Lake Lytle Park “in the heart of Rockaway” is owned by Tillamook County. The City of Rockaway Beach plans to negotiate a long-term lease to take over maintenance and management of the…
Category: Feature
BOOK REVIEW: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Jim Heffernan “For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material…
Beach Debris Becomes Art: Denise Harrington and Heart of CARTM Survey a Beach, Create Art
By Don Backman “We need to lay out four transects in 100 meters of beach,” Denise Harrington told the group gathered around the edge of the bank at the edge of Manhattan…
OP/ED: Keep Our Schools Equitably Diverse
By Brian Cameron I know the 24 hour news cycle can be exhausting but if I have your attention for a moment I’d ask you to think all the way back to…
$550,000 awarded in tourism facilities and marketing grants
In December and January, the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association has processed $550,000 in grants funded by the transient lodging tax collected by Tillamook County. The lodging tax is paid by visitors who…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 2/2/23; Groundhog Day Predictions
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, February 2, 2023 Well, see if this pattern sounds familiar. We have a trough of low pressure to the west along the…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Through the Eyes of a Child
by Neal Lemery “Through the eyes of a child you will see the world as it should be.” –Anonymous In recent days, I’ve experienced the simple joys of being around several kids…
Community Grant Writing Workshops Feb. 6 & 13, Rockaway Beach
Hosted by the Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce with instruction from Visit Tillamook Coast, we are offering two community grant writing workshops to encourage Rockaway Beach and Tillamook County residents to utilize…
I’ve been thinking … FDR’s Spaceship & Second Bill of Rights
By Jim Heffernan I was thinking about how I might articulate my personal moral and political philosophy in another way and, after a bit, this description jumped out. Both of my parents…
Oregon Coast Aquarium Mourns Loss of Nuka the Northern Sea Otter
Newport, Oregon — The Oregon Coast Aquarium is saddened to announce the passing of Nuka, the Aquarium’s resident northern sea otter. Nuka passed following an emergency veterinary procedure, which was carried out…
