Live recording of the July 1, 2019 Astoria City Council meeting.
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On Saturday, Seaview, Washington, residents met with the Long Beach city administrator to discuss a controversial idea. Joanne Rideout reports. Listen below [4:14]. ———————————————– [opens with crowd sound rising] About 200 Seaview residents attended the packed community meeting at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, Saturday morning in Ilwaco. They were talking about an idea that…
Host John Orr speaks on House Bill 2020, and why it failed.
Join host Michael McCusker for a look at the world.
Live recording of Astoria Planning Commission meeting, June 26, 2019.
Live recording of Astoria Planning Commission Meeting, June 26, 2019. Items on the agenda included height limits for waterfront construction, consideration of a vacation rental facility in Astoria, and extension of the Astoria Warming Center contract for another year.
Donna Quinn’s guest today is Katie Voelke, Executive Director of the North Coast Land Conservancy. They talk about the exciting Rainforest Reserve project — and other North Coast Land Conservancy issues and happenings.
Join us on this episode of Life Downstream where we talk to City of Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer. Henry offered us a thought provoking account of his perspective on leadership and also told us about what influenced his political life and just how he got his foot in the door.
Host Lynn Hadley interviews artist Andie Sterling, about her project painting murals on the 13th street alley in Astoria.
The Blum Haugaard Band from Denmark plays the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival June 21 – 23; Jennifer Crockett & Ron Blessinger from the Pyxis Quartet in concert at the Liberty Theatre June 21; Sergey Antonov & Ilya Kazantsev with the Hermitage Trio & solo at the Liberty Theatre June 22 & 23; Peter Huhtala reads from…
Guest Host Dr. Kim speaks on the matter of bullying, and re-victimization.
Join Michael McCusker for salient commentary on the state of our world.
Host Joanne Rideout talks with Doug Sheaffer from the Olympic Area Agency on Aging about transition care, for people who are going from a hospital setting to a home recovery situation, where they may need extra care.
Host Joan Herman speaks with long-time local doctors Tom Duncan and Roy Little about their careers and the state of medical care in the United States.
Join host Donna Quinn as she talks about a pedestrian safety and awareness summer campaign that Sunset Empire Transit District/Northwest Transportation Options is conducting in downtown Astoria. Her guest is Matthew Weintraub with Sunset Empire Transit District/Northwest Transportation Options. The bifurcated .5 mile of Hwy 30 through downtown is the most dangerous section of…
Live recording of Astoria City Council Meeting, June 17, 2019.
A look at the Astoria City Council’s June 17th meeting, where they considered waterfront code changes, among other agenda items. Joanne Rideout reports.
Another charming chat between two local, and well beloved, coastal foodies, Merianne Myers and Linda Perkins
Friday, June 14th, Carol Newman features: Deac Guidi & Mark Ross Clark with the 2019 Astoria Music Festival Apprentice offerings; Meagan Sokol & Andrea Suarez from Cannon Beach Arts Association on the 2019 Bilingual Summer Art Camp; Charlene Larsen on the North Coast Chamber Orchestra upcoming concerts; Musician Julie Adams & Cannon Beach Academy principal…
The Topic for today: are manners on the decline, and making America polite again.
Theatre of War, and other things to pontificate.
Local News: The Port of Astoria dropped a bombshell this week during a special meeting, where commissioners discussed firing the executive director. [3:37] The Port of Astoria held a special commission meeting Tuesday, in which they proposed firing executive director Jim Knight. Commissioners, by a 3-2 margin, made statements in support of his firing. The…
In this episode of Life Downstream, Kegan Rascoe and talks with Marco Davis. Marco is a long-time Astorian and helped to begin a number of movements with regards to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community while at the same time hosting events celebrating the Drag Community. This week we had the opportunity to talk about his journey…
Join host Debbie Twombly with Matt and Rebecca Pierce and The Lazy Boys.
Join host Roger Rocka for a look Astoria’s watershed, which he toured recently with fellow Astoria City Councilor Joan Herman. “Astoria is one of the few cities anywhere that entirely owns and controls its own watershed, its source of clean water. The watershed is managed to make the forest as healthy as possible and protect…
At a public meeting at the Port of Astoria last week, a consultant spelled out in candid detail how precarious things are at the port and what needs to be done to get the agency back on track. Joanne Rideout has the story. [3:50] Consultant Mary McArthur, executive director of the Columbia Pacific Economic Development…
On this episode of “Life Downstream,” we spoke with Clatsop County Historical Society Executive Director Mac Burns about his adventures falling in love with public history, and his view on the way history affects our community.
Friday, June 7th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! with Carol Newman features: Eeva Lantella from Dragonfire Gallery & Angela Benton from Friends of Haystack Rock with Cannon Beach “Earth & Ocean Arts Festival” coming in September; Stirling Gorsuch and his new paintings, monoprints/collages at Riversea Gallery during Astoria ArtWalk; Marco Davis with…
John Stevenson, Lisa Smith, and Buzz Bissinger discuss the year of 1969 – what was happening, what were you doing?
Michael McCusker, with a philosopher’s look at the modern world.