By Don Backman A couple years ago during a big tide event after a storm, I was taking photos from the viewing mound at Barview Jetty. A lot of cars were parked…
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Hoffman Gallery Presents Annual Community Show — TREASURE – opens Friday January 7th
The Hoffman Center’s Annual Community Show features a wide variety of art forms created by our community of North Coast Artists from Astoria to Tillamook. This show includes ceramics, collage, drawing, fiber,…
OP/ED: Behind the shadows and smoky rooms – Democracy in action
By David McCall On the evening of January 3rd, 2022, less than three weeks after Betsy Johnson abruptly resigned from her state senate seat, seventy Precinct Committee People (PCPs) from all five counties…
Tillamook County Democrats Statement on anniversary of January 6, 2021
January 5, 2022 Tomorrow you will see and hear a great deal from many kinds of people about the events of January 6, 2021. Some will try to minimize the seriousness of…
50th and 51st COVID-19 Related Death Reported in Tillamook County
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Tillamook County Public Health Department was notified of two COVID-19 related deathes that occurred this month, raising the Tillamook County COVID-19 pandemic death toll to 51. Tillamook County’s 50th…
“I’ve been thinking”: An Ephiphany – Never Forgotten …
By Jim Heffernan January 6 has been rolling around in my brain. Not just January 6, 2021, and the shame attached to that particular day. There was something else about January 6…
Burglary suspect shot by a resident after breaking into home, Tillamook Police Officer receives serious injuries, successfully apprehends suspect
On January 4, 2022, at 6:47 am, the Tillamook Police Department received a report that an unknown male was trying to break into a home. While officers were enroute to the call,…
ARCH CAPE TRAIL REOPENS AT OSWALD WEST STATE PARK; OTHER NORTH COAST TRAILS REMAIN CLOSED
A section of the north coast trail system in Tillamook County is now open after a 15-month closure, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) reports. The 1.4-mile Arch Cape section of the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/5/22
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 08:30am Weather A few showers around this morning and with the summits down to or near freezing, there is some snow…
Oregon Senate District #16 Democrats Nominate Three Candidates for Betsy Johnson’s Seat; County Commissioners to Select Replacement
By Mary McGinnis, for the Tillamook County Pioneer Democratic Party Precinct Committeepersons (PCPs) from the five counties in state district #16 met at the Seaside Convention Center on Monday, January 3rd and…
