By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager, COVID-19 Incident Commander I want to give a BIG shoutout to the Tillamook County Vaccine Providers along with an outstanding group of volunteers that are…
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POETRY: RESTORATION
OIOpublisher – Virginia Carrell Prowell (3-30-2021) (PHOTOS BY Don Backman) The signs of Winter are disappearing and being replaced with a renewed application. Barren branches of the Alder and Oak, the Red…
TILLAMOOK CHAMBER: West Elliott Boutique and Studios Turn One
By Mallory Gruben, Communications Manager, Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce TILLAMOOK — Earlier this month West Elliott Boutique and West Elliott Studios celebrated their one-year anniversary — and their persistence through the…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Town Hall, DMV, Recovery Plans, and Spring Breaks
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, Last Friday afternoon, Oregon Coast Community College broadcast a joint Town Hall with Senator Anderson and myself. The event had been advertised and about…
GEEZER TRIBE: Spring things
by Linda Shaffer From where I sit, spring rain doesn’t look a darned bit different than winter rain or fall rain or summer rain. Rain is rain and we get a lot…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 INCIDENT COMMAND: COVID-19 Update – 10 cases already this week; 25% of Tillamook County at least one vaccine dose
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident commander Tillamook County has had 33 new cases during the last two week reporting cycle that ended last week. This means Tillamook…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Friday March 26th Town Hall and Capitol News – COVID-19 in the House
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, On Friday afternoon, March 26, I’ll be taking part in a “zoom” town hall meeting. This is a free videoconference starting at 4:30. Oregon Coast Community…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Friday, the Thirteenth, Twenty-Twenty
EDITOR’S NOTE: About a year ago, the Governor issued the stay at home orders and Tillamook County recorded it’s first case of coronavirus on March 26, 2020. Here is a perspective from…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Sixty Days and Things are Happening… Slowly
By Representative David Gomberg House District 10 Hello Friends, With parliamentary procedures being used in the House to slow things down, and the threat of another walkout looming in the Senate, your…
“I want to be around for that” – The impact of colorectal cancer on family
By Paul Fournier, Storm Rock Creative for Tillamook County Wellness (See below for full video) Bruce Roos has never shied away from a hard day’s work, but that doesn’t mean he’s not…