Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $750,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding headed to three fish passage projects in Tillamook County. All…
Category: Explore Nature
Facilities and Trails Listening Sessions
Dan Haag, Trails & Outdoor Recreation Coordinator for Tillamook County Visitors Association, is hosting four listening and engagement sessions throughout Tillamook County in late April and early May. These sessions seek to gather community…
Tillamook Les Schwab Tire Donates to Tillamook Anglers to Support Salmon for Food Bank Program
Albert Wilhite of Les Schwab Tire Center in Tillamook presents Jerry Dove former president of the Tillamook Anglers with a check for $500 to provide supplies for Tillamook Anglers Salmon for Food…
TELC hosts 5K Color Fun Run to benefit local childcare program
Tillamook Early Learning Center (TELC) invites the community to add a little color to their lives to benefit local families enrolled at the Tillamook childcare center and preschool. The 501(c)3 nonprofit will…
A yearly cycle: What’s going on outside? Birds and Gardens in my Nehalem Neighborhood
EDITOR’S NOTE: What are you seeing outside your window? Questions about gardening? Please send to editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net and we’ll check with Master Gardeners and other long-time local gardeners. Watch for more gardening news!…
UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing man from sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off Florence, OR; Crew member found, deceased
NORTH BEND, Ore. –The Coast Guard suspended search efforts at 12:30 a.m. Sunday for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank approximately 35 miles offshore Florence late Friday night. The…
Coast Guard searches for one person from sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off Florence, OR
NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank Saturday morning approximately 35 miles offshore Florence. Missing is Mike Morgan, 68. Watchstanders…
Major Funding From New Infrastructure Law for Tillamook Bay — $62 million included in Army Corps plan to repair South Jetty
Since 2009, the Port of Garibaldi, Tillamook County Commissioners and other partners have been advocating for the repair to Tillamook Bay’s South Jetty. On January 26, 2022, it was announced that the…
Pioneer Museum explores ‘Power of Place’ with a new exhibit opening April 9th
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will explore Tillamook’s defining industries in its newest temporary exhibit, “The Power of Place: Tillamook’s Founding Industries,” opening April, 2022. The exhibit, which will…
It’s Snowy Plover Season! Give Them Space – Protect Threatened Shorebird, Respect Nesting Areas March 15 – Sept. 15
Salem, OR—Beachgoers are urged to help recovery efforts of the threatened western snowy plover by staying on the wet sand at snowy plover beaches during nesting season, March 15 – Sept. 15. Beachgoers will…