Host Graham Nystrom speculates climate change and climate denial – how do people get their facts in a world so rife with information from all different directions?
Live recording of Astoria City Council Meeting, October 7, 2019. The meeting was already underway when this recording began (I was a little late!), and audience members are commenting to the council about their experiences in Astoria’s sister city, Walldorf, Germany. The council business relating to waterfront development and the Port of Astoria happens later…
The Astoria City Council met for another marathon (four-hour) session on Monday with a full audience in attendance for much of the meeting. On the evening’s agenda were some controversial issues regarding the Uniontown district and the Port of Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Listen below [7:00 min.] The council continued to hammer out…
Port of Astoria adopts new strategic plan The Port has a new strategic plan, a key step on its road back to solvency. Joanne Rideout reports. The Port of Astoria Commission unanimously approved a new port strategic plan at their Tuesday meeting. The port has crafted the new plan as part of an effort to…
It seems that there are more deer in Astoria than ever before….and more Astorians are going to great lengths to keep them from eating their gardens. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports. Script follows. [Listen below – Total Run Time: 3:00 min] While they don’t do a census of urban deer, the Oregon Department of…
Astoria City Council makes key decisions for waterfront At Monday night’s Astoria City Council meeting, councilors again faced a full house and a packed agenda. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows [Listen below: 5:00 min] Fort George Brewery’s impending purchase of the sprawling Astoria Warehousing property on the waterfront on Marine Drive was front and center…
At Monday night’s Astoria City Council meeting, councilors again faced a full house and a packed agenda. Joanne Rideout reports. Fort George Brewery’s impending purchase of the sprawling Astoria Warehousing property on the waterfront on Marine Drive was front and center in the meeting, with the brewery intending to use the property for storage and…
Live recording of Astoria City Council Meeting recorded September 30, 2019.
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In Season, October 1, 2019
Join 46 North Farm co-owner Teresa Retzlaff and hand tool gardener Jessica Schleif for a talk about agriculture on the North Coast.
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Perspectives, September 30, 2019
On Perspectives, host Joan Herman speaks with Michael McNickle, the director of Clatsop County Public Health, to discuss some new department programs, including a two-year initiative to reduce sexually transmitted infections.
Today, September 24th, is National Voter Registration Day, and you can make sure you are registered to vote by updating your voter registration information. Here in Astoria, volunteers from Indivisible North Coast Oregon will be on hand to assist you with registering and updates. They’ll be at the Astoria Senior Center at 11th and Exchange…
Live recording, Port of Astoria Commission meeting. Sept. 17, 2019.
Military personnel bus crashes on Hwy 101 in Manzanita by Joanne Rideout Early Tuesday morning, a bus carrying military personnel was involved in a crash on Hwy 101 in Manzanita. On board the bus were 46 Army National Guard members from from Medford, Oregon. The bus had left Camp Rilea in Warrenton, headed south on…
DSL extends Jordan Cove Removal-Fill permit decision date after request from applicant SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Department of State Lands Director Vicki Walker last week approved extending the deadline for a Removal-Fill permit decision on the Jordan Cove LNG application to Jan. 31, 2020, based on a Sept. 13 letter from the applicant requesting the…
Astoria resumes hunt for new community development director By Joanne Rideout The City of Astoria is once again seeking a new community development director. That’s after a the city identified two candidates earlier this year, neither of whom ultimately accepted the position. The City conducted a meet and greet and interviewed two candidates in May…
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Food Talk, Sept 16, 2019
More charming Food Talk with notable local foodies Merianne Myers and Linda Perkins.
The Port of Astoria is considering selling the Riverwalk Inn at the West Mooring Basin Marina,
Join us for a Coast Community Radio special, from Astoria Youth Radio participant Astronemis Ray. Hear her interview with fellow student interns at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
A group of visitors from Costa Rica is in Astoria this week. They are part of an organization with deep roots both locally and in Central America. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports. Script follows, Listen Below [3:17] [rising bus sounds…] When eleven Costa Ricans arrived at the Astoria transit center on Sunday, they were…
In a three-and-a-half hour public meeting Tuesday, the Astoria City Council fine tuned their approach to waterfront code changes and sent recommendations back to staff to create a template for more discussion at a later meeting. Joanne Rideout reports: Script follows, Listen Below [2:45]: __________________________________________________________ They settled on a 28 foot height limit, with exceptions…
Join us for this first in a series called “Homeless on the Coast,” where we explore local stories about displaced people in our communities. Earlier this year, I visited the Hygge Salon in Astoria, where they held an event called, “Haircuts for the Homeless.” Anyone can get a haircut for free that day. I learned…
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Alternative Radio
The Current: Alternative Radio 9/19 @ 3pm- Money, you know, is the root of all evil. The pursuit of it no matter the consequences has led to us, as the New York Times describes it, “speeding toward environmental catastrophe.” Unregulated predatory capitalism and its obsession with generating profits no matter the cost to Nature is…