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Text Box: KOHI Local News ————————————————————————————————— Join us every Friday night at 6PM for weekly Bingo and your chance to win $$ while supporting the Amani Center. Grab your friends and enjoy a fun night out in Rainier. Ol’ Pastime Tavern always has a delicious dinner available too! Bingo daubers provided or bring your own. There’s also a progressive bingo growing each week until someone wins it. ————————————————————————————————- Spirit of Halloween Town begins September 27th and continues through October in St Helens. Kiwanians Children’s Fair returns October 25th at McBride Elementary School On Col. Blvd. ———————————————————————————————— The Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest “the Great Face Off” returns on October 19th from 1P-3P at St. Helens Grocery Outlet. ————————————————————————————- 13 Nights on the River is officially a top 50 finalist for a possible Levitt Grant! Thank you to everyone who voted for all your help reaching the final round in the selection process!
The Levitt Foundation will now review the finalists, and grant recipients will be announced on November 18, 2025.
Levitt Music Series Grants are an exciting, multi-year matching grant program bringing the joy of free, live music to towns and cities across the country. Recipients receive up to $40K per year (up to $120K total) to present free outdoor concerts annually in 2026, 2027, and 2028—sparking new life into underused public spaces and creating joyous, inclusive community destinations. ========================================================== The City of St. Helens has received a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the City’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 budget. To receive the budget award, the City of St. Helens was required to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for an effective budget presentation. The guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide, and a communications device. Budget documents must be rated proficient in all four categories, and in the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award. “It’s always an honor to receive this award, and we worked especially hard this year to ensure that we received high marks in all the scoring guidelines,” said St. Helens Finance Director Gloria Butsch. ————————————————————————————————- The Oregon Senate on Monday in a 18-11 vote passed a long-awaited transportation bill that would update the state’s funding sources for road maintenance and operations. House Bill 3991 would raise about $4.3 billion over the next 10 years to fund road maintenance and operations by raising the gas tax by six cents, nearly doubling most vehicle registration fees and doubling the payroll tax used to support public transit from 0.1% to 0.2% of a paycheck — among other fee hikes for electric vehicles. Gov. Tina Kotek is expected to sign it.
———————————————————————————————- Columbia County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.7% in August, up from 5.5% in July. It was 4.6% the year before. The statewide unemployment rate was 5.0% in August, and the national rate was 4.3% ———————————————————————————————- KOHI Local News Tip of the week pays $16 so email us at kohi.radio@gmail.com. Once we’ve verified your story, you get the cash!! ———————————————————————————————