On the north side of Commercial Street in Astoria – between 10th and 11th streets – is a building housing the Beacon Clubhouse and Filling Empty Bellies. The two organizations are filling gaps in the community – meeting vital needs – but they serve and attract homeless people and that has caused concern from some neighbors. To learn more about Beacon Clubhouse and Filling Empty Bellies I talked with the couple that runs them, Erin Carlsen and Osarch (pronounced Ozark) Orak. We also heard occasional comments from their 10 month old son….
In this first part of a two-part series, Willis Van Dusen talks Astoria history and his own transition from protesting citizen to Council member...
Featuring the women managers of KMUN – Lisa Smith, Victoria Stoppiello, Joanne Rideout and Susan Peterson – as they were honored by the American...
In Clatsop County, the primary provider of mental health services is Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare. We sat down with CBH executive director Amy Baker to...