By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 9:15am Weather Well, the strange winter-like pattern continues to bring rain to the pacific northwest. Today we have a ridge of…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Firearms, Worker Shortages, and a Note About Birds
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 In the aftermath of last week’s mass shootings, we are all heartsick and yearning for some kind of meaningful solution. A white supremacist killed 10…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/6/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Monday, June 6, 2022, 07:40am We saw another wet start to the day but with high pressure building in we will see improving…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/3/22; COVID-19 Bi-weekly Data Report
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Friday, June 3, 2022, 08:00am Weather A front and an associated trough of low pressure means scattered showers under mostly cloudy skies today,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/2/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Thursday, June 2, 2022, 09:00am Not much has changed today over yesterday, other than there being more upper level cloudiness streaming in from…
PEACE OUT LOUD: Mental Health vs Terrorism
By Romy Carver Yesterday was the final day of Mental Health Awareness Month, and I have a lot on my mind. I had already written a blog about mental illness, which I…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/1/22; Wildfire Preparedness Reminders
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 07:45am Weather The upper level high pressure ridge weakens today and shifts eastward allowing some clouds to streak across. This and…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 5/31/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Emergency Management Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 10:30am Well, after a relatively wet holiday weekend it looks like we’ll have high pressure giving us fair, dry,…
I’ve Been Thinking: How “Whatever it takes” took over
By Jim Heffernan In 1960, when I was 14, John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic President, was inaugurated as President of the United States. I was in 8th grade at a Catholic…
WORDS OF WISDOM: My Ten Minute Rule
by Neal Lemery I try to live an organized, purposeful life, with some guiding principles and an action plan. My “to do” list should be close at hand, current and relevant. If…