By Andrew Jenck Recently, the estate of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, announced that several of his books would be taken out of print due to their stereotypical depictions of…
Category: Op-Ed
OP/ED: From the Perspective of a Nursing Student: The COVID vaccine
EDITOR’S NOTE: Proud mom moment here – the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives in so many ways, and for our family with many in the vulnerable population and with chronic diseases,…
Checking in with the Tillamook Republicans
By Brian Cameron, for the Tillamook County Pioneer When the term ‘divisiveness’ gets brought up these days it’s hard not to immediately segue into current affairs. Indeed, there is a lot to…
OP/ED: Is Manzanita Listens really listening?
By Randy Kugler Two of the four scheduled community meetings that were billed as a fresh start to listen to questions from citizens about our new City Hall project have been completed….
Tillamook County Pioneer – Week in Review 3/12/21
From Drew Reid, Tillamook County Pioneer Videographer Voltaire advised that we Tend To Our Own Garden. That is exactly why we created PIONEER WEEK, to reflect on the news and community events…
OP/ED: We’d better think again
By Fred Bassett, Chair TillCoDems In what has been labeled an “unprecedented” move, the Chairpersons of five of the seven Democratic Central Committees in Congressional District 5 this week sent a letter…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Shopping the Cultural Marketplace
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week the annual “Read Across America” event coinciding with the birthday of Dr. Seuss brought out a litany of comments and information about the racist nature of several Dr….
OP/ED: Questions for Manzanita Listens Community Meetings
By Randy Kugler The Manzanita Listens survey results finds that citizens believe that building cost is by far the single most important factor for the City to consider in moving forward with…
View from Here: Under the Protection of the Totems
By Stevie Stephens Burden Safety is something that has played at my mind a lot for the last year, well the lack of it actually. With the rampant fear of COVID, the…
VIDEO: Pioneer Week – March 5, 2021
A video news summary … when we launched our YouTube channel, this was the ultimate goal to provide our community with a weekly video news summary. We are so pleased to present…