Steena
Trecha

Reporter — Field Report, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

History Blades Project Puts Kalama's Past on First Street — Friday, April 17, 2026

This spring I headed out to Kalama, a small Columbia River town forty miles north of Portland that has been welcoming river cruise ships since 2022. Kalama is a town of three thousand people nestled against a steep hillside on the north bank of the Columbia. To get there from I-5 you exit north for the port and drive through an industrial corridor before the road opens onto the waterfront. You are greeted by a McMenamins lodge, a newly built market called Mountain Timber, a nod in its name to the logging economy that built this town, and a dock where the cruise ship ties up.

The ship is there but the waterfront is quiet. A local shop owner tells me the cruise is fully booked but everyone is up at Mount St. Helens for the afternoon. It gives me a chance to hear from Kalama's locals about what's new.

Locals have contributed to and are excited about the new History Blades project, which puts Kalama's history on interpretive signs in old downtown. Mattie Olson, External Affairs Coordinator for the Port of Kalama, wrote most of the content, which emerged from a collaboration of four local organizations: Cowlitz County Historical Museum, McMenamin's, the Kalama Public Library, and the City of Kalama. Fifteen blades are now in place with more planned.

Do you have stories you want to see on the History Blades? Head to discoverkalama.com and use the contact form to share them with the Port of Kalama.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver, Nez Perce Voices

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Field recordings from the April 2023 Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver center Nimiipuu, Nez Perce voices at a site where their history of forced removal is embedded in the ground.

Technical Producer — Democracy Talk, KXRW 99.9 FM · October 2025–March 2026

Democracy Talk: Diana Perez and Carmen Paniagua

Provided full technical production: mic setup, level monitoring, guest and host vocal coaching, editing, music, and publication. Host Donna Sinclair speaks with Vancouver City Councilor Diana Perez on her background in the US Forest Service, DOGE, and the Hispanic community in Clark County, then with Carmen Paniagua, sister-in-law of José Paniagua Calderón, whose December 4th ICE detention inspired protests throughout Vancouver.

Reporter, Producer, Host — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Chuukese Community Leadership, Sakura 39ers Youth Association

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication. Speaks with Executive Director Dania Rescue Otto and President JM Otto of the Sakura 39ers Youth Association, a Chuukese-led organization based in Vancouver building community across Southwest Washington.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Project Play: Opening of Vancouver's Accessible Downtown Playground

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. The 2023 opening of Esther Short Park's fully accessible playground, Vancouver's first, told through the voices of wheelchair-using adults, a parks commissioner who uses a wheelchair, and families who came to play.

Reporter, Producer — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2022

Great River Arts Festival, The Common Good, September 2022

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication. Community voices from the September 2022 Great River Arts Festival on public art, shared space, and what it means to see your community reflected on a wall in downtown Vancouver.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Great River Arts Festival, Field Interstitial, 2023

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Field recordings from the 2023 Great River Arts Festival centering community voices on public art and the murals transforming shared space in downtown Vancouver.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

Raise a Glass, Living with MS in Southwest Washington — Saturday, March 28, 2026

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Community voices from the March 2026 MS Brewfest Fundraiser featuring Team Road Kill, whose riders raise money for multiple sclerosis research in Southwest Washington.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

Bike Clark County Bike Shop Gears Up for Summer

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Community voices from Bike Clark County, Southwest Washington's cycling advocacy organization working to make the region more bikeable and accessible for riders of all ages and abilities.

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

Vancouver Farmers Market, Spring 2026

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Vendors and shoppers at the spring 2026 Vancouver Farmers Market on the role of the market as a gathering place for Southwest Washington's food, farming, and small business community.

Editor, Producer — Voices from the Community, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2025

No Kings Rally, Vancouver, October 2025

Shaped raw field recordings into a broadcast-ready half-hour program: building narrative structure, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, and publication. Documents Vancouver's first No Kings demonstration, fall 2025, with field interviews collected by Mike Selig.