CCCNews Pod - Honest Local News for the Mid Columbia, Listeners Edition
Columbia Community Connection, headquartered in The Dalles, Oregon offers honest, relevant, and positively focused local news to folks across the Mid-Columbia region.
Our podcast, the CCCNews Podcast, invited guests, journalists, and other storytellers to help us tell the stories that bring us closer together in this community we call home.
You can read our content and learn more about us at CCCNews.com
Episodes
41 episodes
What's up The Dalles: Downtown The Dalles Builds Momentum with Fall Events, Business Growth
The latest episode of “What’s Up, The Dalles” brought together community leaders and local entrepreneurs to spotlight downtown revitalization efforts, upcoming fall events, and ongoing investments in The Dalles’ cultural and business landscape....
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Mental health leader outlines looming funding cuts, access gaps in rural Oregon
In a wide-ranging conversation on the CCCNews Podcast, Mid-Columbia Center for Living Executive Director Al Barton warned that looming changes to Medicaid could leave rural Oregonians with fewer behavioral health services — even as demand conti...
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What's Up The Dalles: Downtown shop owner reflects on business challenges, growth and revitalization
As downtown The Dalles continues to grow with new energy and businesses, one Main Street shop owner is reflecting on how far the city has come — and how hard it still is to thrive.
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Local therapist Lizzy Selves promotes trauma-informed care through TBRI classes
A new series of community classes will offer local caregivers tools to better support children who have experienced trauma, as part of a growing initiative rooted in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) — a therapeutic model designed to p...
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CCCNews Podcast: Double Mountain Founder Shares Craft Brewing Journey, Philosophy on Beer and Pizza
From aerospace engineer to craft brewing pioneer, Matt Swihart’s path to founding Double Mountain Brewery was anything but ordinary. In a recent appearance on the CCC News Podcast, Swihart shared his story of how passion, persistence, and a tou...
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CCCNews Podcast: A Veteran’s Journey: From Hell and Back Through Magic Mushrooms at Vital Reset
Content Warning:This episode contains explicit language, discussions of suicide ideation, violence, and the use of psilocybin. It is not suitable for children.Description:Today we speak with "Burton," a 25-year mili...
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CCCNews Podcast: TD Grad to Harvard Degree - Yahir Santillan-Guzman
CCCNews welcomes Yahir Santillan-Guzman to the Podcast today, June 18. Yahir of The Dalles inspired us all in 2021 when he was accepted by Harvard, and he did it again several weeks ago when he earned his degree in Economics in just 4 years. Jo...
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CCCNews Podcast: Counselor Colleen Worrell Offers Insight on Mental Health
In a recent episode of the CCCNews podcast, licensed professional counselor Colleen Worrell joined our host Tom Perterson to discuss mental health, self-care, and strategies for shifting destructive thought patterns.
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Podcast: What’s Up The Dalles - feeling the community fabric
The Dalles, Ore., June 5, 2025 — Join The Dalles Main Street's Cynthia Kortge and Creative Entrepreneur Luise Langheinrich of Lines of Designs in this month's podcast on everything Downtown The D...
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CCCNews Podcast: Dr. Bernal Joins Podcast for 2025 TD School Roundup
Superintendent Dr. Carolyn Bernal of D21 joins the CCCNews Podcast today, May 21, to talk innovation in the classroom, student well-being, educational excellence, attendance, and where were at in the process of a school bond.
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What’s Up The Dalles Podcast with Cynthia Kortge and Amanda Thayer
This month’s podcast features Amanda Thayer of The Coffee Shop along with The Dalles Main Street’s Cynthia Kortge as we preview First Friday in Downtown TD and look at upcoming events and all the latest news, including the recent city approval ...
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CCCNews Podcast: Where is Zora Richardson Now?
2022 TDHS Grad Zora Richardson takes us on a deep dive into her life after The Dalles. The unsinkable University of Portland senior maps out her creative trail through theater, music, and study abroad, and the travails of 50 auditions in a sing...
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Mental Health, Crisis & Suicide line swtiches to 🕿988 - Klickitat County Health Director Talks Support in the Washington Gorge.
Join us for a conversation with Erinn Quinn & Leah Becknell as they talk with us about the switch to 988, accessing mental health services in Klickitat County, and keeping your headspace out of the gutters. For more information or to chat w...
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Play and Learn @ Home & Four Rivers Talk Preschool, Early Learning & Playgroups.
We're joined in the podcast studio today by DeeAnn Bohn and Erica Hernandez to talk about our regions youngest learners. From child directed play groups to getting kids free preschool, we all had a great conversation about the 0-5's local optio...
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CCCNews Podcast: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee Talks Kids, Screens, and Balance with Robbin Denning
In the latest episode of the CCCNews podcast, host Robbin Denning sits down with award-winning psychologist and author Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee to explore the impact of screen time on children and families. With a research focus on the mental, p...
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CCCNews Podcast Finding Your Sole: TD Grad starts 2,650 mile Journey today, April 8
Celia Peterson a 2019 graduate of The Dalles High School, took her first steps with boyfriend Jensen Douillard of Boulder today as they have set their eyes on the Pacific Crest Trail - a 2,650-mile journey of the mind and soles from Mexic...
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CCCNews Podcast With Principal Broker Dennis Morgan - March 18, 2025
Dennis Morgan, a true renaissance man and civic leader, is the Principal Broker and Manager at Copperwest Real Estate in The Dalles. We talk housing stocks, home prices, history, kids, rafting, theatre and interest rates in this all-out CCCNews...
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Hot Gossip & Love Stories in this latest What’s Up The Dalles Podcast
We take it outdoors in the wilds of downtown retail in The Dalles this week with Skookum Outfitter’s Allison Turner as we get the lowdown on upcoming events from TD Main Street’s Cynthia Kortge and a debrief on that delicious Chocolate Crawl an...
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What's Up The Dalles With Cynthia Kortge and Steve Light, Jan 23rd 2025
This week, Steve Light of Freebridge Brewing brings the Dirty Juicy with The Dalles Main Street's Cynthia Kortge in a discussion of all things downtown TD and, of course, beer and pizza. Hear about Federal Street Plaza plans, coming...
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Listen up or lose your presents: CCCNew's Christmas Variety Show Podcast 2024
Join CCCNew’s Robin Denning, Joshuah Albert & Tom Peterson as they welcome special guests Victor Johnson, Aaron Jalen the Mailman, and Christmas Turkey cooking Tipster Colleen Worrell to the all-new and all-exciting CCCNew’s Christmas Varie...
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What's Up The Dalles Ep 4
Join The Dalles Main Street’s Cynthia Kortge and Lindsay Giamei in this week’s Podcast of What’s Up The Dalles. Learn about the festive list of Christmas happenings in downtown TD and get an update on all the collaborations occurring at The Wor...
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