Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) invites Oregonians outdoors on New Year’s Day for the annual First Day Hikes event. Visitors can choose from 37 hikes in 31 parks across the state….
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Successful Resolutions Sometimes Require Starts and Re-starts (and that’s okay)
By Terra Marzano, Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Rinehart Clinic Winter is here and 2020 is upon us. Having gotten through Thanksgiving, we are now inundated with gift guides, office parties, family…
Goodbye 2019, Goodbye single-use plastic bags
Starting January 1, 2020, grocery stores and restaurants in Oregon will not be allowed to provide free single-use plastic bags. To avoid having to pay five cents for every paper bag, shopping…
Visit Tillamook Coast Re-Usable Bags Available as Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect
By Beverly Stein, Tillamook County Master Recyclers Get your reusable bags ready! On January 1 the single use plastic carryout bag ban will begin for stores and restaurants. To encourage people to…
Tillamook PUD Offers Community Support Grants in 2020
To enhance community livability and support economic growth in Tillamook County! Tillamook PUD is once again offering a Community Support Grant program to local non-profit organizations for their community projects in 2020….
VISIT THE OREGON COAST FOR WHALE WATCH WEEK DEC. 27 – 31
Thousands of Gray whales are migrating south through Oregon’s waters later this month and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) invites visitors to the coast for the annual Winter Whale Watch Week…
A Jolly and Easy Morning Breakfast
EDITOR’S NOTE: The holidays continue for most well past Christmas Day, as friends and family visit the coast. Here are some wonderful breakfast/brunch recipes that are great for any holiday or Sunday…
ASTROLOGY: NEW MOON – DECEMBER 25, 2019
By Madame Dana Zia Christmas night is going to bring more than just a few extra pounds, it is a powerful New Moon that opens the gateway into the New Year. On…
Twas the Night Before Christmas – A Special Reading …
A family Christmas Eve tradition – reading Twas the Night Before Christmas – the classic story that many can nearly recite from memory. A delightfully fun story and then the idea to…
POETRY: THE GLOW OF DECEMBER
Have you noticed the glow? It’s everywhere you go! On city streets, merchants’ windowpanes On village lawns, on country roads and lanes. Neighborhoods engage in a festive competition Who can display the…