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	<title>Astoria city, business leaders to lead community forum on homelessness</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/astoria-city-business-leaders-to-discuss-homelessness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=astoria-city-business-leaders-to-discuss-homelessness</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[UPDATE — KMUN was at the city&#8217;s forum on livability and homelessness in Astoria and recorded the event. You can listen by clicking play on the sound file above. Lorraine Veach recently overheard two women talking about a divisive proposal to build workforce and affordable housing in Astoria’s Heritage Square downtown. The women were bemoaning...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[UPDATE — KMUN was at the city&#8217;s forum on livability and homelessness in Astoria and recorded the event. You can listen by clicking play on the sound file above. Lorraine Veach recently overheard two women talking about a divisive proposal to build ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE — KMUN was at the city&#8217;s forum on livability and homelessness in Astoria and recorded the event. You can listen by clicking play on the sound file above. Lorraine Veach recently overheard two women talking about a divisive proposal to build workforce and affordable housing in Astoria’s Heritage Square downtown. The women were bemoaning...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[UPDATE — KMUN was at the city&#8217;s forum on livability and homelessness in Astoria and recorded the event. You can listen by clicking play on the sound file above. Lorraine Veach recently overheard two women talking about a divisive proposal to build workforce and affordable housing in Astoria’s Heritage Square downtown. The women were bemoaning...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Clatsop County health providers bracing for Omicron surge</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County held an online press conference about COVID trends and testing. The County is bracing for an Omicron surge. By Joanne Rideout [Scroll down to listen, script below] Judy Geiger is vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Judy Geiger: “We’ve seen an uptick in COVID but it’s staying...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County held an online press conference about COVID trends and testing. The County is bracing for an Omicron surge. By Joanne Rideout [Scroll down to listen, script below] Judy Geiger is vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County held an online press conference about COVID trends and testing. The County is bracing for an Omicron surge. By Joanne Rideout [Scroll down to listen, script below] Judy Geiger is vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Judy Geiger: “We’ve seen an uptick in COVID but it’s staying...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County held an online press conference about COVID trends and testing. The County is bracing for an Omicron surge. By Joanne Rideout [Scroll down to listen, script below] Judy Geiger is vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Judy Geiger: “We’ve seen an uptick in COVID but it’s staying...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Clatsop County braces for Omicron surge</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 01:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospitalizations will soon surge to 17-hundred per day statewide, up from a peak of 12-hundred with the delta...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospitalizations will soon surge to 17-hundred per day statewide, up from a peak of 12-hundred with the delta...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospitalizations will soon surge to 17-hundred per day statewide, up from a peak of 12-hundred with the delta...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospitalizations will soon surge to 17-hundred per day statewide, up from a peak of 12-hundred with the delta...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Astoria officials upbeat about vaccine compliance</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next  Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being  vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next  Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of bei]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next  Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being  vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next  Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being  vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Warrenton firefighters have a change of heart over vaccine mandate</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/warrenton-firefighters-have-a-change-of-heart-over-vaccine-mandate/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=warrenton-firefighters-have-a-change-of-heart-over-vaccine-mandate</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to listen] The city of Warrenton has 20 volunteer firefighters, three paid staff, and...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to listen] The city of Warrenton has 20 volunteer firefighters, three paid staff, and...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to listen] The city of Warrenton has 20 volunteer firefighters, three paid staff, and...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Clatsop County school admins weigh in on in person school during the pandemic</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-school-admins-weigh-in-on-in-person-school-during-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-school-admins-weigh-in-on-in-person-school-during-the-pandemic</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout report]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop school supers give upbeat assessment of new school year so far</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-school-supers-give-upbeat-assessment-of-new-school-year-so-far/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-school-supers-give-upbeat-assessment-of-new-school-year-so-far</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jaco]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Clatsop health officials give covid update: &#8216;Don&#8217;t get too comfortable&#8217;</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-health-officials-give-covid-update-dont-get-too-comfortable/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-health-officials-give-covid-update-dont-get-too-comfortable</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice President of Patient Services at Columbia Memorial in Astoria, and Jason Plamonden, Chief Nursing...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice P]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice President of Patient Services at Columbia Memorial in Astoria, and Jason Plamonden, Chief Nursing...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice President of Patient Services at Columbia Memorial in Astoria, and Jason Plamonden, Chief Nursing...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice President of Patient Services at Columbia Memorial in Astoria, and Jason Plamonden, Chief Nursing...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>CMH officials worry about impact of state vaccine requirements</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/cmh-officials-worry-about-impact-of-state-vaccine-requirements/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cmh-officials-worry-about-impact-of-state-vaccine-requirements</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen] At Columbia Memorial, vice president for patient services Judy Geiger says...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin h]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen] At Columbia Memorial, vice president for patient services Judy Geiger says...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen] At Columbia Memorial, vice president for patient services Judy Geiger says...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen] At Columbia Memorial, vice president for patient services Judy Geiger says...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Bangs asks Brown to reconsider mask and vaccine mandates</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/bangs-asks-brown-to-reconsider-mask-and-vaccine-mandates/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bangs-asks-brown-to-reconsider-mask-and-vaccine-mandates</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially, she said, with regard to schools. Bangs said in the letter, quote: “While the vaccine is a valuable...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially, she said, with regard to schools. Bangs said in the letter, quote: “While the vaccine is a valuable...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially, she said, with regard to schools. Bangs said in the letter, quote: “While the vaccine is a valuable...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially, she said, with regard to schools. Bangs said in the letter, quote: “While the vaccine is a valuable...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Despite Surge, Hood to Coast is a Go</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/despite-surge-hood-to-coast-is-a-go/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=despite-surge-hood-to-coast-is-a-go</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41697</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.  The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive at Providence Seaside Hospital. “I would say that in many ways this is a typical...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.  The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.  The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive at Providence Seaside Hospital. “I would say that in many ways this is a typical...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.  The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive at Providence Seaside Hospital. “I would say that in many ways this is a typical...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.  The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive at Providence Seaside Hospital. “I would say that in many ways this is a typical...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Over Capacity Leads to Deaths at Columbia Memorial Hospital</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/over-capacity-leads-to-deaths-at-columbia-memorial-hospital/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=over-capacity-leads-to-deaths-at-columbia-memorial-hospital</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41691</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting treatment. In a brief statement made to the Astorian, Columbia Memorial’s CEO—Erik Thorson&#8211; says that...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting treatment. In a brief statement made to the Astorian, Columbia Memorial’s CEO—Erik Thorson&#8211; says that...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting treatment. In a brief statement made to the Astorian, Columbia Memorial’s CEO—Erik Thorson&#8211; says that...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:14</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting treatment. In a brief statement made to the Astorian, Columbia Memorial’s CEO—Erik Thorson&#8211; says that...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County Health leaders hold joint COVID press conference</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-health-leaders-hold-joint-covid-press-conference/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-health-leaders-hold-joint-covid-press-conference</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41654</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The head of the Clatsop County Health Department held a news conference today with head nursing staff from hospitals in Astoria and Seaside, to talk about the renewed and escalating pandemic in the county, fueled by the delta variant. She called the rebounding crisis a &#8220;wildfire&#8221; that is beyond containment. Joanne Rideout reports.  Scroll down...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The head of the Clatsop County Health Department held a news conference today with head nursing staff from hospitals in Astoria and Seaside, to talk about the renewed and escalating pandemic in the county, fueled by the delta variant. She called the rebo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The head of the Clatsop County Health Department held a news conference today with head nursing staff from hospitals in Astoria and Seaside, to talk about the renewed and escalating pandemic in the county, fueled by the delta variant. She called the rebounding crisis a &#8220;wildfire&#8221; that is beyond containment. Joanne Rideout reports.  Scroll down...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The head of the Clatsop County Health Department held a news conference today with head nursing staff from hospitals in Astoria and Seaside, to talk about the renewed and escalating pandemic in the county, fueled by the delta variant. She called the rebounding crisis a &#8220;wildfire&#8221; that is beyond containment. Joanne Rideout reports.  Scroll down...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The head of the Clatsop County Health Department held a news conference today with head nursing staff from hospitals in Astoria and Seaside, to talk about the renewed and escalating pandemic in the county, fueled by the delta variant. She called the rebounding crisis a &#8220;wildfire&#8221; that is beyond containment. Joanne Rideout reports.  Scroll down...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Fort George Brewery&#8217;s five o&#8217;clock whistle is an Astoria tradition</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/fort-george-brewerys-five-oclock-whistle-is-an-astoria-tradition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fort-george-brewerys-five-oclock-whistle-is-an-astoria-tradition</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41610</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[For years, Fort George Brewery blew a work whistle at its downtown brewery every day, audible in and near downtown Astoria. For some, it was a kind of connection during the pandemic. The whistle was moved earlier this year, but that’s not the end of the story. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: Ever since Fort George...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For years, Fort George Brewery blew a work whistle at its downtown brewery every day, audible in and near downtown Astoria. For some, it was a kind of connection during the pandemic. The whistle was moved earlier this year, but that’s not the end of the ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[For years, Fort George Brewery blew a work whistle at its downtown brewery every day, audible in and near downtown Astoria. For some, it was a kind of connection during the pandemic. The whistle was moved earlier this year, but that’s not the end of the story. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: Ever since Fort George...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For years, Fort George Brewery blew a work whistle at its downtown brewery every day, audible in and near downtown Astoria. For some, it was a kind of connection during the pandemic. The whistle was moved earlier this year, but that’s not the end of the story. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: Ever since Fort George...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[For years, Fort George Brewery blew a work whistle at its downtown brewery every day, audible in and near downtown Astoria. For some, it was a kind of connection during the pandemic. The whistle was moved earlier this year, but that’s not the end of the story. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: Ever since Fort George...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clastsop County Vaccine Update</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clastsop-county-vaccine-update/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clastsop-county-vaccine-update</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41608</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[With 18 new cases a day, some of the covid-19 spread we’re now seeing in Clatsop County is coming from people who have been vaccinated. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin spoke with County Public Health Director Margo Lalich and has this report: While the large majority of new covid cases involve the unvaccinated, locally about 15-percent of...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[With 18 new cases a day, some of the covid-19 spread we’re now seeing in Clatsop County is coming from people who have been vaccinated. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin spoke with County Public Health Director Margo Lalich and has this report: While the large majority]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[With 18 new cases a day, some of the covid-19 spread we’re now seeing in Clatsop County is coming from people who have been vaccinated. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin spoke with County Public Health Director Margo Lalich and has this report: While the large majority of new covid cases involve the unvaccinated, locally about 15-percent of...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With 18 new cases a day, some of the covid-19 spread we’re now seeing in Clatsop County is coming from people who have been vaccinated. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin spoke with County Public Health Director Margo Lalich and has this report: While the large majority of new covid cases involve the unvaccinated, locally about 15-percent of...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[With 18 new cases a day, some of the covid-19 spread we’re now seeing in Clatsop County is coming from people who have been vaccinated. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin spoke with County Public Health Director Margo Lalich and has this report: While the large majority of new covid cases involve the unvaccinated, locally about 15-percent of...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>National Trust for Historic Preservation comes to Astoria to support women in trades</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-comes-to-astoria-to-support-women-in-trades/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=national-trust-for-historic-preservation-comes-to-astoria-to-support-women-in-trades</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 22:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=41448</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservat]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-vaccine-update-may-10-2021/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-vaccine-update-may-10-2021</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 23:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=40910</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Scroll down for radio story&#8230; Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Scroll down for radio story&#8230; Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer v]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Scroll down for radio story&#8230; Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Scroll down for radio story&#8230; Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Scroll down for radio story&#8230; Clatsop County Vaccine Update &#8211; May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Oregon&#8217;s Clatsop County Vaccine Update</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/oregons-clatsop-county-vaccine-update/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oregons-clatsop-county-vaccine-update</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 03:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=40837</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,00]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County Reaches Out To Get More Residents Vaccinated</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-reaches-out-to-get-more-residents-vaccinated/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-reaches-out-to-get-more-residents-vaccinated</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=40807</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin. &#160; The Oregon Health Authority is calling it a fourth wave of covid and it may push a dozen or so counties into the extreme risk category. Clatsop will likely NOT be getting yet more restrictions, but the numbers here have also surged. Meanwhile the county is doubling down on its vaccination...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin. &#160; The Oregon Health Authority is calling it a fourth wave of covid and it may push a dozen or so counties into the extreme risk category. Clatsop will likely NOT be getting yet more restrictions, but the numbers here have also surged]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin. &#160; The Oregon Health Authority is calling it a fourth wave of covid and it may push a dozen or so counties into the extreme risk category. Clatsop will likely NOT be getting yet more restrictions, but the numbers here have also surged. Meanwhile the county is doubling down on its vaccination...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Oregon&#8217;s Clatsop County Increases Covid-19 Vaccine Availability</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    &#160; COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. At a Clatsop County...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    &#160; COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    &#160; COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. At a Clatsop County...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    &#160; COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. At a Clatsop County...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Oregon&#8217;s Clatsop County Increases Covid-19 Vaccine Availability</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic.  At a Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force meeting on...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to sto]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic.  At a Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force meeting on...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By Joanne Rideout.    COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic.  At a Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force meeting on...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>OREGON US SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY CONDUCTS CLATSOP COUNTY ONLINE TOWN HALL</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 03:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandem]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County Moves Forward With Vaccinating As Many People As Possible</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-moves-forward-with-vaccinating-as-many-people-as-possible/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-moves-forward-with-vaccinating-as-many-people-as-possible</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout.       As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman estimated that about 35 percent of county residents...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout.       As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Fo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout.       As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman estimated that about 35 percent of county residents...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout.       As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman estimated that about 35 percent of county residents...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout.       As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman estimated that about 35 percent of county residents...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Enrollment Tanks at Clatsop Community College</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/enrollment-tanks-at-clatsop-community-college/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=enrollment-tanks-at-clatsop-community-college</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=40591</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-covid-vaccine-update-3-22-21/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-covid-vaccine-update-3-22-21</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen&#8230;] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people their first shot of the two-shot Moderna vaccine. They’ve also administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (referred to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen&#8230;] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen&#8230;] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people their first shot of the two-shot Moderna vaccine. They’ve also administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (referred to...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen&#8230;] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people their first shot of the two-shot Moderna vaccine. They’ve also administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (referred to...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen&#8230;] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people their first shot of the two-shot Moderna vaccine. They’ve also administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (referred to...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last week, administering approximately 900 first doses Thursday at the county fairgrounds in Astoria. In total, the county...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last week, administering approximately 900 first doses Thursday at the county fairgrounds in Astoria. In total, the county...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last week, administering approximately 900 first doses Thursday at the county fairgrounds in Astoria. In total, the county...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last week, administering approximately 900 first doses Thursday at the county fairgrounds in Astoria. In total, the county...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Clatsop County Ramps Up Vaccinations This Week</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/clatsop-county-ramps-up-vaccinations-this-week/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clatsop-county-ramps-up-vaccinations-this-week</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations.      Jacob Lewin.     Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Clatsop County residents had received first doses of a...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations.      Jacob Lewin.     Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Cl]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations.      Jacob Lewin.     Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Clatsop County residents had received first doses of a...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations.      Jacob Lewin.     Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Clatsop County residents had received first doses of a...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations.      Jacob Lewin.     Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Clatsop County residents had received first doses of a...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Bonamici discusses minimum wage and Capitol riot</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/bonamici-discusses-minimum-wage-and-capitol-riot/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bonamici-discusses-minimum-wage-and-capitol-riot</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, where she took questions from constituents who called into the live streaming event. Callers asked about topics ranging from the proposed $15 federal minimum wage, to what’s next for Congress after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Joanne Rideout reports. Scroll down...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, where she took questions from constituents who called into the live streaming event. Callers asked about topics ranging from the proposed $15 federal minimum wage, to what’s]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, where she took questions from constituents who called into the live streaming event. Callers asked about topics ranging from the proposed $15 federal minimum wage, to what’s next for Congress after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Joanne Rideout reports. Scroll down...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, where she took questions from constituents who called into the live streaming event. Callers asked about topics ranging from the proposed $15 federal minimum wage, to what’s next for Congress after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Joanne Rideout reports. Scroll down...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, where she took questions from constituents who called into the live streaming event. Callers asked about topics ranging from the proposed $15 federal minimum wage, to what’s next for Congress after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Joanne Rideout reports. Scroll down...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>More on COVID Vaccines</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/more-on-covid-vaccines/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=more-on-covid-vaccines</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County expects to start using a new shipment of six hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. For the first time, some seniors—outside of those in congregate care facilities—will be eligible. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Two hundred county residents over the age of 80 are expected to get the vaccines this week—one hundred today in Seaside...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County expects to start using a new shipment of six hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. For the first time, some seniors—outside of those in congregate care facilities—will be eligible. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Two hundred county resident]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County expects to start using a new shipment of six hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. For the first time, some seniors—outside of those in congregate care facilities—will be eligible. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Two hundred county residents over the age of 80 are expected to get the vaccines this week—one hundred today in Seaside...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County expects to start using a new shipment of six hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. For the first time, some seniors—outside of those in congregate care facilities—will be eligible. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Two hundred county residents over the age of 80 are expected to get the vaccines this week—one hundred today in Seaside...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Today&#8217;s the day: details on senior vaccinations in Oregon</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Oregon will begin vaccinating seniors this week. Joanne Rideout reports on options in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties.   [Note: scroll down to bottom of story for how to get connected to vaccine resources in your county.] Starting today, Oregon seniors 80 years and older are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting now through the...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Oregon will begin vaccinating seniors this week. Joanne Rideout reports on options in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties.   [Note: scroll down to bottom of story for how to get connected to vaccine resources in your county.] Starting today, Oregon ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oregon will begin vaccinating seniors this week. Joanne Rideout reports on options in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties.   [Note: scroll down to bottom of story for how to get connected to vaccine resources in your county.] Starting today, Oregon seniors 80 years and older are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting now through the...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Oregon will begin vaccinating seniors this week. Joanne Rideout reports on options in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties.   [Note: scroll down to bottom of story for how to get connected to vaccine resources in your county.] Starting today, Oregon seniors 80 years and older are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting now through the...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Oregon will begin vaccinating seniors this week. Joanne Rideout reports on options in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties.   [Note: scroll down to bottom of story for how to get connected to vaccine resources in your county.] Starting today, Oregon seniors 80 years and older are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting now through the...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Oregon&#8217;s Columbia County Considers Port Expansion</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/oregons-columbia-county-considers-port-expansion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oregons-columbia-county-considers-port-expansion</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Port of Columbia County is asking county commissioners to rezone more than 800 acres at Port Westward near Clatskanie for industrial uses. Environmentalists are concerned that it could lead to construction of a methanol plant that would release a vast amount of global warming gases. Wednesday, January 27th is the deadline to comment on...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Port of Columbia County is asking county commissioners to rezone more than 800 acres at Port Westward near Clatskanie for industrial uses. Environmentalists are concerned that it could lead to construction of a methanol plant that would release a vas]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Port of Columbia County is asking county commissioners to rezone more than 800 acres at Port Westward near Clatskanie for industrial uses. Environmentalists are concerned that it could lead to construction of a methanol plant that would release a vast amount of global warming gases. Wednesday, January 27th is the deadline to comment on...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Port of Columbia County is asking county commissioners to rezone more than 800 acres at Port Westward near Clatskanie for industrial uses. Environmentalists are concerned that it could lead to construction of a methanol plant that would release a vast amount of global warming gases. Wednesday, January 27th is the deadline to comment on...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Port of Columbia County is asking county commissioners to rezone more than 800 acres at Port Westward near Clatskanie for industrial uses. Environmentalists are concerned that it could lead to construction of a methanol plant that would release a vast amount of global warming gases. Wednesday, January 27th is the deadline to comment on...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>County plans for vaccine distribution but unsure when supplies will arrive</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/county-plans-for-vaccine-distribution-but-unsure-when-supplies-will-arrive/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=county-plans-for-vaccine-distribution-but-unsure-when-supplies-will-arrive</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=39886</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County is completely out of COVID-19 vaccine and isn’t totally sure when it will be getting more. Meanwhile the county is planning mass events for when the vaccine does arrive. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Chris Laman is the incident commander for the county vaccine task force. To put it mildly, he was surprised when no...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County is completely out of COVID-19 vaccine and isn’t totally sure when it will be getting more. Meanwhile the county is planning mass events for when the vaccine does arrive. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Chris Laman is the incident commander for]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County is completely out of COVID-19 vaccine and isn’t totally sure when it will be getting more. Meanwhile the county is planning mass events for when the vaccine does arrive. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Chris Laman is the incident commander for the county vaccine task force. To put it mildly, he was surprised when no...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County is completely out of COVID-19 vaccine and isn’t totally sure when it will be getting more. Meanwhile the county is planning mass events for when the vaccine does arrive. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Chris Laman is the incident commander for the county vaccine task force. To put it mildly, he was surprised when no...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Clatsop County is completely out of COVID-19 vaccine and isn’t totally sure when it will be getting more. Meanwhile the county is planning mass events for when the vaccine does arrive. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Chris Laman is the incident commander for the county vaccine task force. To put it mildly, he was surprised when no...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Gordon McCraw Inauguration Day Weather</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/gordon-mccraw-inauguration-day-weather/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gordon-mccraw-inauguration-day-weather</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re running special inauguration news coverage this morning during the time when we would normally air Gordon McCraw&#8217;s in depth local weather forecast. Here&#8217;s Gordon&#8217;s forecast for today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We&#8217;re running special inauguration news coverage this morning during the time when we would normally air Gordon McCraw&#8217;s in depth local weather forecast. Here&#8217;s Gordon&#8217;s forecast for today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[We&#8217;re running special inauguration news coverage this morning during the time when we would normally air Gordon McCraw&#8217;s in depth local weather forecast. Here&#8217;s Gordon&#8217;s forecast for today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. ]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We&#8217;re running special inauguration news coverage this morning during the time when we would normally air Gordon McCraw&#8217;s in depth local weather forecast. Here&#8217;s Gordon&#8217;s forecast for today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. ]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley Describes Senate Chamber Scene During Capitol Unrest</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/oregon-us-senator-jeff-merkley-describes-senate-chamber-scene-during-capitol-unrest/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oregon-us-senator-jeff-merkley-describes-senate-chamber-scene-during-capitol-unrest</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded. &#160;]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as eve]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded. &#160;]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded. &#160;]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded. &#160;]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/food-banks-offer-relief-to-hungry-familes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=food-banks-offer-relief-to-hungry-familes</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=39726</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes During this pandemic holiday season, food is a basic need that may be in short supply for families. I talked with a Clatsop County Food bank administrator about how people, who perhaps may never have needed help before, can access local food banks and food pantries. And for...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes During this pandemic holiday season, food is a basic need that may be in short supply for families. I talked with a Clatsop County Food bank administrator about how people, who perhaps may never have needed help ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes During this pandemic holiday season, food is a basic need that may be in short supply for families. I talked with a Clatsop County Food bank administrator about how people, who perhaps may never have needed help before, can access local food banks and food pantries. And for...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes During this pandemic holiday season, food is a basic need that may be in short supply for families. I talked with a Clatsop County Food bank administrator about how people, who perhaps may never have needed help before, can access local food banks and food pantries. And for...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Food Banks offer relief to hungry familes During this pandemic holiday season, food is a basic need that may be in short supply for families. I talked with a Clatsop County Food bank administrator about how people, who perhaps may never have needed help before, can access local food banks and food pantries. And for...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE TO ARRIVE IN ASTORIA THE WEEK OF DEC 20</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/first-covid-19-vaccine-to-arrive-in-astoria-the-week-of-dec-20/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=first-covid-19-vaccine-to-arrive-in-astoria-the-week-of-dec-20</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 02:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=39600</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin &#160; The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Astoria next week.  Columbia Memorial Hospital made the announcement on Monday.  CMH will be getting 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was shown to be 94% successful in recent studies. Pharmacy Director Chris Laman has a lot of confidence...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin &#160; The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Astoria next week.  Columbia Memorial Hospital made the announcement on Monday.  CMH will be getting 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was shown to be 94% successful]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin &#160; The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Astoria next week.  Columbia Memorial Hospital made the announcement on Monday.  CMH will be getting 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was shown to be 94% successful in recent studies. Pharmacy Director Chris Laman has a lot of confidence...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin &#160; The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Astoria next week.  Columbia Memorial Hospital made the announcement on Monday.  CMH will be getting 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was shown to be 94% successful in recent studies. Pharmacy Director Chris Laman has a lot of confidence...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[By Jacob Lewin &#160; The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Astoria next week.  Columbia Memorial Hospital made the announcement on Monday.  CMH will be getting 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was shown to be 94% successful in recent studies. Pharmacy Director Chris Laman has a lot of confidence...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-a-look-at-high-covid-rates-in-pacific-county/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-a-look-at-high-covid-rates-in-pacific-county</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=39519</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County Pacific County has one of the highest rates of covid infection in Washington and overall its rate is more than twice as high as that of Clatsop County. However new figures released late yesterday show infections have peaked, at least for now. KMUN’s Jacob...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County Pacific County has one of the highest rates of covid infection in Washington and overall its rate is more than twice as high as that of Clatsop County. However new figures released late yesterday s]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County Pacific County has one of the highest rates of covid infection in Washington and overall its rate is more than twice as high as that of Clatsop County. However new figures released late yesterday show infections have peaked, at least for now. KMUN’s Jacob...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County Pacific County has one of the highest rates of covid infection in Washington and overall its rate is more than twice as high as that of Clatsop County. However new figures released late yesterday show infections have peaked, at least for now. KMUN’s Jacob...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at high COVID rates in Pacific County Pacific County has one of the highest rates of covid infection in Washington and overall its rate is more than twice as high as that of Clatsop County. However new figures released late yesterday show infections have peaked, at least for now. KMUN’s Jacob...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-wheeler-gets-fema-funding-to-alleviate-storm-flooding/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-wheeler-gets-fema-funding-to-alleviate-storm-flooding</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=39039</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding The Oregon coast is famous for its winter storms, which can make for a cozy getaway if you’re holed up in a beachfront hotel. But if you’ve driven much along scenic US Hwy 101, it soon becomes clear that this country road is pretty much...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding The Oregon coast is famous for its winter storms, which can make for a cozy getaway if you’re holed up in a beachfront hotel. But if you’ve driven much along scenic US Hwy 101, it soon bec]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding The Oregon coast is famous for its winter storms, which can make for a cozy getaway if you’re holed up in a beachfront hotel. But if you’ve driven much along scenic US Hwy 101, it soon becomes clear that this country road is pretty much...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding The Oregon coast is famous for its winter storms, which can make for a cozy getaway if you’re holed up in a beachfront hotel. But if you’ve driven much along scenic US Hwy 101, it soon becomes clear that this country road is pretty much...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wheeler gets FEMA funding to alleviate storm flooding The Oregon coast is famous for its winter storms, which can make for a cozy getaway if you’re holed up in a beachfront hotel. But if you’ve driven much along scenic US Hwy 101, it soon becomes clear that this country road is pretty much...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-rapid-covid-testing-has-its-limits/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-rapid-covid-testing-has-its-limits</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38981</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits One issue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been sufficient testing capacity. Even now, seven months in, Clatsop County press releases about new cases contain a caveat that says “in most cases testing is being limited to those with COVID-19 symptoms or individuals who are contacts of positive...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits One issue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been sufficient testing capacity. Even now, seven months in, Clatsop County press releases about new cases contain a caveat that says “in most cases testing is ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits One issue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been sufficient testing capacity. Even now, seven months in, Clatsop County press releases about new cases contain a caveat that says “in most cases testing is being limited to those with COVID-19 symptoms or individuals who are contacts of positive...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits One issue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been sufficient testing capacity. Even now, seven months in, Clatsop County press releases about new cases contain a caveat that says “in most cases testing is being limited to those with COVID-19 symptoms or individuals who are contacts of positive...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rapid COVID testing has its limits One issue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been sufficient testing capacity. Even now, seven months in, Clatsop County press releases about new cases contain a caveat that says “in most cases testing is being limited to those with COVID-19 symptoms or individuals who are contacts of positive...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-oha-virtual-forum-addresses-pacific-seafood-warrenton-outbreak/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-oha-virtual-forum-addresses-pacific-seafood-warrenton-outbreak</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38956</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak by Joanne Rideout At a virtual town hall meeting on Friday, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, Clatsop County, Pacific Seafood and other agencies answered the public’s questions about the recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pacific Seafood plant in Warrenton. Joanne Rideout has more.  Read...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak by Joanne Rideout At a virtual town hall meeting on Friday, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, Clatsop County, Pacific Seafood and other agencies answered the publi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak by Joanne Rideout At a virtual town hall meeting on Friday, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, Clatsop County, Pacific Seafood and other agencies answered the public’s questions about the recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pacific Seafood plant in Warrenton. Joanne Rideout has more.  Read...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38956/local-news-oha-virtual-forum-addresses-pacific-seafood-warrenton-outbreak.mp3" length="3431385" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak by Joanne Rideout At a virtual town hall meeting on Friday, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, Clatsop County, Pacific Seafood and other agencies answered the public’s questions about the recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pacific Seafood plant in Warrenton. Joanne Rideout has more.  Read...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:40</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: OHA virtual forum addresses Pacific Seafood Warrenton outbreak by Joanne Rideout At a virtual town hall meeting on Friday, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, Clatsop County, Pacific Seafood and other agencies answered the public’s questions about the recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pacific Seafood plant in Warrenton. Joanne Rideout has more.  Read...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>LOCAL NEWS: A look at Clatsop County unemployment</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-a-look-at-clatsop-county-unemployment/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-a-look-at-clatsop-county-unemployment</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38581</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Clatsop County&#8217;s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN&#8217;s Jacob Lewin reports: The latest jobless numbers show Clatsop County added more than 500 private sector jobs in July, building on advances...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clatsop County&#8217;s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN&#8217;s Jacob Lewin reports: The late]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clatsop County&#8217;s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN&#8217;s Jacob Lewin reports: The latest jobless numbers show Clatsop County added more than 500 private sector jobs in July, building on advances...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38581/local-news-a-look-at-clatsop-county-unemployment.mp3" length="1808166" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clatsop County&#8217;s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN&#8217;s Jacob Lewin reports: The latest jobless numbers show Clatsop County added more than 500 private sector jobs in July, building on advances...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:14</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Clatsop County&#8217;s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN&#8217;s Jacob Lewin reports: The latest jobless numbers show Clatsop County added more than 500 private sector jobs in July, building on advances...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Rural Internet Series: what about funding for rural internet?</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-rural-internet-series-what-about-funding-for-rural-internet/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-rural-internet-series-what-about-funding-for-rural-internet</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38579</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Continuing our series on rural internet in Clatsop County, we take a look at federal money allocated for improving rural broadband. Joanne Rideout reports. Early in the pandemic in Oregon, I spoke with US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici about the need for better rural internet access. Bonamici represents Oregon’s First District, which includes Clatsop County. Suzanne...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Continuing our series on rural internet in Clatsop County, we take a look at federal money allocated for improving rural broadband. Joanne Rideout reports. Early in the pandemic in Oregon, I spoke with US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici about the need for]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Continuing our series on rural internet in Clatsop County, we take a look at federal money allocated for improving rural broadband. Joanne Rideout reports. Early in the pandemic in Oregon, I spoke with US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici about the need for better rural internet access. Bonamici represents Oregon’s First District, which includes Clatsop County. Suzanne...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38579/local-news-rural-internet-series-what-about-funding-for-rural-internet.mp3" length="6723126" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Continuing our series on rural internet in Clatsop County, we take a look at federal money allocated for improving rural broadband. Joanne Rideout reports. Early in the pandemic in Oregon, I spoke with US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici about the need for better rural internet access. Bonamici represents Oregon’s First District, which includes Clatsop County. Suzanne...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Continuing our series on rural internet in Clatsop County, we take a look at federal money allocated for improving rural broadband. Joanne Rideout reports. Early in the pandemic in Oregon, I spoke with US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici about the need for better rural internet access. Bonamici represents Oregon’s First District, which includes Clatsop County. Suzanne...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Rural Internet series: Clatkanie internet Co-op aims to fill rural broadband gaps</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-rural-internet-series-clatkanie-internet-co-op-aims-to-fill-rural-broadband-gaps/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-rural-internet-series-clatkanie-internet-co-op-aims-to-fill-rural-broadband-gaps</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38576</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Most rural Clatsop County customers don’t know it, but there’s a huge fiberoptic internet highway running through their region. They wouldn’t think so, because their own internet service is probably slow, expensive and limited. They often can’t tap into this pipeline, because companies that own it, like Centurylink, don’t think it’s worth the money to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Most rural Clatsop County customers don’t know it, but there’s a huge fiberoptic internet highway running through their region. They wouldn’t think so, because their own internet service is probably slow, expensive and limited. They often can’t tap into ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most rural Clatsop County customers don’t know it, but there’s a huge fiberoptic internet highway running through their region. They wouldn’t think so, because their own internet service is probably slow, expensive and limited. They often can’t tap into this pipeline, because companies that own it, like Centurylink, don’t think it’s worth the money to...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38576/local-news-rural-internet-series-clatkanie-internet-co-op-aims-to-fill-rural-broadband-gaps.mp3" length="2794415" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most rural Clatsop County customers don’t know it, but there’s a huge fiberoptic internet highway running through their region. They wouldn’t think so, because their own internet service is probably slow, expensive and limited. They often can’t tap into this pipeline, because companies that own it, like Centurylink, don’t think it’s worth the money to...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:03:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Most rural Clatsop County customers don’t know it, but there’s a huge fiberoptic internet highway running through their region. They wouldn’t think so, because their own internet service is probably slow, expensive and limited. They often can’t tap into this pipeline, because companies that own it, like Centurylink, don’t think it’s worth the money to...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Rural Internet Series &#8211; A look at internet access in rural Clatsop County</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-rural-internet-access-series-a-look-at-internet-access-in-rural-clatsop-county/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-rural-internet-access-series-a-look-at-internet-access-in-rural-clatsop-county</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38554</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This past spring, the lower Columbia Pacific region became part of the wider pandemic story happening across the nation and the world. As adults and school kids retreated to their homes to avoid the COVID-19 virus, overnight the demand for internet access skyrocketed. While people in urban areas likely didn’t feel the strain, rural customers...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This past spring, the lower Columbia Pacific region became part of the wider pandemic story happening across the nation and the world. As adults and school kids retreated to their homes to avoid the COVID-19 virus, overnight the demand for internet acces]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This past spring, the lower Columbia Pacific region became part of the wider pandemic story happening across the nation and the world. As adults and school kids retreated to their homes to avoid the COVID-19 virus, overnight the demand for internet access skyrocketed. While people in urban areas likely didn’t feel the strain, rural customers...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38554/local-news-rural-internet-access-series-a-look-at-internet-access-in-rural-clatsop-county.mp3" length="4913782" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This past spring, the lower Columbia Pacific region became part of the wider pandemic story happening across the nation and the world. As adults and school kids retreated to their homes to avoid the COVID-19 virus, overnight the demand for internet access skyrocketed. While people in urban areas likely didn’t feel the strain, rural customers...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This past spring, the lower Columbia Pacific region became part of the wider pandemic story happening across the nation and the world. As adults and school kids retreated to their homes to avoid the COVID-19 virus, overnight the demand for internet access skyrocketed. While people in urban areas likely didn’t feel the strain, rural customers...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: State infection rate dropping but still too high</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=38546</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other state officials held a press conference Friday to bring people up to date on where Oregon stands on COVD-19. Joanne Rideout reports. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidlinger said that while infection rates are dropping overall, the statewide infection rate is still too high to allow schools to open. Statistically,...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other state officials held a press conference Friday to bring people up to date on where Oregon stands on COVD-19. Joanne Rideout reports. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidlinger said that while infection rates are dropping]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other state officials held a press conference Friday to bring people up to date on where Oregon stands on COVD-19. Joanne Rideout reports. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidlinger said that while infection rates are dropping overall, the statewide infection rate is still too high to allow schools to open. Statistically,...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/38546/local-news.mp3" length="1357471" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other state officials held a press conference Friday to bring people up to date on where Oregon stands on COVD-19. Joanne Rideout reports. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidlinger said that while infection rates are dropping overall, the statewide infection rate is still too high to allow schools to open. Statistically,...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other state officials held a press conference Friday to bring people up to date on where Oregon stands on COVD-19. Joanne Rideout reports. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidlinger said that while infection rates are dropping overall, the statewide infection rate is still too high to allow schools to open. Statistically,...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Washington state senate candidates to debate in online forums</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-washington-state-senate-candidates-to-debate-in-online-forums/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-washington-state-senate-candidates-to-debate-in-online-forums</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=35870</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Washington State Senate candidates to debate in online forum The Washington State Primary election will be held August 4th. Southwest Washington candidates and voters are connecting online. More from Kathleen Morgain: (:10) Note: information on how to join this forum online or by phone is at the end of the script. Script below, Scroll down...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Washington State Senate candidates to debate in online forum The Washington State Primary election will be held August 4th. Southwest Washington candidates and voters are connecting online. More from Kathleen Morgain: (:10) Note: information on how to jo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington State Senate candidates to debate in online forum The Washington State Primary election will be held August 4th. Southwest Washington candidates and voters are connecting online. More from Kathleen Morgain: (:10) Note: information on how to join this forum online or by phone is at the end of the script. Script below, Scroll down...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/37952/local-news-washington-state-senate-candidates-to-debate-in-online-forums.MP3" length="1960229" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Washington State Senate candidates to debate in online forum The Washington State Primary election will be held August 4th. Southwest Washington candidates and voters are connecting online. More from Kathleen Morgain: (:10) Note: information on how to join this forum online or by phone is at the end of the script. Script below, Scroll down...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Washington State Senate candidates to debate in online forum The Washington State Primary election will be held August 4th. Southwest Washington candidates and voters are connecting online. More from Kathleen Morgain: (:10) Note: information on how to join this forum online or by phone is at the end of the script. Script below, Scroll down...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-clatsop-county-commission-votes-for-mask-requirement/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-clatsop-county-commission-votes-for-mask-requirement</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=35798</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:04] Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Commission voted unanimously during their online meeting to send a request to Governor Kate Brown asking that Clatsop be added to the list of counties statewide where face masks are required. Clatsop will become...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:04] Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Commission voted unanimously during their online meeting to send a request to Governor Kate Brown asking tha]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:04] Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Commission voted unanimously during their online meeting to send a request to Governor Kate Brown asking that Clatsop be added to the list of counties statewide where face masks are required. Clatsop will become...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/37951/local-news-clatsop-county-commission-votes-for-mask-requirement.mp3" length="1561226" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:04] Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Commission voted unanimously during their online meeting to send a request to Governor Kate Brown asking that Clatsop be added to the list of counties statewide where face masks are required. Clatsop will become...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:04</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County Commission votes for mask requirement Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:04] Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Commission voted unanimously during their online meeting to send a request to Governor Kate Brown asking that Clatsop be added to the list of counties statewide where face masks are required. Clatsop will become...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-wahkiakum-commssioners-candidates-forum-republican-and-democratic-candidates-make-their-case-to-voters-online/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-wahkiakum-commssioners-candidates-forum-republican-and-democratic-candidates-make-their-case-to-voters-online</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=35782</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online During a pandemic, elections go on. Wahkiakum Republicans and Democrats took the county&#8217;s first local candidates forum of the season online via Zoom. KMUN&#8217;s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:35] Link to live...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online During a pandemic, elections go on. Wahkiakum Republicans and Democrats took the county&#8217;s first local candidates forum of th]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online During a pandemic, elections go on. Wahkiakum Republicans and Democrats took the county&#8217;s first local candidates forum of the season online via Zoom. KMUN&#8217;s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:35] Link to live...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/37950/local-news-wahkiakum-commssioners-candidates-forum-republican-and-democratic-candidates-make-their-case-to-voters-online.MP3" length="3731540" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online During a pandemic, elections go on. Wahkiakum Republicans and Democrats took the county&#8217;s first local candidates forum of the season online via Zoom. KMUN&#8217;s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:35] Link to live...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum Commssioners Candidates Forum – Republican and Democratic candidates make their case to voters online During a pandemic, elections go on. Wahkiakum Republicans and Democrats took the county&#8217;s first local candidates forum of the season online via Zoom. KMUN&#8217;s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:35] Link to live...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Astoria City Council votes to support county-wide mask requirement</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-votes-to-support-county-wide-mask-ban/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-votes-to-support-county-wide-mask-ban</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=35765</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria City Council votes to support county-wide mask requirement Script follows; Scroll Down to Listen [3:40] In their online public meeting Monday, the Astoria City Council addressed the idea of requiring masks. The council has received quite a bit of public comment recently on the topic. Mayor Bruce Jones said that while information...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria City Council votes to support county-wide mask requirement Script follows; Scroll Down to Listen [3:40] In their online public meeting Monday, the Astoria City Council addressed the idea of requiring masks. The council has received qu]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria City Council votes to support county-wide mask requirement Script follows; Scroll Down to Listen [3:40] In their online public meeting Monday, the Astoria City Council addressed the idea of requiring masks. The council has received quite a bit of public comment recently on the topic. Mayor Bruce Jones said that while information...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria City Council votes to support county-wide mask requirement Script follows; Scroll Down to Listen [3:40] In their online public meeting Monday, the Astoria City Council addressed the idea of requiring masks. The council has received quite a bit of public comment recently on the topic. Mayor Bruce Jones said that while information...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Washington students to return to campuses this fall</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-washington-students-to-return-to-campuses-this-fall/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-washington-students-to-return-to-campuses-this-fall</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington students to return to campuses this fall K through 12 students in Washington State will likely return to in-school, in-person learning this fall. KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:15] State Superintendent of Schools Chris Reykdal has released a 55 page document of guidance for the re-opening...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington students to return to campuses this fall K through 12 students in Washington State will likely return to in-school, in-person learning this fall. KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:15] State]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington students to return to campuses this fall K through 12 students in Washington State will likely return to in-school, in-person learning this fall. KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain has more.  Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:15] State Superintendent of Schools Chris Reykdal has released a 55 page document of guidance for the re-opening...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-brown-declares-yellow-light-statewide-in-reopening-after-high-oregon-covid-case-counts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-brown-declares-yellow-light-statewide-in-reopening-after-high-oregon-covid-case-counts</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[&#160; LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts Script follows, scroll down to Listen&#8230;[2:41] by Joanne Rideout Responding to high COVID-19 case counts in the state this week. Oregon governor Kate Brown said her administration has put the brakes on further reopening temporarily, while experts assess what&#8217;s...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[&#160; LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts Script follows, scroll down to Listen&#8230;[2:41] by Joanne Rideout Responding to high COVID-19 case counts in the state this week. Oregon gover]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts Script follows, scroll down to Listen&#8230;[2:41] by Joanne Rideout Responding to high COVID-19 case counts in the state this week. Oregon governor Kate Brown said her administration has put the brakes on further reopening temporarily, while experts assess what&#8217;s...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[&#160; LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts Script follows, scroll down to Listen&#8230;[2:41] by Joanne Rideout Responding to high COVID-19 case counts in the state this week. Oregon governor Kate Brown said her administration has put the brakes on further reopening temporarily, while experts assess what&#8217;s...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-clatsop-county-jobless-rate-soars/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-clatsop-county-jobless-rate-soars</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars   New figures from the state employment department show the jobless rate in Clatsop County soared last month surging to 24.4 percent, the second worst rate in Oregon. The drop in tourism-related jobs was the biggest factor, but not the only one. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:    ...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars   New figures from the state employment department show the jobless rate in Clatsop County soared last month surging to 24.4 percent, the second worst rate in Oregon. The drop in tourism-related jobs was the ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars   New figures from the state employment department show the jobless rate in Clatsop County soared last month surging to 24.4 percent, the second worst rate in Oregon. The drop in tourism-related jobs was the biggest factor, but not the only one. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:    ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars   New figures from the state employment department show the jobless rate in Clatsop County soared last month surging to 24.4 percent, the second worst rate in Oregon. The drop in tourism-related jobs was the biggest factor, but not the only one. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:    ...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County jobless rate soars   New figures from the state employment department show the jobless rate in Clatsop County soared last month surging to 24.4 percent, the second worst rate in Oregon. The drop in tourism-related jobs was the biggest factor, but not the only one. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:    ...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-clatsop-community-college-faces-shortfall/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-clatsop-community-college-faces-shortfall</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall   Clatsop Community College is facing a covid-19-related budget shortfall of between a million and one-and-a-half million dollars. The school is figuring out how to cope with the problem, as CoastCommunity Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   Much of the budget shortfall...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall   Clatsop Community College is facing a covid-19-related budget shortfall of between a million and one-and-a-half million dollars. The school is figuring out how to cope with the problem, as CoastComm]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall   Clatsop Community College is facing a covid-19-related budget shortfall of between a million and one-and-a-half million dollars. The school is figuring out how to cope with the problem, as CoastCommunity Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   Much of the budget shortfall...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall   Clatsop Community College is facing a covid-19-related budget shortfall of between a million and one-and-a-half million dollars. The school is figuring out how to cope with the problem, as CoastCommunity Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   Much of the budget shortfall...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County preps for Phase 3</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-wahkiakum-county-preps-for-phase-3/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-wahkiakum-county-preps-for-phase-3</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington&#8217;s Wahkiakum County poise to move into Phase 3 In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay at Home order ended yesterday (Sunday).  Most of the state’s less populous counties are already in the second phase of the four phase re-opening process.  One local county will soon apply to move to phase 3.  KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain explains.  Script...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington&#8217;s Wahkiakum County poise to move into Phase 3 In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay at Home order ended yesterday (Sunday).  Most of the state’s less populous counties are already in the second phase of the four phase re-]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington&#8217;s Wahkiakum County poise to move into Phase 3 In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay at Home order ended yesterday (Sunday).  Most of the state’s less populous counties are already in the second phase of the four phase re-opening process.  One local county will soon apply to move to phase 3.  KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain explains.  Script...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington&#8217;s Wahkiakum County poise to move into Phase 3 In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay at Home order ended yesterday (Sunday).  Most of the state’s less populous counties are already in the second phase of the four phase re-opening process.  One local county will soon apply to move to phase 3.  KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain explains.  Script...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Washington&#8217;s Wahkiakum County poise to move into Phase 3 In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay at Home order ended yesterday (Sunday).  Most of the state’s less populous counties are already in the second phase of the four phase re-opening process.  One local county will soon apply to move to phase 3.  KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain explains.  Script...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-rural-internet-during-the-pandemic-never-good-but-now-a-serious-problem/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-rural-internet-during-the-pandemic-never-good-but-now-a-serious-problem</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem Ever since schools and businesses closed in Oregon in March, kids and parents have embarked on a new journey – living, working and learning at home, all together, all of a sudden. Joanne Rideout takes a look at their experience, and...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem Ever since schools and businesses closed in Oregon in March, kids and parents have embarked on a new journey – living, working and learning at home, all together, all o]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem Ever since schools and businesses closed in Oregon in March, kids and parents have embarked on a new journey – living, working and learning at home, all together, all of a sudden. Joanne Rideout takes a look at their experience, and...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem Ever since schools and businesses closed in Oregon in March, kids and parents have embarked on a new journey – living, working and learning at home, all together, all of a sudden. Joanne Rideout takes a look at their experience, and...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:06:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Rural internet during the pandemic: never good, but now a serious problem Ever since schools and businesses closed in Oregon in March, kids and parents have embarked on a new journey – living, working and learning at home, all together, all of a sudden. Joanne Rideout takes a look at their experience, and...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-wahkiakum-county-health-director-chris-bischoff-talks-about-reopening/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-wahkiakum-county-health-director-chris-bischoff-talks-about-reopening</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening  Partial script below. Scroll down to Listen. [8:24] Wahkiakum County is one of ten counties in Washington granted permission to apply for a variance that would allow a faster transition to the second phase of the state’s four phase re-opening plan.  To get approval,...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening  Partial script below. Scroll down to Listen. [8:24] Wahkiakum County is one of ten counties in Washington granted permission to apply for a variance that would allow a fas]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening  Partial script below. Scroll down to Listen. [8:24] Wahkiakum County is one of ten counties in Washington granted permission to apply for a variance that would allow a faster transition to the second phase of the state’s four phase re-opening plan.  To get approval,...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening  Partial script below. Scroll down to Listen. [8:24] Wahkiakum County is one of ten counties in Washington granted permission to apply for a variance that would allow a faster transition to the second phase of the state’s four phase re-opening plan.  To get approval,...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Health Director Chris Bischoff talks about reopening  Partial script below. Scroll down to Listen. [8:24] Wahkiakum County is one of ten counties in Washington granted permission to apply for a variance that would allow a faster transition to the second phase of the state’s four phase re-opening plan.  To get approval,...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-seaside-cancels-july-4th-fireworks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-seaside-cancels-july-4th-fireworks</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks The City of Seaside, Oregon, has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks display for this year. Money was an issue. So was the risk of having thousands of people crowded together on the beach during a pandemic. Joanne Rideout has more. Chamber of Commerce CEO Brian Owen...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks The City of Seaside, Oregon, has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks display for this year. Money was an issue. So was the risk of having thousands of people crowded together on the beach during a p]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks The City of Seaside, Oregon, has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks display for this year. Money was an issue. So was the risk of having thousands of people crowded together on the beach during a pandemic. Joanne Rideout has more. Chamber of Commerce CEO Brian Owen...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks The City of Seaside, Oregon, has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks display for this year. Money was an issue. So was the risk of having thousands of people crowded together on the beach during a pandemic. Joanne Rideout has more. Chamber of Commerce CEO Brian Owen...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside cancels July 4th fireworks The City of Seaside, Oregon, has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks display for this year. Money was an issue. So was the risk of having thousands of people crowded together on the beach during a pandemic. Joanne Rideout has more. Chamber of Commerce CEO Brian Owen...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks   </title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-wahkiakum-county-targets-limited-testing-recommends-masks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-wahkiakum-county-targets-limited-testing-recommends-masks</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks    Script below, Scroll down to Listen: [1:45] Southwest Washington’s  Wahkiakum County  is targeting limited testing with telephone screening and now is recommending wearing masks while in public.  Kathleen Morgain has more. The County is holding steady with two reported positive test results for COVID-19.  In a briefing Friday, Health...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks    Script below, Scroll down to Listen: [1:45] Southwest Washington’s  Wahkiakum County  is targeting limited testing with telephone screening and now is recommending wearing masks wh]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks    Script below, Scroll down to Listen: [1:45] Southwest Washington’s  Wahkiakum County  is targeting limited testing with telephone screening and now is recommending wearing masks while in public.  Kathleen Morgain has more. The County is holding steady with two reported positive test results for COVID-19.  In a briefing Friday, Health...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://kmun.org/podcast-download/35520/local-news-wahkiakum-county-targets-limited-testing-recommends-masks.MP3" length="1686883" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks    Script below, Scroll down to Listen: [1:45] Southwest Washington’s  Wahkiakum County  is targeting limited testing with telephone screening and now is recommending wearing masks while in public.  Kathleen Morgain has more. The County is holding steady with two reported positive test results for COVID-19.  In a briefing Friday, Health...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum County Targets Limited Testing, Recommends Masks    Script below, Scroll down to Listen: [1:45] Southwest Washington’s  Wahkiakum County  is targeting limited testing with telephone screening and now is recommending wearing masks while in public.  Kathleen Morgain has more. The County is holding steady with two reported positive test results for COVID-19.  In a briefing Friday, Health...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Seaside offers financial aid to residents and businesses</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-seaside-offers-financial-aid-to-residents-and-businesses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-seaside-offers-financial-aid-to-residents-and-businesses</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside offers financial aid to residents and businesses The Seaside City Council met last night and approved financial relief measures. Joanne Rideout has more. The council approved three separate proposals to help ease the burden for residents and business owners struggling with financial issues because of COVID-19. Their first proposal is aimed at...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside offers financial aid to residents and businesses The Seaside City Council met last night and approved financial relief measures. Joanne Rideout has more. The council approved three separate proposals to help ease the burden for reside]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside offers financial aid to residents and businesses The Seaside City Council met last night and approved financial relief measures. Joanne Rideout has more. The council approved three separate proposals to help ease the burden for residents and business owners struggling with financial issues because of COVID-19. Their first proposal is aimed at...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Seaside offers financial aid to residents and businesses The Seaside City Council met last night and approved financial relief measures. Joanne Rideout has more. The council approved three separate proposals to help ease the burden for residents and business owners struggling with financial issues because of COVID-19. Their first proposal is aimed at...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-clatsop-community-college-moves-classes-online/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-clatsop-community-college-moves-classes-online</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online   Personnel at Clatsop Community College have been working hard to move classes online.Today, the school reopens…..virtually. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details: {1:47}   The college extended spring break so instructors could adapt to the new online technology:   “It’s been amazing. The faculty...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online   Personnel at Clatsop Community College have been working hard to move classes online.Today, the school reopens…..virtually. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details: {1:47}   The colle]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online   Personnel at Clatsop Community College have been working hard to move classes online.Today, the school reopens…..virtually. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details: {1:47}   The college extended spring break so instructors could adapt to the new online technology:   “It’s been amazing. The faculty...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online   Personnel at Clatsop Community College have been working hard to move classes online.Today, the school reopens…..virtually. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details: {1:47}   The college extended spring break so instructors could adapt to the new online technology:   “It’s been amazing. The faculty...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College moves classes online   Personnel at Clatsop Community College have been working hard to move classes online.Today, the school reopens…..virtually. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details: {1:47}   The college extended spring break so instructors could adapt to the new online technology:   “It’s been amazing. The faculty...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-a-look-at-local-hospitals/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-a-look-at-local-hospitals</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals   Although Oregon has well below the national rate of covid-19 virus infection, the University of Washington is projecting 550 deaths in the state through the first wave. A U-W report projects hospital use won’t peak until May 6 th and area hospitals are not relaxing. Coast Community Radio’s...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals   Although Oregon has well below the national rate of covid-19 virus infection, the University of Washington is projecting 550 deaths in the state through the first wave. A U-W report projects hospital use won’t peak]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals   Although Oregon has well below the national rate of covid-19 virus infection, the University of Washington is projecting 550 deaths in the state through the first wave. A U-W report projects hospital use won’t peak until May 6 th and area hospitals are not relaxing. Coast Community Radio’s...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals   Although Oregon has well below the national rate of covid-19 virus infection, the University of Washington is projecting 550 deaths in the state through the first wave. A U-W report projects hospital use won’t peak until May 6 th and area hospitals are not relaxing. Coast Community Radio’s...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: A look at local hospitals   Although Oregon has well below the national rate of covid-19 virus infection, the University of Washington is projecting 550 deaths in the state through the first wave. A U-W report projects hospital use won’t peak until May 6 th and area hospitals are not relaxing. Coast Community Radio’s...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Wahkiakum county has first COVID case, Clatsop declares 4th</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/breaking-local-news-wahkiakum-county-has-first-covid-case-clatsop-declares-4th/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=breaking-local-news-wahkiakum-county-has-first-covid-case-clatsop-declares-4th</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Wahkiakum County, Washington, has its first diagnosed COVID-19 case. And Clatsop County now has its fourth.  Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Scroll down to Listen. Wahkiakum County Health Dept director Chris Bischoff said the case was diagnosed last night, and announced today, after the department had contacted all contacts of the patient. The department has...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Wahkiakum County, Washington, has its first diagnosed COVID-19 case. And Clatsop County now has its fourth.  Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Scroll down to Listen. Wahkiakum County Health Dept director Chris Bischoff said the case was diagnosed l]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wahkiakum County, Washington, has its first diagnosed COVID-19 case. And Clatsop County now has its fourth.  Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Scroll down to Listen. Wahkiakum County Health Dept director Chris Bischoff said the case was diagnosed last night, and announced today, after the department had contacted all contacts of the patient. The department has...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wahkiakum County, Washington, has its first diagnosed COVID-19 case. And Clatsop County now has its fourth.  Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Scroll down to Listen. Wahkiakum County Health Dept director Chris Bischoff said the case was diagnosed last night, and announced today, after the department had contacted all contacts of the patient. The department has...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:43</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Wahkiakum County, Washington, has its first diagnosed COVID-19 case. And Clatsop County now has its fourth.  Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, Scroll down to Listen. Wahkiakum County Health Dept director Chris Bischoff said the case was diagnosed last night, and announced today, after the department had contacted all contacts of the patient. The department has...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-small-farms-wont-get-aid-from-federal-cares-act/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-small-farms-wont-get-aid-from-federal-cares-act</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain The recently passed CARES act was intended to aid individuals and small businesses to weather the COVID 19 storm. Now some small farms are discovering that help for them was not included. Kathleen Morgain has one farm’s response. Script follows, scroll down to Listen: The...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain The recently passed CARES act was intended to aid individuals and small businesses to weather the COVID 19 storm. Now some small farms are discovering that help for them was not included. Kathle]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain The recently passed CARES act was intended to aid individuals and small businesses to weather the COVID 19 storm. Now some small farms are discovering that help for them was not included. Kathleen Morgain has one farm’s response. Script follows, scroll down to Listen: The...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain The recently passed CARES act was intended to aid individuals and small businesses to weather the COVID 19 storm. Now some small farms are discovering that help for them was not included. Kathleen Morgain has one farm’s response. Script follows, scroll down to Listen: The...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Federal CARES Act aid for small farms uncertain The recently passed CARES act was intended to aid individuals and small businesses to weather the COVID 19 storm. Now some small farms are discovering that help for them was not included. Kathleen Morgain has one farm’s response. Script follows, scroll down to Listen: The...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Oregon&#8217;s emergency manager weighs in</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-oregons-emergency-manager-weighs-in/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-oregons-emergency-manager-weighs-in</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[While Oregon is still grappling with shortages of equipment for health providers, Oregon Department of Energy (OEM) Manager Andrew Phelps says the state has had some help from within. Joanne Rideout has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:24] Phelps told reporters Tuesday that while the state is still seeking PPE, or personal protective...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[While Oregon is still grappling with shortages of equipment for health providers, Oregon Department of Energy (OEM) Manager Andrew Phelps says the state has had some help from within. Joanne Rideout has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:24] ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[While Oregon is still grappling with shortages of equipment for health providers, Oregon Department of Energy (OEM) Manager Andrew Phelps says the state has had some help from within. Joanne Rideout has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:24] Phelps told reporters Tuesday that while the state is still seeking PPE, or personal protective...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[While Oregon is still grappling with shortages of equipment for health providers, Oregon Department of Energy (OEM) Manager Andrew Phelps says the state has had some help from within. Joanne Rideout has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:24] Phelps told reporters Tuesday that while the state is still seeking PPE, or personal protective...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:23</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[While Oregon is still grappling with shortages of equipment for health providers, Oregon Department of Energy (OEM) Manager Andrew Phelps says the state has had some help from within. Joanne Rideout has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:24] Phelps told reporters Tuesday that while the state is still seeking PPE, or personal protective...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Help for local renters</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/35468-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=35468-2</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Help due for local renters   Rent will be due tomorrow for many people on the North Coast and some won’t be able to make it because of covid-19-related layoffs. Community action agencies are stepping in to help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:     Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:{1:51}   Clatsop Community...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Help due for local renters   Rent will be due tomorrow for many people on the North Coast and some won’t be able to make it because of covid-19-related layoffs. Community action agencies are stepping in to help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Help due for local renters   Rent will be due tomorrow for many people on the North Coast and some won’t be able to make it because of covid-19-related layoffs. Community action agencies are stepping in to help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:     Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:{1:51}   Clatsop Community...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Help due for local renters   Rent will be due tomorrow for many people on the North Coast and some won’t be able to make it because of covid-19-related layoffs. Community action agencies are stepping in to help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:     Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:{1:51}   Clatsop Community...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Help due for local renters   Rent will be due tomorrow for many people on the North Coast and some won’t be able to make it because of covid-19-related layoffs. Community action agencies are stepping in to help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:     Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:{1:51}   Clatsop Community...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-schools-respond-to-covid-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-schools-respond-to-covid-crisis</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis This week local schools will be doing more to respond to the coronavirus crisis including expanded meal programs, the start of childcare for essential workers, and a roll-out of at-home learning materials. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:47] After...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis This week local schools will be doing more to respond to the coronavirus crisis including expanded meal programs, the start of childcare for essential workers, and a roll-out of at-home learning materials. Coas]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis This week local schools will be doing more to respond to the coronavirus crisis including expanded meal programs, the start of childcare for essential workers, and a roll-out of at-home learning materials. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:47] After...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis This week local schools will be doing more to respond to the coronavirus crisis including expanded meal programs, the start of childcare for essential workers, and a roll-out of at-home learning materials. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:47] After...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Schools respond to COVID crisis This week local schools will be doing more to respond to the coronavirus crisis including expanded meal programs, the start of childcare for essential workers, and a roll-out of at-home learning materials. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen [1:47] After...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-childcare-help-for-essential-workers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-childcare-help-for-essential-workers</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers   While kids are home from school, some of their parents have to go to work to provide essential services and need childcare. In Clatsop and Pacific counties, they’ll be getting help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   While Oregon...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers   While kids are home from school, some of their parents have to go to work to provide essential services and need childcare. In Clatsop and Pacific counties, they’ll be getting help. Coast Community Rad]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers   While kids are home from school, some of their parents have to go to work to provide essential services and need childcare. In Clatsop and Pacific counties, they’ll be getting help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   While Oregon...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers   While kids are home from school, some of their parents have to go to work to provide essential services and need childcare. In Clatsop and Pacific counties, they’ll be getting help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   While Oregon...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[  LOCAL NEWS: Childcare help for essential workers   While kids are home from school, some of their parents have to go to work to provide essential services and need childcare. In Clatsop and Pacific counties, they’ll be getting help. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports:   Script follows, Scroll down to Listen:   While Oregon...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-breaking-news-clatsop-county-announces-2nd-confirmed-covid-19-case/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-breaking-news-clatsop-county-announces-2nd-confirmed-covid-19-case</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case Wednesday morning, Clatsop County announced the county’s second confirmed COVID-19 case. Joanne Rideout reports. Clatsop County Health Department Director Mike McNickle released the info in a phone call with media. Mike McNickle: “This morning we were notified by OHA, Oregon Health Authority, that we have...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case Wednesday morning, Clatsop County announced the county’s second confirmed COVID-19 case. Joanne Rideout reports. Clatsop County Health Department Director Mike McNickle released th]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case Wednesday morning, Clatsop County announced the county’s second confirmed COVID-19 case. Joanne Rideout reports. Clatsop County Health Department Director Mike McNickle released the info in a phone call with media. Mike McNickle: “This morning we were notified by OHA, Oregon Health Authority, that we have...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case Wednesday morning, Clatsop County announced the county’s second confirmed COVID-19 case. Joanne Rideout reports. Clatsop County Health Department Director Mike McNickle released the info in a phone call with media. Mike McNickle: “This morning we were notified by OHA, Oregon Health Authority, that we have...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:00:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: Clatsop County announces 2nd confirmed COVID-19 case Wednesday morning, Clatsop County announced the county’s second confirmed COVID-19 case. Joanne Rideout reports. Clatsop County Health Department Director Mike McNickle released the info in a phone call with media. Mike McNickle: “This morning we were notified by OHA, Oregon Health Authority, that we have...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/breaking-local-news-clatsop-county-has-its-first-covid-case/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=breaking-local-news-clatsop-county-has-its-first-covid-case</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case by Joanne Rideout The coronavirus has arrived on the north Oregon coast. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. [1:22] Clatsop County Health Director Mike McNickle held a press conference by phone with media at 10 am Monday to announce that the county has its first case....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case by Joanne Rideout The coronavirus has arrived on the north Oregon coast. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. [1:22] Clatsop County Health Director Mike McNickle held a press conference by ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case by Joanne Rideout The coronavirus has arrived on the north Oregon coast. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. [1:22] Clatsop County Health Director Mike McNickle held a press conference by phone with media at 10 am Monday to announce that the county has its first case....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case by Joanne Rideout The coronavirus has arrived on the north Oregon coast. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. [1:22] Clatsop County Health Director Mike McNickle held a press conference by phone with media at 10 am Monday to announce that the county has its first case....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County has its first confirmed COVID case by Joanne Rideout The coronavirus has arrived on the north Oregon coast. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. [1:22] Clatsop County Health Director Mike McNickle held a press conference by phone with media at 10 am Monday to announce that the county has its first case....]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-co-op-goes-all-out-to-protect-customers-workers-from-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-co-op-goes-all-out-to-protect-customers-workers-from-covid-19</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19 If there’s one local business that’s a model of being corona virus-ready, it is the Astoria Co-op. Starting today, the co-op will add curbside pick-up.  Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports: Co-op Manager Matt Stanley says compared to a couple of weeks...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19 If there’s one local business that’s a model of being corona virus-ready, it is the Astoria Co-op. Starting today, the co-op will add curbside pick-up.  Coast Community Ra]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19 If there’s one local business that’s a model of being corona virus-ready, it is the Astoria Co-op. Starting today, the co-op will add curbside pick-up.  Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports: Co-op Manager Matt Stanley says compared to a couple of weeks...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19 If there’s one local business that’s a model of being corona virus-ready, it is the Astoria Co-op. Starting today, the co-op will add curbside pick-up.  Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports: Co-op Manager Matt Stanley says compared to a couple of weeks...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Astoria Co-op goes all out to protect customers, workers from COVID-19 If there’s one local business that’s a model of being corona virus-ready, it is the Astoria Co-op. Starting today, the co-op will add curbside pick-up.  Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports: Co-op Manager Matt Stanley says compared to a couple of weeks...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-coastal-communities-shut-down-as-spring-break-tourists-swarm/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-coastal-communities-shut-down-as-spring-break-tourists-swarm</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm by Joanne Rideout Coastal officials in Oregon and Washington sprang into action this weekend, responding to an influx of spring break visitors on beaches and other recreation areas during a state of emergency over COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, scroll down to Listen...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm by Joanne Rideout Coastal officials in Oregon and Washington sprang into action this weekend, responding to an influx of spring break visitors on beaches and other recreation areas ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm by Joanne Rideout Coastal officials in Oregon and Washington sprang into action this weekend, responding to an influx of spring break visitors on beaches and other recreation areas during a state of emergency over COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, scroll down to Listen...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm by Joanne Rideout Coastal officials in Oregon and Washington sprang into action this weekend, responding to an influx of spring break visitors on beaches and other recreation areas during a state of emergency over COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, scroll down to Listen...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:03:55</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Coastal communities shut down as spring break tourists swarm by Joanne Rideout Coastal officials in Oregon and Washington sprang into action this weekend, responding to an influx of spring break visitors on beaches and other recreation areas during a state of emergency over COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Script follows, scroll down to Listen...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-listen-to-kmuns-evening-newscast-thursday-march-19-2020/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-listen-to-kmuns-evening-newscast-thursday-march-19-2020</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://kmun.org/?p=35420</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020 In tonight&#8217;s Northwest News, host Dylan Hauser Shaulk brings you these stories from Coast Community Radio&#8217;s local reporting team: Joanne Rideout, Jacob Lewin and Kathleen Morgain. More on closures of area municipal offices A look at COVID-19 testing in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties in...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020 In tonight&#8217;s Northwest News, host Dylan Hauser Shaulk brings you these stories from Coast Community Radio&#8217;s local reporting team: Joanne Rideout, Jacob Lewin and Ka]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020 In tonight&#8217;s Northwest News, host Dylan Hauser Shaulk brings you these stories from Coast Community Radio&#8217;s local reporting team: Joanne Rideout, Jacob Lewin and Kathleen Morgain. More on closures of area municipal offices A look at COVID-19 testing in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties in...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020 In tonight&#8217;s Northwest News, host Dylan Hauser Shaulk brings you these stories from Coast Community Radio&#8217;s local reporting team: Joanne Rideout, Jacob Lewin and Kathleen Morgain. More on closures of area municipal offices A look at COVID-19 testing in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties in...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:05:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Listen to KMUN&#8217;s Evening Newscast, Thursday, March 19, 2020 In tonight&#8217;s Northwest News, host Dylan Hauser Shaulk brings you these stories from Coast Community Radio&#8217;s local reporting team: Joanne Rideout, Jacob Lewin and Kathleen Morgain. More on closures of area municipal offices A look at COVID-19 testing in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties in...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-governor-makes-declaration-as-hospital-shortages-loom/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-governor-makes-declaration-as-hospital-shortages-loom</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom Oregon Governor Kate Brown is ordering hospitals and other health care providers to stop elective procedures. The move is designed to conserve crucial medical supplies. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details. (Script below, scroll down to Listen: [1:08]) The Oregon Health Authority says the state is...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom Oregon Governor Kate Brown is ordering hospitals and other health care providers to stop elective procedures. The move is designed to conserve crucial medical supplies. Coast Community Rad]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom Oregon Governor Kate Brown is ordering hospitals and other health care providers to stop elective procedures. The move is designed to conserve crucial medical supplies. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details. (Script below, scroll down to Listen: [1:08]) The Oregon Health Authority says the state is...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom Oregon Governor Kate Brown is ordering hospitals and other health care providers to stop elective procedures. The move is designed to conserve crucial medical supplies. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details. (Script below, scroll down to Listen: [1:08]) The Oregon Health Authority says the state is...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Governor makes declaration as hospital shortages loom Oregon Governor Kate Brown is ordering hospitals and other health care providers to stop elective procedures. The move is designed to conserve crucial medical supplies. Coast Community Radio’s Jacob Lewin has details. (Script below, scroll down to Listen: [1:08]) The Oregon Health Authority says the state is...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/tillamook-county-emergency-director-throws-his-hat-in-the-ring/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tillamook-county-emergency-director-throws-his-hat-in-the-ring</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Radio listeners as the station’s meteorologist, has announced his candidacy in the November election for Tillamook County Sheriff. McCraw...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Ra]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Radio listeners as the station’s meteorologist, has announced his candidacy in the November election for Tillamook County Sheriff. McCraw...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Radio listeners as the station’s meteorologist, has announced his candidacy in the November election for Tillamook County Sheriff. McCraw...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Radio listeners as the station’s meteorologist, has announced his candidacy in the November election for Tillamook County Sheriff. McCraw...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-pacific-power-45k-grant-will-fund-astoria-electric-car-charging-stations/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-pacific-power-45k-grant-will-fund-astoria-electric-car-charging-stations</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations Lovely! A story that&#8217;s not about the coronavirus! A boost for electric car owners is headed for Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power will award the City of Astoria a $45,000 grant to install two electric vehicle charging stations at the Astoria...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations Lovely! A story that&#8217;s not about the coronavirus! A boost for electric car owners is headed for Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power will award the City]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations Lovely! A story that&#8217;s not about the coronavirus! A boost for electric car owners is headed for Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power will award the City of Astoria a $45,000 grant to install two electric vehicle charging stations at the Astoria...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations Lovely! A story that&#8217;s not about the coronavirus! A boost for electric car owners is headed for Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power will award the City of Astoria a $45,000 grant to install two electric vehicle charging stations at the Astoria...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:00:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power $45K grant will fund Astoria electric car charging stations Lovely! A story that&#8217;s not about the coronavirus! A boost for electric car owners is headed for Astoria. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power will award the City of Astoria a $45,000 grant to install two electric vehicle charging stations at the Astoria...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-pacific-power-says-no-shutoffs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-pacific-power-says-no-shutoffs</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs Pacific Power will not disconnect customers in Oregon, Washington and California during emergency response to COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power says they are temporarily suspending disconnections and late fees for non-payment for customers in Oregon, Washington and California to support the state of emergency declared in all...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs Pacific Power will not disconnect customers in Oregon, Washington and California during emergency response to COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power says they are temporarily suspending disconnections a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs Pacific Power will not disconnect customers in Oregon, Washington and California during emergency response to COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power says they are temporarily suspending disconnections and late fees for non-payment for customers in Oregon, Washington and California to support the state of emergency declared in all...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs Pacific Power will not disconnect customers in Oregon, Washington and California during emergency response to COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power says they are temporarily suspending disconnections and late fees for non-payment for customers in Oregon, Washington and California to support the state of emergency declared in all...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific Power says no shutoffs Pacific Power will not disconnect customers in Oregon, Washington and California during emergency response to COVID-19. Joanne Rideout reports. Pacific Power says they are temporarily suspending disconnections and late fees for non-payment for customers in Oregon, Washington and California to support the state of emergency declared in all...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-clatsop-circuit-court-enacts-covid-restrictions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-clatsop-circuit-court-enacts-covid-restrictions</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions Clatsop County Circuit Court has new COVID-19 protocols in place. Joanne Rideout has more. Read below, scroll down to Listen: [:42] Most hearings have been rescheduled till after May 1, and may be extended depending on what happens. Court hearings that are scheduled during this time will...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions Clatsop County Circuit Court has new COVID-19 protocols in place. Joanne Rideout has more. Read below, scroll down to Listen: [:42] Most hearings have been rescheduled till after May 1, and may ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions Clatsop County Circuit Court has new COVID-19 protocols in place. Joanne Rideout has more. Read below, scroll down to Listen: [:42] Most hearings have been rescheduled till after May 1, and may be extended depending on what happens. Court hearings that are scheduled during this time will...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions Clatsop County Circuit Court has new COVID-19 protocols in place. Joanne Rideout has more. Read below, scroll down to Listen: [:42] Most hearings have been rescheduled till after May 1, and may be extended depending on what happens. Court hearings that are scheduled during this time will...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Circuit Court enacts COVID restrictions Clatsop County Circuit Court has new COVID-19 protocols in place. Joanne Rideout has more. Read below, scroll down to Listen: [:42] Most hearings have been rescheduled till after May 1, and may be extended depending on what happens. Court hearings that are scheduled during this time will...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-covid-19-kills-clark-county-couple/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-covid-19-kills-clark-county-couple</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple A husband and wife, both in their 80s and living in separate care facilities in Clark County, Washington, have both died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Joanne Rideout reports. [1:28] They were both hospitalized last week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple A husband and wife, both in their 80s and living in separate care facilities in Clark County, Washington, have both died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Joanne Rid]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple A husband and wife, both in their 80s and living in separate care facilities in Clark County, Washington, have both died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Joanne Rideout reports. [1:28] They were both hospitalized last week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple A husband and wife, both in their 80s and living in separate care facilities in Clark County, Washington, have both died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Joanne Rideout reports. [1:28] They were both hospitalized last week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:28</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 kills Clark County couple A husband and wife, both in their 80s and living in separate care facilities in Clark County, Washington, have both died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Joanne Rideout reports. [1:28] They were both hospitalized last week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 testing ongoing in Clatsop County</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 testing ongoing in Clatsop County Clatsop County residents have a lot of questions about COVID-19 testing locally.  Here&#8217;s an update. by Joanne Rideout Clatsop County Health Dept Director Mike McNickle said, contrary to rumors circulating on social media and elsewhere, people are indeed being tested locally in the county for the virus. ...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 testing ongoing in Clatsop County Clatsop County residents have a lot of questions about COVID-19 testing locally.  Here&#8217;s an update. by Joanne Rideout Clatsop County Health Dept Director Mike McNickle said, contrary to rumors ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 testing ongoing in Clatsop County Clatsop County residents have a lot of questions about COVID-19 testing locally.  Here&#8217;s an update. by Joanne Rideout Clatsop County Health Dept Director Mike McNickle said, contrary to rumors circulating on social media and elsewhere, people are indeed being tested locally in the county for the virus. ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: COVID-19 testing ongoing in Clatsop County Clatsop County residents have a lot of questions about COVID-19 testing locally.  Here&#8217;s an update. by Joanne Rideout Clatsop County Health Dept Director Mike McNickle said, contrary to rumors circulating on social media and elsewhere, people are indeed being tested locally in the county for the virus. ...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Monday March 16 to declare a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The declaration will be in place through May 1. By declaring an emergency, the county can now take actions such as declaring curfews, placing limits on public...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Monday March 16 to declare a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The declaration will be in place through May 1. By declaring an emerge]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Monday March 16 to declare a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The declaration will be in place through May 1. By declaring an emergency, the county can now take actions such as declaring curfews, placing limits on public...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Monday March 16 to declare a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The declaration will be in place through May 1. By declaring an emergency, the county can now take actions such as declaring curfews, placing limits on public...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-city-of-astoria-says-no-water-shutoffs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-city-of-astoria-says-no-water-shutoffs</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a request from the customer.  The temporary policy, announced Monday, was enacted in response...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a reque]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a request from the customer.  The temporary policy, announced Monday, was enacted in response...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a request from the customer.  The temporary policy, announced Monday, was enacted in response...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a request from the customer.  The temporary policy, announced Monday, was enacted in response...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-pacific-county-activates-emergency-response/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-pacific-county-activates-emergency-response</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 20:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s  Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest level possible, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a press release, agency director Scott McDougall said that Pacific County currently...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s  Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest le]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s  Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest level possible, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a press release, agency director Scott McDougall said that Pacific County currently...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s  Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest level possible, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a press release, agency director Scott McDougall said that Pacific County currently...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s  Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest level possible, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a press release, agency director Scott McDougall said that Pacific County currently...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-gov-kate-brown-signs-climate-change-executive-order/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-gov-kate-brown-signs-climate-change-executive-order</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has more. “Executive Order 2004, there you have it.” [Cheers from crowd] Brown said the order would protect rural Oregonians...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has m]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has more. “Executive Order 2004, there you have it.” [Cheers from crowd] Brown said the order would protect rural Oregonians...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has more. “Executive Order 2004, there you have it.” [Cheers from crowd] Brown said the order would protect rural Oregonians...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has more. “Executive Order 2004, there you have it.” [Cheers from crowd] Brown said the order would protect rural Oregonians...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: COVID-19 diagnosed in Multnomah County</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-covid-19-diagnosed-in-multnomah-county/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-covid-19-diagnosed-in-multnomah-county</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The first case of COVID&#8211;19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah county are seeking to isolate anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient in the...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The first case of COVID&#8211;19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Mul]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first case of COVID&#8211;19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah county are seeking to isolate anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient in the...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first case of COVID&#8211;19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah county are seeking to isolate anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient in the...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The first case of COVID&#8211;19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah county are seeking to isolate anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient in the...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown dorm</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-planning-commission-oks-pacific-seafood-uniontown-dorm/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-planning-commission-oks-pacific-seafood-uniontown-dorm</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former drug treatment facility located in a residential area in the Uniontown neighborhood of the city. The decision is final, unless an appeal...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former dr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former drug treatment facility located in a residential area in the Uniontown neighborhood of the city. The decision is final, unless an appeal...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former drug treatment facility located in a residential area in the Uniontown neighborhood of the city. The decision is final, unless an appeal...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former drug treatment facility located in a residential area in the Uniontown neighborhood of the city. The decision is final, unless an appeal...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-says-no-to-grocery-outlet-proposal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-says-no-to-grocery-outlet-proposal</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mill pond neighborhood on the city’s east end.  The council denied...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mill pond neighborhood on the city’s east end.  The council denied...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mill pond neighborhood on the city’s east end.  The council denied...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mill pond neighborhood on the city’s east end.  The council denied...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Live recording, Astoria Planning Commission, Tues, Feb 4, 2020</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-live-recording-astoria-planning-commission-tues-feb-4-2020/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-live-recording-astoria-planning-commission-tues-feb-4-2020</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Live recording, Astoria Planning Commission, Tues, Feb 4, 2020 This is a partial recording of the Astoria Planning Commission meeting on Tues, Feb 4, 2020. The recording starts about 30 minutes into the meeting. Commissioners are discussing the Pacific Seafood proposed dormitory project planned for the hillside in Uniontown near the intersection of...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Live recording, Astoria Planning Commission, Tues, Feb 4, 2020 This is a partial recording of the Astoria Planning Commission meeting on Tues, Feb 4, 2020. The recording starts about 30 minutes into the meeting. Commissioners are discussing t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Live recording, Astoria Planning Commission, Tues, Feb 4, 2020 This is a partial recording of the Astoria Planning Commission meeting on Tues, Feb 4, 2020. The recording starts about 30 minutes into the meeting. Commissioners are discussing the Pacific Seafood proposed dormitory project planned for the hillside in Uniontown near the intersection of...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Live recording, Astoria Planning Commission, Tues, Feb 4, 2020 This is a partial recording of the Astoria Planning Commission meeting on Tues, Feb 4, 2020. The recording starts about 30 minutes into the meeting. Commissioners are discussing the Pacific Seafood proposed dormitory project planned for the hillside in Uniontown near the intersection of...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-pds-kenny-hansen-honored-for-30-years/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-pds-kenny-hansen-honored-for-30-years</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years [Script below, Scroll down to Listen] The City of Astoria recognized Astoria Police Detective Kenny Hansen at Monday night’s City council  meeting, for his 30 years of service to the department. Hansen has served many roles on the force in his decades there, most recently...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years [Script below, Scroll down to Listen] The City of Astoria recognized Astoria Police Detective Kenny Hansen at Monday night’s City council  meeting, for his 30 years of service to the depart]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years [Script below, Scroll down to Listen] The City of Astoria recognized Astoria Police Detective Kenny Hansen at Monday night’s City council  meeting, for his 30 years of service to the department. Hansen has served many roles on the force in his decades there, most recently...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years [Script below, Scroll down to Listen] The City of Astoria recognized Astoria Police Detective Kenny Hansen at Monday night’s City council  meeting, for his 30 years of service to the department. Hansen has served many roles on the force in his decades there, most recently...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria PD&#8217;s Kenny Hansen honored for 30 years [Script below, Scroll down to Listen] The City of Astoria recognized Astoria Police Detective Kenny Hansen at Monday night’s City council  meeting, for his 30 years of service to the department. Hansen has served many roles on the force in his decades there, most recently...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News:  Astoria City Council denies Grocery Outlet store</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-denies-grocery-outlet-store/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-denies-grocery-outlet-store</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council denies Grocery Outlet store A discount grocery store proposed for Astoria’s east end was on the agenda Monday night at the council meeting. Joanne Rideout reports. The Grocery Outlet store proposal for the Astoria Mill Pond neighborhood hit a big roadblock at last night’s city council meeting.  After almost two...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council denies Grocery Outlet store A discount grocery store proposed for Astoria’s east end was on the agenda Monday night at the council meeting. Joanne Rideout reports. The Grocery Outlet store proposal for the Astoria Mill Po]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council denies Grocery Outlet store A discount grocery store proposed for Astoria’s east end was on the agenda Monday night at the council meeting. Joanne Rideout reports. The Grocery Outlet store proposal for the Astoria Mill Pond neighborhood hit a big roadblock at last night’s city council meeting.  After almost two...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council denies Grocery Outlet store A discount grocery store proposed for Astoria’s east end was on the agenda Monday night at the council meeting. Joanne Rideout reports. The Grocery Outlet store proposal for the Astoria Mill Pond neighborhood hit a big roadblock at last night’s city council meeting.  After almost two...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-project-homeless-connect-helps-local-homeless/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-project-homeless-connect-helps-local-homeless</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless About 200 people attended the annual Project Homeless Connect in Seaside, a free walk-in day of services for the homeless held at the Seaside Convention Center. The event is in its 10th year. It&#8217;s one of about 200 such events held in cities nationwide. Joanne Rideout reports....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless About 200 people attended the annual Project Homeless Connect in Seaside, a free walk-in day of services for the homeless held at the Seaside Convention Center. The event is in its 10th year. It&#]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless About 200 people attended the annual Project Homeless Connect in Seaside, a free walk-in day of services for the homeless held at the Seaside Convention Center. The event is in its 10th year. It&#8217;s one of about 200 such events held in cities nationwide. Joanne Rideout reports....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless About 200 people attended the annual Project Homeless Connect in Seaside, a free walk-in day of services for the homeless held at the Seaside Convention Center. The event is in its 10th year. It&#8217;s one of about 200 such events held in cities nationwide. Joanne Rideout reports....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Project Homeless Connect helps local homeless About 200 people attended the annual Project Homeless Connect in Seaside, a free walk-in day of services for the homeless held at the Seaside Convention Center. The event is in its 10th year. It&#8217;s one of about 200 such events held in cities nationwide. Joanne Rideout reports....]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-miniboat-summit-brings-kids-together-across-the-pacific/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-miniboat-summit-brings-kids-together-across-the-pacific</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific Students and teachers from three area schools met at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria last week for Miniboat Summit 2020, a chance to show off their boat building handiwork, thank supporters, and christen small unmanned sailboats bound for the high seas. Joanne...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific Students and teachers from three area schools met at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria last week for Miniboat Summit 2020, a chance to show off their boat building ha]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific Students and teachers from three area schools met at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria last week for Miniboat Summit 2020, a chance to show off their boat building handiwork, thank supporters, and christen small unmanned sailboats bound for the high seas. Joanne...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific Students and teachers from three area schools met at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria last week for Miniboat Summit 2020, a chance to show off their boat building handiwork, thank supporters, and christen small unmanned sailboats bound for the high seas. Joanne...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria Miniboat Summit brings kids together across the Pacific Students and teachers from three area schools met at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria last week for Miniboat Summit 2020, a chance to show off their boat building handiwork, thank supporters, and christen small unmanned sailboats bound for the high seas. Joanne...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-hears-grocery-outlet-testimony/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-hears-grocery-outlet-testimony</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept written rebuttal from the project developers and owners, but will not hear more public...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept wri]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept written rebuttal from the project developers and owners, but will not hear more public...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept written rebuttal from the project developers and owners, but will not hear more public...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept written rebuttal from the project developers and owners, but will not hear more public...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Port of Astoria approval brings Fort George a step closer to Enterprise zone abatement for Astoria Warehousing purchase</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-port-of-astoria-approval-brings-fort-george-a-step-closer-to-enterprise-zone-abatement-for-astoria-warehousing-purchase/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-port-of-astoria-approval-brings-fort-george-a-step-closer-to-enterprise-zone-abatement-for-astoria-warehousing-purchase</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Local News: At the Port of Astoria Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to approve enterprise zone abatement status for the Fort George Brewery&#8217;s purchase of the Astoria Warehousing property on Marine Drive. by Joanne Rideout (Script follows, scroll down to Listen [2:19]) The brewery is seeking approval for temporary tax abatement on new...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Local News: At the Port of Astoria Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to approve enterprise zone abatement status for the Fort George Brewery&#8217;s purchase of the Astoria Warehousing property on Marine Drive. by Joanne R]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Local News: At the Port of Astoria Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to approve enterprise zone abatement status for the Fort George Brewery&#8217;s purchase of the Astoria Warehousing property on Marine Drive. by Joanne Rideout (Script follows, scroll down to Listen [2:19]) The brewery is seeking approval for temporary tax abatement on new...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local News: At the Port of Astoria Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to approve enterprise zone abatement status for the Fort George Brewery&#8217;s purchase of the Astoria Warehousing property on Marine Drive. by Joanne Rideout (Script follows, scroll down to Listen [2:19]) The brewery is seeking approval for temporary tax abatement on new...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:19</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Local News: At the Port of Astoria Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to approve enterprise zone abatement status for the Fort George Brewery&#8217;s purchase of the Astoria Warehousing property on Marine Drive. by Joanne Rideout (Script follows, scroll down to Listen [2:19]) The brewery is seeking approval for temporary tax abatement on new...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>US Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall Meeting in Astoria, live recording, Jan 2, 2020</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/us-senator-ron-wyden-town-hall-meeting-in-astoria-live-recording-jan-2-2020/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=us-senator-ron-wyden-town-hall-meeting-in-astoria-live-recording-jan-2-2020</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Live recording of US Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall Meeting in Astoria, Jan 2, 2020.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Live recording of US Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall Meeting in Astoria, Jan 2, 2020.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Live recording of US Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall Meeting in Astoria, Jan 2, 2020.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>01:18:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Live recording of US Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall Meeting in Astoria, Jan 2, 2020.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Local News: Afghanistan vet joins Astoria impeachment rally</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-afghanistan-vet-joins-astoria-impeachment-rally/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-afghanistan-vet-joins-astoria-impeachment-rally</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A couple of hundred people attended yesterday’s Indivisible North Coast Oregon Rally for Impeachment in Astoria, Oregon. One was a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports. Script below. Scroll down to Listen [3:00]. [Ambi traffic sound rising&#8230;] Protesters gathered on Marine Drive east of downtown with signs and...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A couple of hundred people attended yesterday’s Indivisible North Coast Oregon Rally for Impeachment in Astoria, Oregon. One was a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports. Script below. Scroll down t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A couple of hundred people attended yesterday’s Indivisible North Coast Oregon Rally for Impeachment in Astoria, Oregon. One was a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports. Script below. Scroll down to Listen [3:00]. [Ambi traffic sound rising&#8230;] Protesters gathered on Marine Drive east of downtown with signs and...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A couple of hundred people attended yesterday’s Indivisible North Coast Oregon Rally for Impeachment in Astoria, Oregon. One was a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports. Script below. Scroll down to Listen [3:00]. [Ambi traffic sound rising&#8230;] Protesters gathered on Marine Drive east of downtown with signs and...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:03:04</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A couple of hundred people attended yesterday’s Indivisible North Coast Oregon Rally for Impeachment in Astoria, Oregon. One was a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports. Script below. Scroll down to Listen [3:00]. [Ambi traffic sound rising&#8230;] Protesters gathered on Marine Drive east of downtown with signs and...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria City Council approves pay supplement and sewer change order</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-approves-pay-supplement-and-sewer-change-order/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-approves-pay-supplement-and-sewer-change-order</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout [Listen below to the live recording of this meeting, held Monday, Dec 16, 2019] At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council held its annual holiday reception, complete with Astoria themed cookies and punch, it was a chance to thank all the city commission, board and committee members who also serve...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout [Listen below to the live recording of this meeting, held Monday, Dec 16, 2019] At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council held its annual holiday reception, complete with Astoria themed cookies and punch, it was ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout [Listen below to the live recording of this meeting, held Monday, Dec 16, 2019] At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council held its annual holiday reception, complete with Astoria themed cookies and punch, it was a chance to thank all the city commission, board and committee members who also serve...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout [Listen below to the live recording of this meeting, held Monday, Dec 16, 2019] At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council held its annual holiday reception, complete with Astoria themed cookies and punch, it was a chance to thank all the city commission, board and committee members who also serve...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:26:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[by Joanne Rideout [Listen below to the live recording of this meeting, held Monday, Dec 16, 2019] At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council held its annual holiday reception, complete with Astoria themed cookies and punch, it was a chance to thank all the city commission, board and committee members who also serve...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Local News: Astoria Co-op opens in new digs</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-co-op-opens-in-new-digs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-co-op-opens-in-new-digs</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Astoria Co-op, once a small esoteric storefront tucked away downtown, opened its new, much bigger store on the main drag. While it has a “Whole Foods” vibe, the co-op specializes in locally-sourced fare, and was funded by members who invested $2 million to get the new store off the ground. KMUN&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Astoria Co-op, once a small esoteric storefront tucked away downtown, opened its new, much bigger store on the main drag. While it has a “Whole Foods” vibe, the co-op specializes in locally-sourced fare, and was funded by members who invested $2 mill]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Astoria Co-op, once a small esoteric storefront tucked away downtown, opened its new, much bigger store on the main drag. While it has a “Whole Foods” vibe, the co-op specializes in locally-sourced fare, and was funded by members who invested $2 million to get the new store off the ground. KMUN&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Astoria Co-op, once a small esoteric storefront tucked away downtown, opened its new, much bigger store on the main drag. While it has a “Whole Foods” vibe, the co-op specializes in locally-sourced fare, and was funded by members who invested $2 million to get the new store off the ground. KMUN&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:28</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Astoria Co-op, once a small esoteric storefront tucked away downtown, opened its new, much bigger store on the main drag. While it has a “Whole Foods” vibe, the co-op specializes in locally-sourced fare, and was funded by members who invested $2 million to get the new store off the ground. KMUN&#8217;s Joanne Rideout reports....]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Local News: Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission hires Will Isom as permanent exec director</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-port-of-astorias-commission-hires-will-isom-as-permanent-exec-director/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-port-of-astorias-commission-hires-will-isom-as-permanent-exec-director</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[KMUN]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission meeting this week, where they hired interim executive director Will Isom as permanent director [Script follows, scroll down to Listen:] By Joanne Rideout The Port of Astoria commission held their regular meeting Tuesday, and took a significant step toward more stability for the historically troubled agency....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission meeting this week, where they hired interim executive director Will Isom as permanent director [Script follows, scroll down to Listen:] By Joanne Rideout The Port of Astoria commission held their]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission meeting this week, where they hired interim executive director Will Isom as permanent director [Script follows, scroll down to Listen:] By Joanne Rideout The Port of Astoria commission held their regular meeting Tuesday, and took a significant step toward more stability for the historically troubled agency....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission meeting this week, where they hired interim executive director Will Isom as permanent director [Script follows, scroll down to Listen:] By Joanne Rideout The Port of Astoria commission held their regular meeting Tuesday, and took a significant step toward more stability for the historically troubled agency....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[KMUN]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Port of Astoria&#8217;s commission meeting this week, where they hired interim executive director Will Isom as permanent director [Script follows, scroll down to Listen:] By Joanne Rideout The Port of Astoria commission held their regular meeting Tuesday, and took a significant step toward more stability for the historically troubled agency....]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Local News:  Astoria City Council votes to explore Library bond measure and grants</title>
	<link>https://kmun.org/local-news-astoria-city-council-votes-to-explore-library-bond-measure/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-news-astoria-city-council-votes-to-explore-library-bond-measure</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Monday night the Astoria City Council voted unanimously to seek funding to renovate the Astoria Library, through a possible bond measure and expedited fundraising By Joanne Rideout (Script below; Scroll down to Listen) At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria City Council meeting, the council voted unanimously to explore the idea of putting a bond measure on the...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Monday night the Astoria City Council voted unanimously to seek funding to renovate the Astoria Library, through a possible bond measure and expedited fundraising By Joanne Rideout (Script below; Scroll down to Listen) At Monday night&#8217;s Astoria Cit]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Local News: Homeless boater finds new purpose in life, Part 2 in our series: Homeless on the Coast</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[There are many ways that people become homeless in Oregon, but the story of Osarch Orak is unique. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Jacob Lewin has the latest in our series, Homeless on the Coast. [Script follows, Listen below.] [rising ambient sound of boat motor&#8230;&#8230;] The training vessel Forerunner is casting off: “ Two&#8217;s on board, all...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There are many ways that people become homeless in Oregon, but the story of Osarch Orak is unique. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Jacob Lewin has the latest in our series, Homeless on the Coast. [Script follows, Listen below.] [rising ambient sound of boa]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are many ways that people become homeless in Oregon, but the story of Osarch Orak is unique. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Jacob Lewin has the latest in our series, Homeless on the Coast. [Script follows, Listen below.] [rising ambient sound of boat motor&#8230;&#8230;] The training vessel Forerunner is casting off: “ Two&#8217;s on board, all...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are many ways that people become homeless in Oregon, but the story of Osarch Orak is unique. Coast Community Radio&#8217;s Jacob Lewin has the latest in our series, Homeless on the Coast. [Script follows, Listen below.] [rising ambient sound of boat motor&#8230;&#8230;] The training vessel Forerunner is casting off: “ Two&#8217;s on board, all...]]></itunes:summary>
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