By Jim Heffernan I think it was the full title, “The Ruby Rule: How More Listening and Less Labeling, Brings More Healing and Less Hating” that drew me to this self-improvement book. …
Oregon awards $640,000 to local coalitions, providers for suicide prevention efforts; Tillamook Suicide Prevention Coalition Receives Funding
Local efforts build, expand new coalitions, training efforts to recognize National Suicide Prevention Month Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or…
OREGON STATE POLICE ASKING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – IDENTIFY PERSON OF INTEREST UNLAWFUL BULL ELK SHOT COLUMBIA COUNTY SEPT. 13
The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help to identify a person of interest related to a Roosevelt Bull Elk that was unlawfully shot and left…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 9/13/23
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, yesterday’s front was a dud, I saw a report of mist and that was about it. The northwesterly flow did manage to…
KITTENS OF THE WEEK: Simba & Lucky … Looking for Fur-ever Home
The United Paws Adoptathon was a great success … but there are still LOTS of kittens (and cats) looking for their fur-ever homes. Here’s a couple of cuties: Simba sez, “Lucky and…
COAST GUARD FOUNDATION TO HONOR COAST GUARD SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SEATTLE, WA. – The Coast Guard Foundation will honor the Coast Guard’s service excellence, and its rescue of a mariner on the Columbia River Bar earlier this year at its biannual Seattle…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: COVID-19 Booster Doses Approved by FDA
The FDA has approved an updated mRNA COVID-19 booster dose and the CDC has voted to recommend this updated dose. We are still waiting for Oregon Health Authority to update vaccination policies,…
COVID-19 booster available in Oregon soon; OHA encourages vaccines for latest COVID-19 variant, flu, RSV
Federal advisory group endorses shot that protects against XBB.1.5 variant PORTLAND, Ore. – People in Oregon could start receiving the nation’s newest COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week after a federal…
Governor Announces Funding for Rural Counties in Homelessness Response; Tillamook County Awarded $769,404
(Salem, OR) – Today, September 12, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek announced funding allocations to counties within Oregon’s Balance of State Continuum of Care as part of her homelessness state of emergency, as well as the specific outcomes attached to these emergency…
Closure of Tillamook Pharmacy Causes Headaches, Issues for Community Members; Columbia Pacific CCO Provides Options
The closure of Tillamook Pharmacy is causing a hardship for many in our community. Here is some helpful information from Columbia Pacific CCO. If you have meds that can be mail ordered…