Mid-Columbia Today for June 10, 2026

Mid-Columbia Today for June 10, 2026

In the first half of the show, Mark talks to Mid-Columbia Community Action [https://www.mccac.com/] Executive Director Leslie Naramore about the Mid-Columbia Houseless Collaborative's upcoming meeting, and MCCAC seeking donations of cooling supplies to put into kits to give to those in need.  In the second half, Hood River County Veterans Services Officer Lynetta Hickman talks about an upcoming America's 250th Birthday Celebration featuring information on Veterans' resources set for June 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at River of Life Assembly Church on 979 Tucker Road in Hood River, and Mark talks about a story on betting odds for the USA to win the World Cup, and why he thinks it would be a far bigger upset than 1980's "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey victory.

Mid-Columbia Today for Tuesday, June 9, 2026

In the first half of the show, Mark talks about the budget the Hood River County Commission will be voting on next week and next steps in dealing with the County's fiscal issues with Commission Chair Jennifer Euwer and Administrator Allison Williams, then Wasco County Commission Chair Scott Hege talks about what has been learned in regard to filling the Commission seat left vacant by the untimely passing of Commissioner Phil Brady.

Mid-Columbia Today for Monday, June 8, 2026

On today's show, we learn about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Courtney Reyes from Mid-Columbia Center For Living, then we talk about The Dalles Marina with Port of The Dalles Executive Director Andrea Klaas.

MCT for Friday, June 5, 2026

Dr. Mike Foss from Alpine Veterinary in Hood River is this morning's guest, and he talks about ticks, preparing to move your animals in case of fire, and dealing with cheat grass.

Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, June 4, 2026

In the first half of the show, Jamie Rivera from Hood River Valley Parks & Recreation stops by to go over the many summer camp opportunities available for kids (information at hoodriverparksandrec.org [https://hoodriverparksandrec.org/youth-sports-recreation-overview]), then Lauren Kraemer of Oregon State University Extension talks about being prepared for wildfire smoke this summer by using smokereadygorge.org [https://smokereadygorge.org/], and summarizes some of the findings in a recently completed food security assessment for the region.