By Vivi Tallman for the Tillamook County Pioneer Two years ago this week, my 19 year old grandson died of an unintentional overdose. Mache’s death, building on a season of other intense…
Category: Guest Column
SEASON OF GIVING: Local Community Organizations Helping Those In Need – Seniors, Children – Special Holiday Programs
By Patty Rinehart The groups below are all 501(C) (3) organizations located here in North Tillamook County. Your help is needed every month of the year, and especially this time of year….
BOOK REVIEW: Cheese War
By Jim Heffernan Cheese War is a book written mainly about a tumultuous time in Tillamook County between 1962 and 1968. It was written by a pair of sisters who lived through…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Quiet Time
by Neal Lemery I am again learning to cherish the darkness and the quiet of the early morning. I often struggle with the early darkness of the evening and the late-rising sun…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Happy Thanksgiving!
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Neighbors and Friends, Thanksgiving has always been my favorite annual celebration. It is a time to pause and reflect and appreciate all the things we…
Make your holidays merry by preventing respiratory viruses like RSV
As Oregon emergency departments overflow, health officials offer tips for keeping loved ones healthy PORTLAND, Ore. – An increase in severe respiratory infections this season is putting pressure on Oregon’s already-strained hospitals as…
Message to all Tillamook County Residents: Measure 114
By Sheriff Joshua Brown I have received many questions and inquiries regarding Measure 114. Unfortunately, at this time, there is little concrete information that I can report except that it is scheduled…
Where’s My Day of Thanks?
EDITOR’S NOTE: It seems that “Christmas came early this year” even before Halloween we were assaulted with Christmas decor and more in all the stores. I agree with Gus – let’s focus…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Health, Highways, Housing, and a Remarkable Oregonian
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Next Saturday afternoon, I will attend the unveiling of the Louis Southworth sculpture which will eventually greet visitors to the Louis Southworth Park in Waldport. The…
BOOK REVIEW: Great Veterans Read from Local Author Mark Scott Smith “Night Fire Morning Snow – The Road to Chosin”
Dr. Mark Scott Smith has spent his post-academic medicine career writing historical fiction here on the North Oregon Coast that has taken him around the USA, Europe, Latin America and East Asia…
