Special District Election coverage featuring candidates for 5 available seats on the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation District (SEPRD).
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On the next Story Told, Michael gives his annual May Day rant, simply titled “May Day 2021,” and, with the war in Vietnam ending on April 30ᵗʰ, forty six years ago, Michael opens the old wound again in “Winter Soldiers.” Finally the program ends with the canonization of freeform radio saint Bob Fass.
By Jacob Lewin. 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…
Dune Grass Restoration.
Friday, April 23rd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Astoria Visual Arts Director Annie Eskelin on the 2021 Astoria Open Studios Tour call for artists. Sparrow Dance Company’s Julia Gingerich with videographer Colin Smith on “Creek – a Dance Film” on the KMUN YouTube Channel (https://kmun.org/kmuntv) Jordan Okoniewski…
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. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. At a Clatsop County…
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…
Giant Flower Baskets & Starfish? That must mean Mac & Alana are chatting with Laurie Mespelt, Executive Director of the Seaside Downtown Development Association.
On the next Story Told, Michael observes another Earth Day come round, as climate conditions worsen the other three hundred-sixty four days out of the year. Also, “Earth’s Checklist,” a poem, by Margit L. Bowler, and lastly, Carl Safina and Paul Greenberg claim “We Need an Infrastructure Package for Nature,” in their New York Times article.
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…
KMUN News Department volunteer Jacob Lewin interviews candidates for the Clatsop Community College Board. And at the end of the episode, Jordan from The Harbor promotes their annual fundraiser called the Soup Bowl.
Host Teresa Retzlaff interviews Julia Wentzel, Program Coordinator for Tillamook and Clatsop County Master Gardeners and Small Farms, and discusses the upcoming Clatsop Master Gardener Plant Sale, happening at the end of May.
Mac & Alana take a look at Immigration this week. And, as a bonus, Mac picks on Connecticut.
Refuge Truck.
Friday, April 16th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Eeva Lantela, owner of DragonFire Gallery, part of the Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling April 30-May 2 Myshkin Warbler and Jenny Qaqundah, artists in many realms, with life stories and a new Astoria establishment
On the next Story Told, Michael remembers when America’s tax day was 15 April in “Taxing the People’s Democracy.” Also, from Robert Brake, “Ahh . .Freedom,” and from Michael Kazin “The 1776 Follies.” Lastly, “What to do when Stopped by The Police,” published by Portland’s Black United Front in 1980.
Graham and Ron lead a discussion on how filmmaking intersects with our understanding about history.
This month’s interview features Kevin Leahy, the Executive Director of Clatsop Small Business Development Center and the Director of CEDR – Clatsop Economic Development Resources. Kevin is an employee of Clatsop Community College. This interview provides information about the partnership between the College and the local business community.
The subject of this Human Beat is a new exhibit at the Heritage Museum called “Away from Home.” It’s quite a coup for them to have it since it’s booked out for five years, largely to major metropolitan museums like the Autry in L.A. The exhibit tells the story of the Indian schools that were…
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…
Lichens.
Friday, April 9th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Mary Blake with live & virtual Art in the Park to benefit public art in the Seaside Mill Ponds & Sunset Recreation Center. NY Times best selling mystery writer J.A. Jance hosted by the Cannon Beach Library on zoom…
Mason Bees.
Trail update.
Interlude birds.
Antlers.
Coyotes.
Hemlock.
Firewood.