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KCIW News Exclusive: Senator Jeff Merkley
Senator Jeff Merkley spoke with KCIW reporter Lori Gallo-Stoddard before the April 15, 2025, Town Hall. Here’s their unedited conversation. https://youtu.be/bHY7jtDH5LY?si=2BXbOLU12wPCYENK Reporter: Lori Gallo Stoddard The opinions expressed here are those of the...
KCIW News – Fourth Friday: June 23, 2023
On this edition of KCIW's News Magazine Show Fourth Friday, you'll hear about good news in our community. Like how volunteers from the Community Garden at Timothy's Episcopal Church are getting locally grown, organic produce to seniors, and how the Brookings-Harbor...
KCIW News Investigates: Beacon Broadband Follow-Up
Beacon Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, connected its 1,000th customer on June 15, 2023. What does that mean to the members of Coos Curry Electric Cooperative? CCEC CEO Brent Bischoff's Response to KCIW Questions Georgia...
KCIW News: June 2023 Election, Coos-Curry Electric Coop Board of Directors Candidate Statements
Ballots for the Coos-Curry Electric Coop Board of Directors election were mailed to all Coop members on May 19, 2023. There are two open positions on the 7-member board, and four candidates campaigning for them. KCIW offered each candidate two minutes to make their...
KCIW News: Chetco Library Board Election, Voter Information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3lhzCZ9V8 There’s a lot of local interest in the three seats up for grabs on the Chetco Public Library Board in the upcoming election. KCIW reached out to Kellie Evans, who has publicly denounced current Library policies and...
KCIW News: May 2023 Election, Brooking-Harbor School Board and Checto Community Library Candidate Statement
KCIW invited all of the candidates running for positions on the Chetco Community Library Board and the Brookings Harbor School District Board to speak directly to voters. We offered two minutes of free airtime to each, but only 5 of the 11 candidates took us up on the...
KCIW News Investigates: The Reinstatement of City Manager Janell Howard
Brookings City Manager Janell Howard returned to work on February 1, 2023, after a seven month paid administrative leave, but controversy continues to surround the City Council's decision to reinstate her as Brookings CEO. Howard was arrested at the Brookings Fred...
KCIW News: Emotions Hot at the March 13, 2023, Brookings City Council Meeting
Anger and outrage were heavy as the Brookings City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on March 13, 2023. It was standing-room-only as more than 75 people tried to crowd into the room to voice their displeasure with the City Council’s decision to...
KCIW News Investigates: Coos-Curry Electric Coop and Beacon Broadband
The Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative has created a new company, Beacon Broadband. It’s not another coop. Instead, it’s a for-profit business that was created using CCEC credit for a $60 million loan. Some CCEC members believe the membership was misled about the...
Mayor Pieper’s Facebook Chats
“In an attempt to better reach the community, I began doing live webcasts Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 6pm. I try to answer questions, provide context for decision making, explain decisions made, and better connect with people of Brookings.
This is an outlet for the community to better understand local government and know their Mayor. I only represent my personal views and not the City of Brookings or the Brookings City Council.”
– Mayor Jake Pieper
You can watch Mayor Pieper’s chats live at Mayor Pieper’s “dining room chats” Facebook page. Past chats can be viewed anytime at Mayor Pieper’s “dining room chats” Facebook page, or you can listen to the audio enhanced for easier listening on KCIW’s Mayor Pieper Facebook chats page.
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