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…
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Host Michael McCusker discusses the impact of the Korean War on the 70th Anniversary of it’s beginning.
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’s first local candidates forum of the season online via Zoom. KMUN’s Kathleen Morgain has more. Script follows, Scroll Down to Listen [2:35] Link to live…
Host Donna Quinn is joined by Katie Voelke, Executive Director of the North Coast Land Conservancy, to discuss the recent grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for the NCLC Rainforest Reserve Project and the ways it is helping to moving the project forward.
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…
Live recording Astoria City Council meeting Monday, June 22, 2020. Among other business, the council voted unanimously to recommend that the Clatsop County Commission request that Clatsop be added to the list of counties statewide that require masks.
Host Graham Nystrom presents a conversation regarding racial equity on the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth.
Host Michael McCusker pays tribute to Juneteenth and discusses the political and historical climate therein.
Join host Teresa Retzlaf for a new episode of green thumb radio program In Season.
Donna Quinn interviews Arica Sears, Destination Management Coordinator for the Oregon Coast Visitors Association about coastal tourism challenges and the launch of their new volunteer program “North Coast Trailhead Ambassadors” and the online training for that program. More info at: trailambassador@thepeoplescoast.com or icom@thepeoplescoast.com.
Live recording of Astoria City Council meeting Monday, June 15, 2020. Among other business, Astoria Police Chief made a statement about the department’s role in the community. That statement begins at about 5:40 into the recording.
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…
LOCAL NEWS: Brown declares “yellow light” statewide in reopening, after high Oregon COVID case counts Script follows, scroll down to Listen…[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’s…
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On this weeks episode of Talk of Our Towns, host Donna Q interviews Dick Basch, Vice-Chairman of the Clatsop Nehalem Tribal Council, and Dick’s daughter Charlotte Basch, who is a member of the Clatsop Nehalem and Puyallup communities and is the community education coordinator for the Puyallup tribe. Learn more about the Clatsop-Nehalem tribe, recently…
Live recording of the Astoria City Council meeting, June 1, 2020.
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This episode features interviews with attendees of the local Black Lives Matter peaceful demonstration that took place in downtown Astoria the day before on June 4. The event was prompted by the brutal murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police.
This Talk of Our Towns host Donna Quinn features Margaret Minnick, Coordinator of the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve and Joe Liebezeit (pronounced Leeb-uh-zite), Staff Scientist and Avian Conservation Manager for the Portland Audubon Society. On the table for discussion is the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, shorebirds and seabirds, upcoming online events and how…
After what is now commonly known as “Memorial Day Weekend,” a capitalistic transmutation of a holiday originally meant to honour the war-dead of America, Michael honours the true Memorial Day, come May 30th.
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: …
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…
LOCAL NEWS: Washington’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…
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…
Sarah Lu Heath, Executive Director of the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association. They talk how Astoria downtown merchants are dealing with current challenges and about two ADHDA events coming up soon.
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On this Story Told, Michael Discusses the Trump Administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic with a piece by Juliet Kayyem, “Trump Turned the Death Count Into a Story About Himself,” and in a similar vein, by Dr. Robert Brake “Stupidity Run Amok.”
Live recording Astoria City Council meeting, May 18, 2020.
On what seems like a never-ending COVID series of conversations, host Graham Nystrom speaks with Astoria Mayor Bruce Jones, as well the listeners, about the future, and the possibility of Oregon reopening.