Longer days and warmer temperatures herald the return of spring to the Oregon coast, and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) reminds visitors to be safe while exploring the shoreline. “People are…
Category: Public Safety
Where There’s Smoke … Second and Third Hand Smoke & Diabetes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tomorrow, March 20th is the first day of Spring – a time of renewal and re-awakening. March 20th is also “Kick Butts Day” – and nationwide effort to reduce youth…
SOS Tillamook Awards Artists Featured in 2019 Calendar Prevention is Intention: Building Safety Resiliency in Our Youth
By Laura Swanson In late 2018, DeAnna Pearl, SOS Tillamook Prevention Specialist, spent time in the fourth and fifth grade classrooms at Garibaldi Grade School talking about safety and about how to…
Doing Whatever it Takes — Addressing Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tillamook County
By Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto This is the most difficult discussion I have ever had to conduct. I never, ever, would have thought that this topic would need to be breached…
Subject located by Canine and in custody after Reckless Driving and Eluding a Police Officer Tuesday Evening
Tillamook County, Oregon – On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at approximately 6:40pm, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office deputies began the pursuit of a dark colored grey Dodge Ram pickup truck traveling southbound on…
Lincoln County K9 Nix captures suspect in Tillamook County vehicle pursuit
On March 12, 2019 at approximately 6:55 PM the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was notified that our neighboring law enforcement partner to the north, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, had been in a…
VEHICLE ELUDES SEASIDE POLICE, LATER CRASHES AT JUNCTION OF HWY. 26 and HWY. 53 AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT PURSUIT
Seaside, Ore. – On Friday March 8, 2019, at approximately 8:45 p.m., the Seaside Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving when the driver began to elude the officer….
CITY OF TILLAMOOK SAYS: PUSH THE CROSSWALK BUTTON TO ACTIVATE
The newly completed US101 at OR6 construction project modified the downtown traffic signals to include push buttons for pedestrians. On Thursday (2/21/19) ODOT adjusted the traffic signals so that the pedestrian push…
Coast Guard rescues sailor in distress west of Columbia River entrance
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a sailor Saturday evening, March 2nd after his sailing vessel started taking on water 10 miles west of the Columbia River entrance. A Coast Guard…
Coast Guard rescues fisherman during late night rescue near Winchester Bay, Ore.
NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman late Friday night after his vessel started taking on water 3 miles north of the Umpqua River entrance. A Coast Guard boat…