By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10:00am Weather As we inch toward Spring, which officially starts this weekend, we see typical Spring like weather over the…
Category: Guest Column
“I’ve been thinking” … Trip back to 1996 on spaceship Earth
By Jim Heffernan I found this when I moved my printer. It’s from April of 1996 when I was taking WR246 at TBCC. The last paragraph is new, but otherwise 26 years…
Series: “What’s the Story with Housing in Tillamook County” – Chapter 9: A Remodel in the Works
From Tillamook County Housing Commission Outreach Committee Robert and Peggy Schumann moved out of the “Big City” and arrived in Wheeler about five years ago looking for a more affordable place they…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Back and Busy in the District
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 With the 2022 session now fully a week behind us, I’m back in the district and enjoying a robust schedule of forums, fundraisers, ribbon-cuttings, and…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/14/22
By Gordon McCraw Monday, March 14, 2022, 09:30am The southwesterly flow remains over the area today, pushing in some light scattered showers and warmer temperatures with lows in the mid 40s. The…
RENDERINGS AND RAMBLINGS OF AN AGED BOHEMIAN
EDITOR’S NOTE: When an email comes in from Chuck McLaughlin asking if I’d be interested in sharing some of his life stories, the immediate response was an emphatic YES, PLEASE!! So enjoy…
“I’ve been thinking …” – Our lost sense of common truth
By Jim Heffernan Once upon a time, in a country that now seems so far away, there existed a nation that was distinguished by the achievement and integrity of its populace. They…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY: Gordon’s Update – 3/11/22 – Mask Mandate Ends 3/12; Spring Ahead 3/13
By Gordon McCraw Friday, March 11, 2022, 1:30PM Weather The last day of high pressure bringing fair skies as it is now drifting eastward ahead of a shift in the weather pattern….
The Unexpected Conversation
by Neal Lemery One of the often uncelebrated benefits of living in a small town are the seemingly random and unplanned conversations that occur at the grocery store or the post office….
TILLAMOOK COAST HISTORY ALLIANCE: What’s happening at Tillamook Air Museum? Extended days, New Signage Coming
Spring is right around the corner here in Tillamook, and that means that Spring break is nearly upon us. As in year’s past as the tourist season heats up, the Tillamook Air…