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….
Roger Rocka speaks with Jeff Burright, who is leading development of the Offshore Wind Roadmap.
To celebrate Women’s History month in March, the American Association of University Women in Clatsop County held a dinner at the Golden Star Restaurant...
Host Roger Rocka takes us to Clatsop Community College for a talk on forestry and climate change by Dr. John Talberth, director of the...