By Kim Rosenberg I bet everybody who lives in Tillamook County knows friends, family, or neighbors who have either traveled hours and miles into the valley for health care or have moved…
Category: Guest Column
OP/ED: Pay attention and VOTE!
OIOpublisher By Vivi Tallman, Lane deMoll & Barbara McLaughlin The ultra-conservative political movement to take over elected boards across our state and nation is gaining traction in Tillamook County. Next week, ballots…
Special Edition April 19, 2023: Brinksmanship* at the County Short Term Rental Committee
*Brinksmanship – practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other. By Jerry…
I’ve been thinking … Here’s a three-fer — TBCC, SD9, and voting
By Jim Heffernan A truism among mechanics is, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” Many a mechanic has ignored this maxim and regretted it. I think we can apply this maxim…
POETRY: Mother Nature
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you are a regular Pioneer reader, you’ll likely remember our prolific Pioneer poet at 98 years young, Virginia Carrell Prowell. For decades she wrote a poem a month (or…
I’ve been thinking … Tillamook County Transportation District
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD). It’s kind of a Jiminy Cricket reflex for me. A woman showed up at one of…
Fresh Starts and Second Chances
By Kim Rosenberg I heard from so many folks after my last post* and I want to thank you all for sending out the love. Something that kept coming up in your…
BOOK REVIEW: Contract to Unite America – Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic
By Jim Heffernan Shortly after the 2020 election I began a reading binge. It was a strange compulsion I did not truly understand. I understand now that I was seeking to “bridge…
MOOVOTER: THE BATTLE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARDS HAS REACHED TILLAMOOK COUNTY
School Board positions are just a sample of the hundreds of volunteer board positions throughout the county that have usually been won unopposed. Tillamook County is experiencing a record-number of candidates for…
Have Hope
By Kim Rosenberg I don’t usually write much about my personal life, but I went to a meeting the other day, and somebody I know asked about my health. They know I…