http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/032213AD.mp3 Trolley turns 100 Click here to download Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester talks with Mitch Mitchum and Amanda Cordero about the Astoria Riverfront Trolley and its centennial party....
Mar 22, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/031513AD.mp3 City Discusses Dirtiest Project Yet Click here to download Reporter Chelsea Gorrow interviews Mayor Willis Van Dusen, City Manager Paul Benoit and Public Works Director Ken Cook about the latest Combined Sewer Overflow project....
Mar 15, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/030813AD.mp3 New acquisitions Click here to download The Daily Astorian South County reporter Nancy McCarthy interviews Daily Astorian Publisher Steve Forrester about the recent acquisition of three newspapers, the Coast River Business Journal, the Seaside Signal and the Cannon Beach Gazette....
Mar 08, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/030113AD.mp3 Why public health is so important Click here to download Daily Astorian Publisher Steve Forrester interviews Margo Lalich, director of Clatsop County Public Health, and Steven Blakesley talk about influenza and whooping cough epidemics, childhood immunization and the importance of exercise....
Mar 01, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/021513AD.mp3 Operation Bunny Suit Click here to download Paul Mitchell and Jarrod Karnofski, organizers of Columbia Memorial Hospital’s student outreach program Operation Bunny Suit, discuss the curriculum’s expansion into nutrition and pet therapy on this week’s KMUN “After Deadline.”...
Feb 15, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/020813AD.mp3 Mental Health & Jail System Click here to download Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin and Summer Watkins of Clatsop Behavioral Health talk about the need to better accommodate mentally ill persons who are incarcerated. Bergin also talks about the need for an enlarged, renovated jail. Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester is the host....
Feb 08, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/020113AD.mp3 New Cannon Beach Elementary School Click here to download The Daily Astorian’s South County reporter Nancy McCarthy speaks with Philip Simmons and members of the task force who want to build a new Cannon Beach Elementary School in Cannon Beach....
Feb 01, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/012513AD.mp3 Mark Hottowe Click here to download Mark Hottowe, superintendent of Ocean Beach Schools, discuss a wide array of education topics with Chinook Observer editor Matt Winters. School safety, facilities, standardized testing and enrollment growth will be among their subjects of conversation....
Jan 25, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/011813AD.mp3 Railway station Click here to download Steve Forrester talks with Sam Johnson, Irene Martin and Joe Bakkensen about the railway station
Jan 18, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/011113AD.mp3 The gillnet controversy Click here to download Patrick Webb, managing editor of The Daily Astorian, talks with North Coast commercial fishing advocates Steve Fick and Bruce Buckmaster about potential changes in gillnet fishing on the Columbia River. State Sen. Betsy Johnson describes some policy changes in Salem adversely affecting the fishing fleet....
Jan 11, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/010413AD.mp3 Will the Regatta go ahead in 2013 Click here to download Daily Astorian reporter Chelsea Gorrow talks with Peter Roscoe and Eric Paulson about the campaign to save the 2013 Astoria Regatta, which has been canceled because of a lack of leadership....
Jan 04, 2013
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/122112AD.mp3 Change is afoot in Oregon’s schools Click here to download Teacher retention and evaluation are topics when Chalkboard Project President Sue Hildick and Tillamook teacher Mary McGinnis talk with Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester....
Dec 21, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/121412AD.mp3 Generosity of the season Click here to download South county reporter Nancy McCarthy talks to Sandra McDowall about the Seaside Rotary’s Wishing Tree program and to Lou Neubecker about the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program, which bring joy to children during the holidays....
Dec 14, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/113012AD.mp3 Walmart under the microscope Click here to download Daily Astorian reporter Chelsea Gorrow talks with Warrenton Planning Commission Chairman Paul Mitchell and Warrenton Mayor Dick Hellberg, about the recent split vote to approve the Walmart store in Warrenton....
Nov 30, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/111612AD.mp3 Our fascinating world Click here to download Award-winning writer Robert Pyle of Grays River, Washington, will be discussing his new book, “The Tangled Bank: Writings from Orion,” with Chinook Observer editor Matt Winters. In his collection of short essays, Pyle refutes the idea that the world is a boring place, sharing his meticulous observations of the endless and fascinating details of the living earth....
Nov 16, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/110912AD.mp3 Innovative ideas about energy savings Click here to download Patrick Webb, managing editor of The Daily Astorian, talks with Margie Harris, executive director of the Energy Trust of Oregon, and Andrew Bornstein, of Bornstein Seafoods of Astoria, about ways to save energy....
Nov 09, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/110212AD.mp3 Be true to your school Click here to download Seaside High School Principal Sheila Roley and SHS English teacher Susan Wilderman talk to Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester....
Nov 02, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/102612AD.mp3 Becoming aware of violence Click here to download Reporter Chelsea Gorrow talks to Clatsop County Women’s Resource Center Director Pat Burness and Community Programs Manager Kathryn Burr about Domestic Violence Awareness Month....
Oct 26, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/101912AD.mp3 How to review a ballot measure Click here to download Editor Steve Forrester talks with Tony Iaccarino, Policy Director at Healthy Democracy, and Cannon Beach resident Sue Meyers about the Citizens’ Initiative Review....
Oct 19, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/101212AD.mp3 Preparing to stay safe Click here to download South County reporter Nancy McCarthy talks with Cannon Beach emergency preparedness consultant Bill Vanderberg and City Councilor Sam Steidel about the city’s emergency container project....
Oct 12, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/100512AD.mp3 Banned books Click here to download What do Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Winnie the Pooh have in common? Patrick Webb, managing editor of The Daily Astorian, talks with Nancy Ross, Oregon board member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Tim Mallory, of the Timberland Regional Library system in Washington, about book banning trends in America and around the world....
Oct 04, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/092812AD.mp3 Heroin in Clatsop County Click here to download Reporter Tyler Graf, Detective Mike Smith and District Attorney Josh Marquis talk with Editor Steve Forrester about heroin in Clatsop County....
Sep 28, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/092112AD.mp3 How the garden is growing Click here to download Astoria Mayor Willis Van Dusen and Designer Suenn Ho from Mulvanny G2 Architecture discuss the gift to The Garden of Surging Waves by late-developer Art DeMuro with Daily Astorian reporter Chelsea Gorrow....
Sep 20, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/091412AD.mp3 One for the History Books Click here to download Chinook Observer editor Matt Winters discusses a new Community Historian Program with organizers Sydney Stevens and Cate Gable. This 15-week seminar that starts in January will prepare participants for a role in explaining, preserving and celebrating some of our region’s amazing stories....
Sep 19, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/090712AD.mp3 A new chapter will begin Click here to download Nancy McCarthy, The Daily Astorian’s South County reporter, talks with retiring Seaside librarian Reita Fackerell, and the activities director, Jon Burke, who will manage the library until a replacement is named....
Sep 07, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/083112AD.mp3 Back to school Click here to download New Astoria High School administrators Lynn Jackson (principal) and Chad Madsen (vice principal) talk with Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester....
Aug 31, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/082412AD.mp3 Meet the senator Click here to download Steve Forrester, editor and publisher of The Daily Astorian, talks with Oregon’s junior senator Jeff Merkley about a range of issues including the general election, health care and the war in Afghanistan....
Aug 23, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/081712AD.mp3 Battle for the River Click here to download Hobe Kytr of Salmon For All discusses the current issues facing gillnetters with Chinook Observer editor Matt Winters.
Aug 20, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/081012AD.mp3 All about Hood to Coast Click here to download Jude Hubber, director of customer relations for the Hood to Coast Relay, talks about preparations being made for the event that finishes in Seaside on August 25. Daily Astorian reporter Nancy McCarthy hosts. Runners Nancy Frederick and Steve Mills are also featured....
Aug 10, 2012
http://dailyastorian.biz/Podcasts/AD/080312AD.mp3 Clatsop College’s hot new curriculum Click here to download Lucien Swerdloff, head of CCC’s Historic Preservation program, and architectural historian John Goodenberger talk about how the department and its students are connecting with communities. Daily Astorian Editor Steve Forrester is the host....
Aug 03, 2012