The 2025 Ocean Salmon Industry Group Meeting is scheduled for tomorrow Friday, February 28, 2025. This meeting will provide a review of the 2024 seasons, take a first look at the 2025 salmon forecasts,…
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: ROSA PARKS
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan This is the 1955 booking photo of Rosa Parks taken in the Montgomery, Alabama jail. She had committed the heinous crime of sitting on a bus seat reserved…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: SAY NO TO RACISM
By Mary Faith Bell, Tillamook County Commissioner I had lunch with a friend and her daughter on President’s Day. My friend is a U.S. citizen and a Mexican American. She told me…
Merkley, Bonamici Town Hall Attended by Over 450; Call to Action – “We are in a Constitutional Crisis”
By Romy Carver Photos & video by Don Backman An enthusiastic, standing room only crowd of over 450 people greeted Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici Saturday morning, February 22, 2025…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 2/24/25: Possible damaging winds tonight, calming down into tomorrow; Fair, mild Wednesday.
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, we had a strong front push through yesterday that gave us over 1” of rain in town, 3” up in the Coast…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Sequoia Facilitator
By Neal Lemery Planting trees has always been one of my favorite things to do. I was probably three or four when my family took me out to plant trees. We had…
UNITED PAWS KITTENS OF THE WEEK: Bruno & Antoinette
Bruno is a very confident six month old kitten who will be the first to greet you when you arrive home. His purring motor starts the minute you pick him up. Bruno…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: HARRIET TUBMAN
By Jim Heffernan Harriet Tubman was born a slave in 1822 with the name, Ariminta Ross. She grew up on a Maryland plantation and like most slaves was treated harshly until she…
Community Icon, North Coast BBQ’s Chuck McLaughlin Passed Away Feb. 14, 2025; North Coast BBQ Continues
Charles “Chuck” Lee McLaughlin – June 8, 1928 to February 14, 2025 A well-known figure in our community, Charles “Chuck” McLaughlin passed away on Valentine’s Day February 14, 2025. A very appropriate…