In the middle of KMUN's Spring Pledge Drive, hear from staff members, some of them new!

KMUN News Director Katie Frankowicz interviews other KMUN staff members, discussing the State of the Station. You’ll hear from Station Manager Susan Peterson, Membership Director Keegan Fifer, Business Development Director Troy Hill, and Program Director Emma Geddes.

The American Association of University Women Candidate Forum, held on April 18th 2023.

This is a special program put together by the up-and-coming journalists and critics at the West Exchange School in Astoria, Oregon. Thank you to Sarah Cobb and the rest of the W.E. newsroom for their hard-hitting articles, reviews, and jokes! This program was produced by Emma Geddes, along with interviewer Skyler Butenshon and music director Gabrielle Macrae.

Audio from the October 18th, 2022 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum, featuring candidates for public office in the City of Astoria.

AUDIO NOTE: Due to a technical issue, the first 19 minutes of this recording are lower quality audio, but the full quality audio kicks in after that point. Thank you for understanding.

This hearing examines the challenges facing Oregon’s coastal communities and ecosystems due to the climate crisis and opportunities for the federal government to help state, local, and Tribal partners build resilient, climate-ready coasts. The committee received testimony from: Dr. Elaine Placido, Executive Director, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. Placido is a veteran of the Coast Guard and has twenty-plus years of local government and non-profit experience prior to working with the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. Dr. Francis Chan, Director, Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resource Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University. Chan leads the Institute’s research in conservation, protection, and restoration of marine resources; marine ecosystems; ocean acoustics; and ocean, coastal, and seafloor processes. Tyler Bell, Director, Westervelt Ecological Services' Rocky Mountain Region. Bell primarily oversees the organization's restoration site planning and development, agency relations and coordination, business development, and management of regional staff. Aja DeCoteau, Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. DeCoteau leads the organization's strategic direction and team of more than 130 employees in four locations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to put fish back in the rivers, protect treaty fishing rights, share salmon culture, and provide direct services to tribal fishers along the Columbia River.