SALEM – Today, June 15, 2023, the Senate President and House Speaker are announcing an agreement for the Legislature to complete the people’s work and bring Senate Republicans back from the longest…
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FAIRVIEW WATER DISTRICT – BOIL NOTICE IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 6/13/2023
(From Fairview Water District’s website) An explanation of events: On June 7th, during monthly water sampling, we received notification from the lab that one of our sample was positive for total chloroform….
Tillamook County Board of Commissioners agree to long-term land lease with CARE
CARE is excited to announce that they have entered into an agreement for a long-term land lease with the Tillamook Board of County Commissioners. This lease provides a location that will be…
Coast Guard rescues one person found stranded on channel marker, recovers one unresponsive person after vessel capsizes near Astoria, Oregon on Sunday June 11th
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued one person found stranded on a channel marker and recovered an unresponsive person from the water after a vessel capsized Sunday on the Columbia River…
Governor Kotek Visits Tillamook, Clatsop Counties on One Oregon Listening Tour June 8-9
By Laura Swanson Stops 14 and 15 included visits to Astoria, Seaside, and Tillamook Tillamook, OR — On June 8th and 9th, Tillamook and Clatsop counties took their turns on the “One…
Oregon Coast Aquarium: Glimmer of Hope Shines for Endangered Sea Star
Newport, Oregon – Oregon Coast Aquarium (OCAq) staff discovered 25 critically endangered sunflower sea stars in Yaquina Bay, the most documented in one location since populations were decimated by Sea Star Wasting…
FAIRVIEW WATER DISTRICT, TILLAMOOK, OR- DRINKING WATER WARNING 6/9/23: Fairview water is contaminated with E. coli bacteria; BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE USING
DRINKING WATER WARNING Fairview Water District, Tillamook county, Oregon is contaminated with E. coli bacteria BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE USING What happened? E. coli bacteria were found in our water system on…
Coast Guard rescues 2 men from capsized boat off Southwest Oregon Coast
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued two people from their boat after it capsized Wednesday night off the coast of Nesika Beach, near Gold Beach, Oregon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Columbia…
Fire Season Starts Early in the Pacific Northwest
EDITOR’S NOTE: Some areas of Oregon are already in Fire Season, and Northwest Oregon will enter fire season on June 14th. We have already had several brush and vegetation fires in Tillamook…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Bombarded and Overwhelmed
by Neal Lemery This week, I attended a community forum on our community’s drug and mental health crisis, presented by the Tillamook County Community Health Center (the county health department). Concerned citizens,…