News In Depth

Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra,

opens its 103rd season this Saturday, November 14th at Portland’s Arlene

Schnitzer Concert Hall.

The program, titled “Autumn Magnolias”, features Joaquín Turina’s

“La procesión del Rocío”, Joaquín R...

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth: 

Portland Public Schools is proposing to shutter between 11 and 14 elementary

and middle schools next year. Parents, teachers and students are furiously

speaking out, trying to get the District to pause this plan, in order to make...

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth, 

KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Street Roots reporter Jake Thomas about his

latest article, "Oregon’s corrections ombuds lags behind other states

despite problems facing its prison system: Oregon revived a powerful office

to ov...

Behind the scenes at the Multnomah County Elections Office, there's a lot

happening in the run-up to the November election. How do the votes get

counted? How secure is this election? Where does my ballot go after I've

signed it and dropped it off?

KBOO's Althea Billin...

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth: 

The Portland Public School Board is considering closing 11 to 14 schools next

year, pointing to declining enrollment. Just last week, all 12 of Portland's

city councilors signed on to a letter calling on the superintendent to "pa...

On this episode of KBOO News in Depth, we speak with Multnomah County Chair

candidate, and former county commissioner Sharon Meieran. We discuss her

vision for the county, reforming the Homeless Services Department and what

the county can do about the climate crisis. ...

KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Street Roots reporter Kate Kaye about her

latest story, "Portland police are banned from using AI. They’ve planned to

use it anyway."

Washington voters will consider three different ballot measures on election

day -- on the Millionaire's Tax and LGBTQ youth rights. KBOO's Terrence Burns

shares commentary on these ballot measures. The opinions in the piece are

those of the speaker. 

Then, KBOO's Alt...

The first Saturday in November has become a local holiday for writers and

readers in the Pacific Northwest. That’s the day of the annual Portland

Book Festival. It’s not only our city’s biggest literary event, but also

one of the most popular on the entire West Coast. An...