EDITOR’S NOTE: We recorded this reading by Neal Lemery in March 2020 and it’s been available on the Pioneer’s YouTube site. We did an introduction to Neal’s new book and we had…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/7/22
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Friday, January 7, 2022, 11:30am Weather Well, the heavy rain has finally pushed off to the east and we are now on the back side…
“I’ve been thinking”: An Ephiphany – Never Forgotten …
By Jim Heffernan January 6 has been rolling around in my brain. Not just January 6, 2021, and the shame attached to that particular day. There was something else about January 6…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/5/22
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 08:30am Weather A few showers around this morning and with the summits down to or near freezing, there is some snow…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/4/22 – Weather & COVID-19
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 10:30am Weather Today we have a weak low pressure area pushing in to our north that is rotating showers into the…
OP/ED: The Villages Near the Mountain – A Grim Fairy Tale (With apologies to the Brothers Grimm)
By Will Stone Once upon a time there was a large mountain at the edge of the ocean. Two villages, Cannon and Manita, were on opposite sides of the mountain. The villagers…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/3/22
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Monday, January 3, 2022, 10:30am Weather Well boys and girls, was that fun or what? The front is now to our southeast and continuing to…
NEWS UPDATED FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Reflections on the New Year
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends, Like all of you, I was pleased to turn the page on 2021. “Happy New Year!”, people exclaimed. “Whatever happens, it…
GUEST COLUMN: What’s Going On at Nehalem Bay House? Closure and now COVID …
By Glenna Gray Earlier this week, I took my 94 year old mother to see her next home in Seaside. After losing my Dad a year ago, she was just settling in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING – Sunday Edition – Gordon’s Update 1/2/22
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Sunday, January 2, 2022, 10:00 Weather Well, it started out to be a cold night with the temperatures dropping to around 32 before the temperatures…