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#DisarmPSU Rally

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A rally and march was hosted today at Portland State University. The outcry comes after Jason Washington, a black man, was gunned down by PSU police officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie in late June. The mission of the event was to bring justice for Washington and preven... Read more

Looking Ahead to the Portland Psychedelic Conference

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The First Annual Portland Psychedelic Conference is coming up on October 27th, at the Alberta Abbey in Northeast Portland. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman sat down today with an organizer and two of the speakers who will be at the conference to find out more. Doctor Alissa ... Read more

The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

The View from Base Camp

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One Portland organization is using a little known environmental law to fight logging around Mt. Hood. Earlier this month, 175 volunteers with the non-profit Bark camped out in the newest proposed timber sale in Mt. Hood National Forest as part of their annual Summer B... Read more

Mercy Corps' Deputy Country Director for the DRC Discusses Ebola Outbreak

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A recent outbreak of the ebola virus in North Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has claimed fifty lives as of August 20, and may have affected nearly two thousand people in a region that is home to around 400,000 people. Part of the international... Read more

CRC Challenges Multiple Police Findings in Misconduct Case

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
OUTLAW TO RULE ON CHALLENGES Last Wednesday, the Citizen Review Committee, a volunteer group that hears appeals of Portland Police misconduct cases, voted to challenge decisions that let two officers off the hook for allegedly using force and issuing a traffic citation to ... Read more

The Best Art Segments of 2017

Airs at: Fri, 04/27/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
And From 3-4pm Tomas Kotik, XX Digitus Duo, Revolution Choir and Agnieska Laska, international and american artists who believe in the spirit of music. Read more

Citizens Fight to Save Home of Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center is a bustling community center that provides multiple services for immigrants, newcomers and citizens in the hometown of Oregon State University. OSU also owns the big buttery-yellow house that the Center calls home, and the sc... Read more

In-Depth: Biomechanist Katy Bowman

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO News and Evening Public Affairs Director Zeloszelos Marchandt speaks with "part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover" Katy Bowman, who also is the founder of the Nutritious Movement program that aims to bring non-exercise movement back into prac... Read more