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A conversation about joy and gratitude.

Part 2 of Mental Health, focusing on trauma and available treatment methods.

A conversation about mental health and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

This month, Around Our Schools interviews three faculty from Clatsop Community College. They are Teena Toyas, Julie Brown, and Pat Keefe. The discussion includes information about the breadth of classes they teach, how they maintain their credentials, a description of new academic support programs, and personal stories of student success.  

Scroll down for radio story… Clatsop County Vaccine Update – May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first...

Today’s conversation covers the Astoria Resource Fair, technology, vaccines and bystander intervention tips.  

By  Joanne Rideout.  COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been...

Special District Election coverage featuring candidates for 5 available seats on the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation District (SEPRD).

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...

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...

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.  

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.  

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...

An Oregon History moment with Ron Craig followed by a discussion on the concept of originality, where it comes from and where we experience it in our lives.  

By Jacob Lewin.   New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges.  Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By...

A conversation celebrating TDOV (Trans Day of Visibility) with special guests from the Harbor and the Lower Columbia Q Center.