People across the United States will be attending parades, firing up the grill, and watching fireworks to celebrate Independence Day on today — and throughout the weekend. While food, family, friends and…
Category: Op-Ed
OP/ED: Housing Update. Progress
By Bill Baertlein, Tillamook County Commissioner The County and many Community partners have been actively working on the recommendations made by our 2017 housing study, Creating a Healthy Housing Market for Tillamook…
Letter to the Editor: POISON IN PARADISE
Do you know Oswald West State Park? A place of pristine beauty on the North Oregon Coast where you can still glimpse old growth trees, a clear running stream, and a beach,…
Just Think: Lessons in the Surf
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay was first published in the Chinook Observer in 1998. As Victoria’s accompanying note said: Here’s an ancient essay, but still relevant after this week’s drownings in Rockaway Beach….
The Littoral Life: It’s a small world after all
By Dan Haag One of the best things about my job at the Manzanita Visitors Center are the people I get to interact with from around the country and all points of…
City of Rockaway Beach Clarifies Position on Memorial Day Service at Wayside
Editor’s Note: The Pioneer Memorial Day services information labeled the Rockaway Beach State Wayside as “Ocean Edge” as that is how the Rockaway Beach Chamber refers to the Wayside. In the past,…
Memorial Day – May 28, 2018 – Someone Should Do Something
By Laura Swanson, Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer A few days ago as I began to verify information about plans for Memorial Day services around Tillamook County, it became evident that the only…
What a whirlwind of a primary election for Tillamook County Commissioner!
I want to thank everyone who came out to the forums, coffees, Facebook Live sessions, sent emails, made phone calls, asked questions and voted for me in the May 15 primary. I…
Thank you for vote, support and kind words during the commissioner’s race
Thank you to the 18% of voters who cast their ballot for me in the commissioner’s race! I am fortunate to have had such meaningful conversations with people throughout our county; during…
JUST THINK: “More money than God” still didn’t determine District 32 Democratic Primary Outcome
By Victoria Stoppiello No one I know in Clatsop County (many of whom fought a potential LNG plant for environmental reasons) predicted that Tim Josi would come in last in the District…
