Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) is raising awareness about our local bays as we approach National Estuaries Week, September 18-25. Each week, a different estuary will be profiled on social media. Viewers have a…
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Oregon reports 2,777 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 20 new deaths; Tillamook County adds 34 cases
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,086, the Oregon Health Authority reported today, August 25, 2021. Oregon Health Authority reported…
Tillamook School Board member Mike Gardner dies after contracting COVID-19
EDITOR”S NOTE: Mike Gardner was also a Tillamook PUD Board member and a prominent Tillamook County citizen. Our condolences to his family and friends. By Jake Arnold, Oregon School Boards Assoc. Tuesday,…
Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay: COVID-19 MESSAGE TO OUR NEHALEM BAY COMMUNITIES
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing rapidly in Tillamook County, specifically the much more contagious Delta variant. In July, we celebrated the decline in Covid cases after more than a year. We…
COVID-19 STATEMENT FROM TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: GET VACCINATED!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The COVID Delta variant is spreading like wildfire among the unvaccinated in our community. In the past two weeks, we have had 361 new positive cases in Tillamook…
Governor Announces Statewide Outdoor Mask Requirements
With COVID-19 rapidly spreading, masks help stop spread of the Delta variant (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced new statewide outdoor mask requirements to help stop the spread of the highly contagious…
Tillamook County COVID-19 Response: FIVE New COVID-19 Deaths in Tillamook County; County to Bring in Mobile Morgue as Local Funeral Home Runs Out of Space; County Death Toll at Eleven
EDITOR’S NOTE – From over 3 hours of meetings, the Community Leadership meeting and an Emergency Board of Commissioners meeting today: It is truly the worst of times … by the numbers…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Energetic, Creative and Compassionate People
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Saturday I spent the morning with a group of volunteers and visionaries at Ona Beach celebrating the opening of the Corvallis to the Sea Trail. This project…
Virtual Format for Redistricting Public Hearings Announced Amid Delta Surge
SALEM, Ore. – In response to growing hospitalization rates across the state due to the Delta variant of COVID-19, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek today August 23, 2021,…
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies, Search & Rescue Assist Separated Hikers Friday, Saturday Aug.20-21
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies and Search and Rescue (SAR) Team members were called out Friday night August 20th at 9:00 pm for a report of two lost hikers in the area…
