By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Friday, December 17, 2021, 11:00am Weather Only a slight chance of a stray shower thru early afternoon today but we continue to watch an incoming front that…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: 48th COVID-19 Related Death Reported in Tillamook County Dec. 16, 2021
(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) — Tillamook County Public Health Department was recently notified of an additional COVID-19 related death, raising the Tillamook County death toll to 48. Tillamook County’s 48th COVID-19 related death is a…
WORDS OF WISDOM – Unexpected Gifts: Giving From the Heart
by Neal Lemery Putting aside the hubbub, the seemingly endless demands on us to be “in the holiday mode”, I find my purpose and comfort in the quiet of the winter, as…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/16/21 – Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Thursday, December 16, 2021, 3:00pm Weather High pressure is building over our area as a disturbance off the central Oregon coast continues to move southeastward…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Resist the Grinch – How to Handle Stress This Holiday Season
By Karen Sheelar, Behavioral Health Clinician at Tillamook County Community Health Center While some people have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, many of us may lie awake stressing about…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/15/21 – Weather & COVID-19 Update – Omicron variant in Oregon
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 08:30am Weather Good news, the temperatures did not drop to the expected levels overnight, they did drop into the mid 30s…
“I’ve been thinking …” – Make America Greater
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a commentary from Jim Heffernan, whom we introduced a couple days ago with his brief book review (he’s got more of those in the works, too) of local author…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/14/21 – Weather & COVID-19 Update
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 11:00am Weather A chilly night where most folks saw the overnight low temperatures dropping to or below freezing and with scattered…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A “Special” Session, the Chance to Comment on Masks, and a Swarm of Small Earthquakes
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends! As I mentioned in the last newsletter, legislators will be returning to Salem today, Monday, December 13, to deal with emergency business related…
OP/ED: Those Were the Days …
By Stevie Stephens Burden “Forgive, sounds good…forget, I’m not sure I could…” to quote the Dixie Chicks on their “Taking the Long Way” album. The album reflects the part of their lives…
