LOCAL NEWS: Clatsop Community College faces shortfall Clatsop Community College is facing a covid-19-related budget shortfall of between a million and one-and-a-half million dollars. The school is figuring out how to cope with the problem, as CoastCommunity Radio’s Jacob Lewin reports: Script follows, Scroll down to Listen: Much of the budget shortfall will be due to a decrease in state funding of a million dollars or more. Property tax revenue may also dip, but not nearly as much. College President Chris Breitmeyer is hoping that enrollment, and the tuition that it generates, won’t fall: “Typically in...
