Although September ended cool and rainy, October is starting out sunny and dry. It’s a good reminder that fire season is still in effect on all lands protected by ODF. Twenty-one new fires…
Highway 101/6 Project Update – 10/4/17
By Sierra Lauder, Director of Events and Downtown Development, Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce As promised, the new bridge rails are up and very hard to miss! Bridge news this week is…
The Littoral Life: What Might Have Been
By Dan Haag Another blood-spattered street. Another incredulous family member claiming “we never saw this coming.” Another impromptu memorial fence filling up with stuffed animals, candles and balloons. It’s all too familiar,…
YMCA Celebrates Success at Sold Out Auction, Dinner Saturday Sept. 30th
Tillamook County Family YMCA shot for the stars and lassoed the moon last Saturday night with over 300 attendees. The auction brought in over $100,000 dollars which is the most the event…
Oregon Coast Love Coalition Community Meeting Well-Attended, Plans for MLK Events, Diversity Training Throughout Community
By Laura Swanson Over 20 community members came together yesterday evening, October 3rd to make plans for the future of the Oregon Coast Love Coalition. LaNicia Williams, founder of OCLC, had scheduled…
Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival Returns To Manzanita Oct. 20th
Movies Inspire. Movies bring people together. Movies change lives. Or so proclaims the Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival as it makes its return to Manzanita with a collection of short films…
Community welcomed to annual Mildred Davy Memorial Luncheon on Oct. 12
Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation would like to invite the community to join them at the 2017 Mildred Davy Memorial Scholarship and Recognition Luncheon as they recognize their 2017/2018 scholarship recipients and…
Reward grows for information leading to arrest in NCRD graffiti incident
by Laura Swanson UPDATE 10/4/17 – After the Oregon Coast Love Coalition meeting yesterday evening, the reward is now over $1,000.00. Now at $600, the reward for information leading to an arrest…
Letter to Editor: A Call To Action: Hate will not be tolerated
Friends, Many of you are now aware of an unfortunate event which was discovered in our community this past week. A hateful message implying killing people of color (words have been change…
Letter to Editor: It’s Time to Take a Stand (Friday September 29th)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillmaook County Pioneer did not receive this letter from LaNicia Williams until today (Oct. 3) due to problems with emails (ahhh, technology.) This provides background information about the racist…