LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop County declares public emergency The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Monday March 16 to declare a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The declaration will be in place through May 1. By declaring an emergency, the county can now take actions such as declaring curfews, placing limits on public…
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LOCAL NEWS: City of Astoria says no water shutoffs The City of Astoria is giving water customers a break during COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has more. The City of Astoria has announced that temporarily, city water service will not be canceled without a request from the customer. The temporary policy, announced Monday, was enacted in response…
LOCAL NEWS: Pacific County activates emergency response Pacific County went to Emergency Level 1 status. Joanne Rideout explains. Washington’s Pacific County Emergency Management Agency decided Monday to activate its emergency response at the highest level possible, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a press release, agency director Scott McDougall said that Pacific County currently…
Director Patrick Lathrop & cast members Barbie England & Danyelle Tinker with the chaotic comedic “Play On” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach April 3-18; Writer & Director Judith Niland, Musical Director & actor ChrisLynn Taylor & actor John Howe in the ninth annual “The Real Lewis & Clark” at the Astor Street Playhouse…
Author of the newly released “Her Quiet Revolution,” Donna Quinn invites author Marianne Monson on the program.
Local News: Gov. Kate Brown signs climate change executive order At a press conference Tuesday, surrounded by Oregon schoolchildren from around the state, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an executive order to curb climate change. Joanne Rideout has more. “Executive Order 2004, there you have it.” [Cheers from crowd] Brown said the order would protect rural Oregonians…
The first case of COVID–19 in Multnomah County, was diagnosed Tuesday. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus. The new case brings Oregon’s total to 15 cases in seven counties. Joanne Rideout has details. The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah county are seeking to isolate anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient in the…
The show for and about Seniors.
This episode of Life Downstream, we hear from Kristy Cross and her experience being a coffee shop owner in downtown Astoria for the last sixteen years.
On today’s Senior Moment, host Joanne Rideout talks with Doug Sheaffer from the Olympic Area Agency on Aging, and Suzanne Bjaranson from Northwest Senior and Disability Services, all about scams seniors need to be aware of,especially during the upcoming U.S. Census this year.
Friday, March 6th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman and guests: Director Karen Bain and cast member Rick Gray in The Weir, haunting stories in rural Ireland, at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria; Advisor Deac Guidi & students Jabrielle Jones & Bethlehem Huntley from the CCC Gay Straight…
Host Graham Nystrom hosts The Conversation, Coast Community Radio’s live call in show where listeners weigh in on the topic of the week. This week: the coronavirus, COVID-19.
Join host Ann Ornie for Cold Coast, a show about real cold cases – missing persons in Clatsop and Tillamook counties.
Join host Donna Quinn as she talks about tourism on the north coast of Oregon. Her guests are Nan Devlin, executive director Tillamook Coast Visitors Association, network manager of North Coast Tourism Management Network and co-founder of North Coast Food Trail; and David Reid, executive director of the Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Commerce.
Friday, Feb 28th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman and guests: Loretta Brockhoff turns 90 this year. She worked at Nelson cannery in Tokeland while her husband Jack ran F/V Shirley Lee out of Willapa Bay; Ken Kachia Smith, at 86 the oldest male speaker of the Wasco language, shares history and…
John Stevenson and Dylan Hauser Shalk talk climate change with Eric Halperin,
Commentary from Michael McCusker about the recent federal approval this week of a law that finally makes lynching illegal in the U.S.
Local News: Astoria Planning Commission approves Pacific Seafood Uniontown employee dorm By Joanne Rideout Tuesday night, the Astoria Planning Commission unanimously approved Pacific Seafood’s application to site employee dormitory housing in a former drug treatment facility located in a residential area in the Uniontown neighborhood of the city. The decision is final, unless an appeal…
Live recording of Astoria Planning Commission meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The commission voted to OK the Pacific Seafood request to site employee dormitory housing in a Uniontown residential neighborhood.
Donna Quinn talks with guests Ron Craig, filmmaker, historian and founder of the Astoria International Film Festival, and Seth Tichenor, Clatsop Community College philosophy professor, about Black History Month events in Astoria.
Hosts Andrew Morgan and Kegan Rascoe speak with guest Phil Ero.
Friday, Feb 21st at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman and guests: Marianne Monson releases her new historical fiction novel, “Her Quiet Revolution: A Novel of Martha Hughes Cannon: Frontier Doctor and First Female State Senator”, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of US Women’s Suffrage; International Film Fest founder Ron Craig & Philosofarian…
In Season features a special guest.
Today on Coast Community Radio’s live call-in show, host Graham Nystrom talks with listeners about device addiction: How addicted are you to your cell phone or computer? And what are the pros and cons of so much digital connectivity?
Commentary with Coast Community Radio icon Michael McCusker.
Live recording of the Astoria City Council Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020. This meeting was held on a Tuesday instead of a Monday because of the Presidents Day Holiday. At this meeting the city voted to uphold the Design Review Commission’s denial of the Grocery Outlet store proposed for the city’s east end gateway district.
Donna Quinn talks with guest from Astoria’s Liberty Theater about the venue’s plans and projects in the new year. Guest are Executive Director Jennifer Crockett, and Board Members Diane Tiedeman and Dulcye Taylor.
Local News: Astoria City Council says no to Grocery Outlet proposal The Astoria City Council said no last night to the Grocery Outlet project that had been proposed for a triangular-shaped plot of land on Marine Drive next to the Shell station, in the Mill pond neighborhood on the city’s east end. The council denied…
Columbia Forum celebrates its 30th season and is a partnership between the Astorian, the Coast River Business Journal, and KMUN. February’s talk features Columbia Forum co-founder Steve Forrester discussing his section of the forthcoming history “Eminent Oregonians.” Forrester will highlight his multiyear study of Richard Neuberger, who in 1954 became the first Democrat to win…
Donna Quinn talks with fisher poet Marilyn Dreher about the upcoming 22nd Annual Fisher Poets Gathering, happening February 28 and 29.