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Clatsop County Reaches Out To Get More Residents Vaccinated

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…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 23, 2021

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…

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Oregon’s Clatsop County Increases Covid-19 Vaccine Availability

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…

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Oregon’s Clatsop County Increases Covid-19 Vaccine Availability

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…

A Story Told, April 22 2021

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.    

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OREGON US SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY CONDUCTS CLATSOP COUNTY ONLINE TOWN HALL

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…

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Clatsop County Moves Forward With Vaccinating As Many People As Possible

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…