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In-Depth: Letha Winston, Mother of Patrick Kimmons and Activist for Justice and Police Accountability

Airs at: Tue, 01/29/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Patrick Kimmons was fatally shot by Portland police in the early morning of September 30 in 2018. Since then, Letha Winston--mother of the 27-year-old father and baker--has led protests every Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM, marching from the Multnomah County Courthouse to Ci... Read more

Police Shooting Victim in Eugene Identified

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Protests took place yesterday outside a middle school in Eugene, where police killed the parent of a twelve year old student in front of the horrified child last week. Oregon State Police identified the person killed by police at Cascade Middle School as Charlie Landeros. ... Read more

Evening News on 01/14/19

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
US Government Shutdown Continues The longest government shutdown in history dragged on through the weekend, as Washington D-C experienced six inches of snow and federal workers went without paychecks. Donald Trump could end the shutdown with a stroke of his pen, but has ch... Read more

Evening News on 12/19/18

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
US Troops Leaving Syria “We have defeated Isis in Syria” Donald Trump tweeted this morning. And since Isis was “my only reason for being  there,” he will be withdrawing the over 2,000 US troops currently there. In August, the Pentagon estimated that as many as 14,500 Isis ... Read more

In a Giving Mood

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Like President Trump, KBOO news poet dan raphael is in a giving mood. Read more

Portland Copwatch

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell spoke with Dan Handelman of CopWatch about grand juries, deadly force, Tasers, and the ongoing collaboration between Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Portland Police Bureau. Read more

Union vs. TriMet

Airs at: Tue, 12/11/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
TriMet has unilaterally imposed a non-Union contract with Portland Patrol Incorporated to enforce fares on buses and trains.  KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell spoke with Amalgamated Transit Union President Shirley Block about the surprise move. Read more

Portland Police in Schools

Airs at: Tue, 12/11/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tonight, the Portland Public School board will vote on funding a Portland Police presence in the schools.  KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell caught up with CopWatch’s Dan Handelman to ask whether that is appropriate, and in related news, whether the State medical examiners are excee... Read more

Sugar Shack Demolition

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today on a little triangle of asphalt flanked by Cully Boulevard, Killingsworth and Lombard street, residents of the Cully neighborhood,  local politicians and state politicians gathered to celebrate the demolition of the sugar shack, which is now slated to become a new low... Read more

Evening News on 12/14/18

Airs at: Fri, 12/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
US Senate Votes to Stop Aid to Saudi in Yemen On Thursday the US Senate voted to halt American military support for Saudi Arabia’s devastating Proxy war in Yemen. This resolution was followed by a second almost unanimous vote to condemn the Saudi Crown Prince for the killi... Read more