“Now hear this!” The Tillamook community lost a true pioneer and one of the county’s great pillars of leadership in his generation. Roy Peterson was born in Pendleton, Oregon and passed away…
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Representative Weber secures funding for historic job creating projects
SALEM, Ore. – State Representative Suzanne Weber secured $7 Million for the Hyak Tongue Point Mobile Lift project. The project is the first-ever zero-emission electric mobile lift in the United States, and…
Seaside Aquarium Recovers Live Snake Eel, Rarely Seen in Oregon on Sunday, March 6th, 2022 from Rockaway Beach, Oregon
it was a busy weekend for Seaside Aquarium with a successful “Treasure the Beach” cleanup on Saturday, a beaver rescue and then a rare snake eel in Rockaway! Israel Knight was vacationing…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/8/20; Covid-19 Community Cases Update
By Gordon McCraw Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 11:00am Weather A cold front is dropping south thru Washington this morning so the rain will be moving into our area later this morning or early this afternoon. This…
OP/ED: Short Term Rentals in Manzanita – Time to Pause
Guest Column By Deb Simmons My husband and I are long-time residents of Manzanita, drawn to this incredible place by its natural beauty, sense of community, and quality of life. For 13…
2022 THS Alumni Scholarships Available
(Tillamook, OR, March 7, 2022) – The Tillamook High School (THS) Alumni Scholarship Fund, Inc. is currently accepting applications for the 2022 THS graduate scholarship and the THS Postgraduate scholarship. Students interested…
Join a community conversation about high school graduation requirements for people in Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook Counties – March 9, 6pm
Starting next week, Oregon’s Kitchen Table will be working with Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to gather input from people across the state about state high school graduatuon requirements. In 2021, the state legislature…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Short Session Concludes Three Days Early
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends, Thursday morning, I rose in the House and presented a procedural motion to end the word-for-word reading of bills before voting. The motion passed…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/7/22; Mask Mandate Changes
By Gordon McCraw Monday, March 7, 2022, 09:00am Weather High pressure remains over the area today and with clear skies overnight we saw some patchy dense fog and frost. The fog is clearing, and…
Meth World – A Bitter Truth
EDITOR’S NOTE: “My latest, and not my usual. It’s long, and deeply personal. Feel free to not use this,” said the note from Neal Lemery that accompanied this article. What?! Of course,…