Astoria officials upbeat about vaccine compliance

Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next  Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being  vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan Crutchfield says  just one volunteer and one intern out of a staff of 20 firefighters have resigned rather than get the shots:  “I think this could have been much worse so I don’t want to paint a gloom and doom picture for you,  but we...