The McMinnville Short Film Festival will offer a pop-up screening of five environmental or documentary short films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem on Saturday, Sep. 7 at…
OREGON DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ): Air quality advisory for much of Oregon through Sunday Sept. 8th
(Sept. 6, 2024) QUICK FACTS Location: Clackamas, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, northern Klamath, northern Lake, northern Malheur counties End date: Through Sunday for western Oregon, until further notice for central and eastern Oregon Smoke source: Fires…
OP/ED: Citizens’ Rights in Rockaway Beach – A Fight for Justice
EDITOR’S NOTE: This op/ed is a response to Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly’s report on the recent lawsuit brought by several Rockaway Beach citizens about how city council positions are chosen in…
AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS – LETTER TO TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD – Over 700 signatures to bring back Garcia Girls
September 3, 2024 Dear Tillamook School Board Members, We, the undersigned authors and illustrators, are writing to oppose the removal of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents from your district’s 10th-grade…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT): U.S. 101 bridge North of Manzanita Repair Work Expected to Start in Late September; Lane Closure, Flagging Traffic until Repairs Complete
(Sept. 5, 2024, MANZANITA, OR) – The Oregon Department of Transporetation (ODOT) expect repair work to start in late September on the Necarney Creek Bridge on U.S. 101 four miles north of…
Summer EBT Application Deadline Extended to September 30, 2024
(Salem, OR) – The application deadline for the new Summer EBT program has been extended to Sept. 30, 2024. The program offers $120 per child to help cover grocery costs when school food programs…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY NEWS UPDATE: Fire Season is not over
(9/5/24; Salem, OR)— The Oregon Department of Forestry wants to remind Oregonians that with weather fluctuating across the state, fire is still on the landscape and fire season is still in effect….
City of Rockaway Beach Monthly Update September 3, 2024
By Mayor Charles McNeilly Welcome to my City of Rockaway Beach Monthly Update with a look back at the month of August 2024. I delivered my annual State of the City Message…
From Learner to Leader: Become a Master Recycler This Fall – FREE Classes Start Sept. 14th
Tillamook County Solid Waste Department and Heart of Cartm have joined forces to revitalize the Master Recyclers Course with fresh, engaging content. With generous funding from the Oregon Community Foundation – BottleDrop…
OREGON DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ): Air quality advisory for Portland-Vancouver metro and Salem areas due to smog Thursday Sept. 4; Wildfire Smoke Advisory for Central, Eastern & Southern Oregon
(September 4, 2024, Statewide, Ore.) – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Southwest Clean Air Agency issued an air quality advisory for Thursday, Sep. 5 for the Portland-Vancouver metro and Salem…