By Jim Heffernan I find it a mind-crushing collision of lightness and darkness that Donald Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King’s birthday are happening on the same day. It’s a dissonance that…
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THE OCEANSIDER: Commissioner Fournier Clarifies Suggestion for County Paid-Parking Structure in Oceanside; Short Beach Closed Due to Active Landslide
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider As promised in last week’s Oceansider, we requested an interview with newly elected County Commissioner Paul Fournier to explore his reported interest in constructing a TLT-funded paid-parking structure in Oceanside. Fournier promptly responded…
Manzanita Water Controversy Spills Over To City Hall Project
By Randy Kugler The City has assured us that charges for staff administrative support services are based on their model that “allocates administrative overhead to each fund or department.” All City Funds…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10PM SUNDAY, JAN. 19 to 10AM MONDAY JAN. 20
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Portland OR 305 PM PST Sat Jan 18 2025 …COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY… * WHAT…Apparent…
BOOK REVIEW: Fire Weather – On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant
By Jim Heffernan The Los Angeles wildfires in January is what drew me to this book from last year. It may have started out as a dutiful trek in search of information,…
NO against the 50% tax increase
To whom it may concern, As a local to the PNW and owner of a short-term rental in unincorporated Tillamook, I strongly believe that implementing a 50% increase in transient taxes would…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: Sermon #2 – PRESENT AT THE CREATION; Join Jim Saturday for Sermon #3 (Links below)
Join us at 10am tomorrow, Saturday January 18th at 10am for the third “sermon” from Eric Liu for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new…
“Facts” in Oregon Coast Visitors Association Don’t Reflect Reality
I agree that STRs play an important role, but I don’t think the “Facts” in the “Myth-busting about Short-Term Rentals (STRs) on the Oregon Coast” article by the Oregon Coast Visitor Association…
OBITUARY: Florence R. Chase – September 16, 1930 – January 11, 2025
Florence Reeka Chase was born on September 16th 1930 in a small house up the North Fork of the Nehalem River and passed away at Cherrywood Memory Care January 11th, 2025 in…
Champion for Meaningful Ethics Reform in Rockaway Beach
To the Editor: With the Rockaway Beach city council beginning a new year under a new governing body, now is the perfect time to champion meaningful ethics reform. There are several simple…
