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

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.

Join Steena Trecha as she interviews Nez Perce Elders and Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle at the annual Chief Redheart Memorial held at Fort Vancouver every April. This annual public event brings together descendants of the Redheart Band of the Nez Perce along with descendants of the Wood Family to commemorate this tragic event and to show an example of how we can come together and learn from the past to build our future together.

You can find video footage of past memorials and video interviews in the Redheart Ceremony Oral History Collection at confluenceproject.org.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

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

Democracy Talk: Diana Perez and Carmen Paniagua

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.

Provided full technical production: mic setup, level monitoring, guest and host vocal coaching, editing, music, and publication.

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

Chuukese Community Leadership, Sakura 39ers Youth Association

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.

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication.

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

Project Play: Opening of Vancouver's Accessible Downtown Playground

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.

The new Esther Short Park Playground is now open. It is the first part of a city-wide initiative around building fully inclusive and accessible playgrounds across Vancouver, Washington: Project Play. In this field piece produced by Steena Trecha you'll hear kids cheering on the opening of this new park followed by greetings from Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle.

You'll hear from Jeremy Robbins, a Vancouver City Parks Commissioner who uses a wheelchair and believes in the power of play and accessibility. You'll also hear from two different wheelchair-using adults and a city employee parent who has brought their kids to the opening of the park to play.

To learn more about Project Play and to provide your input on future city projects head to beheardvancouver.org. To learn more about Harper's Playground radical inclusivity model head to harpersplayground.org.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

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

Great River Arts Festival, The Common Good, September 2022

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.

This month's guest host is Steena Trecha who sat down with Ricky Gaspar of Local Boy Tatau to talk about the Great River Arts Festival in downtown Vancouver that has resulted in dozens of new murals over the past two years. Steena also talked with Portland muralist Alex Chiu who is one of the dozen artists who designed and painted the new Leah Hing mural on 6th downtown between Washington and Main. Both artists talk about the burgeoning arts district in downtown Vancouver and their passion for community and conversation through art. You can find out more about the murals and the artists @Great_River_Arts_Festival.

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication.

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

Great River Arts Festival, Field Interstitial, 2023

Field recordings from the 2023 Great River Arts Festival centering community voices on public art and the murals transforming shared space in downtown Vancouver.

Steena Trecha talks with Great River Arts Festival co-chair Thomas O'Sullivan to find out more about this year's festival and what to expect on September 1 and 2 for the evening culminating events.

The Great River Arts Festival is enriching Vancouver, WA by sharing the stories of Indigenous, BIPOC, and other underrepresented cultures through mural art and cultural celebration.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

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

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

Community voices from the March 2026 MS Brewfest Fundraiser featuring Team Road Kill, whose riders raise money for multiple sclerosis research in Southwest Washington.

Steena Trecha headed to the annual MS Brewfest fundraiser at Brickhouse on Saturday, March 28 to talk with folks living with MS and their community.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

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

Bike Clark County Bike Shop Gears Up for Summer

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.

Steena Trecha heads down to the Bike Clark County community bike shop on Main Street in downtown Vancouver to talk with the staff about their shop and getting your bike ready for summer.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

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

Vancouver Farmers Market, Spring 2026

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.

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication.

Reporter, Producer, Host — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2024

The Common Good: Voices from a SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center Fundraiser, 2024

This installment of the Common Good is guest hosted by Steena Trecha. Tune in to hear from local Syrian, Armenian, Kashmiri, and other members of the SWANA — Southwest Asian and North African — Portland Metro Area community at a SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center fundraiser for Palestinian families that took place in June 2024.

SWANA Rose is a gathering space for those with lineages tied to Southwest Asia and North Africa, focused on reclamation, remembering and resistance, through education, arts and intersectional solidarity. Listen for how SWANA Rose is leading local educational opportunities and creating new resources for their own community — as well as the Portland Metro Area as a whole. This takes the shape of film showings, SWANA artists in residency programs, and other events showcasing the diverse and beautiful SWANA culture such as the popular Vegan Syrian Fundraising Popups happening every weekend (@vegansyrianpdx).

The show wraps up with an interview with Portland area Kashmiri poet Jalees Hyder (@jalesshyder) and a chat with Raphael, a Jewish activist living in the Portland Metro Area. Learn more about SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center at swanarosepdx.org.

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication.

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

No Kings Rally, Vancouver, October 2025

Documents Vancouver's first No Kings demonstration, fall 2025, with field interviews collected by Mike Selig.

Shaped raw field recordings into a broadcast-ready half-hour program: building narrative structure, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, and publication.