Mac & Alana share some local history and some fun facts about the Supreme Court.
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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…
On the next Story Told, “The Twenty-Sixth of August” will be when this program takes place, and it will also be the title of the first piece on this program, written by Leanora Murray. Additionally, “The Equal Rights Amendment,” from Michael McCusker, and from Tamim Ansary “History shows us that outsiders can never bring peace to Afghanistan.”
Trail hike part 2.
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Despite Surge, Hood to Coast is a Go
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…
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– says that…
Thelma Johnson Streat – a painter and dancer, who used her art to promote racial equity and education.
J.A. Merriman – a physician, civic leader, newspaper publisher, and Portland’s first Black doctor.
Aaron Brown – a lawyer, mentor, and Oregon’s first Black judge.
Geraldine Hammond – a long time Salem educator and the first Black school principal in the Salem-Keizer school district.
Friday, August 20th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Grammy nominated cellist Sergey Antonov & Liberty Theatre director Jennifer Crockett on the Third Dimension music festival with The Hermitage Piano Trio & guests. Eeva Lantela, owner of DragonFire Gallery, and Daniel Dancer, founder of Art for the Sky,…
Mac & Alana welcome Norm Kujala this week to discuss fishing and growing up on the Columbia. Tune in and learn what a “skunk roller” is!
On the next Story Told, Michael turns eighty years old on the exact day of this program, and for the occasion, he shares “The Summer of Love and War.” Also recognized are the southpaw, counter-clockwork, left-handed, “Children of Satan.”
Friday, August 13th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Artist and coordinator Bette Lu Krause and PAA president JoAnne Webster and others, on site at the Peninsula Summer Studio Tour. Marble sculptor MJ Anderson on her dual exhibit “To the Ends of the Earth” at Imogen Gallery in…
Mac & Alana get gold fever when they talk about Astorian Hope Belt Ferguson’s adventures searching for gold in Alaska.
Fresh tomatoes, Tonka beans, Plantains, Blackberries and skunked dogs in the house.
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 “wildfire” that is beyond containment. Joanne Rideout reports. Scroll down…
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker ponders whether nuclear holocost or climate change will get us first. Also, “Earth’s Checklist,” a poem, by Margit L. Bowler, and on a related note, Carl Safina and Paul Greenberg claim “We Need an Infrastructure Package for Nature.” Finally, Eugene Robinson puts it simply by saying, “Ignoring climate change hasn’t made it go…
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…
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Clastsop County Vaccine Update
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…
Around Our Schools interviews Tongue Point Job Corps Center’s newly approved Director, Kim Zufelt, a local, long-time Job Corps employee. Hear her moving success story along with life-long resident, Katrina Gasser, Tongue Point Job Corps’ Liaison to the Community. Their personal stories celebrate local expertise and their commitment to empowering students from all over the…
Trail hiking….part 1!
Finally, two weeks ago, the overture began and Astoria’s Cascadia Chamber Opera Company emerged from the long pandemic shutdown. The new season began with a performance at the Performing Arts Center of the comic opera, The Old Maid and the Thief. I talked with opera Artistic Director Bereniece Jones-Centeno about how things went.
Alana & Mac welcome Dave Larson from High Life Adventures & Larson Logging to the show. This show sure zips along even when Mac gets bogged down in the great “Smokey Bear” vs. “Smokey the Bear” debate.
Friday, August 6th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Julia Gingerich of Sparrow Dance Company and Jennifer Crockett with the Liberty Theatre Block Party. Artist and musician Jennifer Goodenberger with a new body of work at Astoria Art Loft First Saturday Art Walk. Kassia Nye, executive director…
Host Donna Quinn interviews author and teacher Marianne Monson, founder and President of The Writer’s Guild of Astoria. They talk about all things Writer’s Guild, the poetry contest happening now and the upcoming exciting reading by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jericho Brown at the Liberty Theatre on November 5.
On the next Story Told, living in the year 76 NA, standing for ‘nuclear age,’ Michael reads the contemporary “Mushrooms in August.” Additionally, Dr. Robert Brake tells the American people to “Put ‘Em Up!” and lastly, a tribute to the Astorian Charles Scott Parker
A Conversation about Local, Favorite Restaurants.
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Your beloved hosts Merianne and Linda discusses a wide variety of topics: Fettuccini Alfredo, grilled watermelon, the merits of cilantro stems, puppy energy, and everything in between.