to combat human trafficking and the victimization of women and girls in... Read more