Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Pull, Augie!” Loud voices shouted to one of the two athletes trying to grip the muddy rope and avoid being drug into the waist-deep mud….
ODF News | Cedar Butte Fire Morning Update Saturday, August 14, 2021 – Perimeter Complete Around Fire, Focus on Mop Up Operations
OIOpublisher Crews have completed a perimeter around the fire and are focusing on mop up operations. TILLAMOOK, Ore.- The Cedar Butte Fire 18 miles east of Tillamook is now 74 acres, but…
FATAL CRASH ON HWY 101- LINCOLN COUNTY FRIDAY AUGUST 13th
On Friday, August 13, 2021 at approximately 8:51 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 101 near milepost 121. Preliminary investigation revealed a…
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE – Tillamook County Transportation District Board of Directors Regular Monthly Meeting – Thurs. Aug. 19
Board of Directors Regular Monthly Meeting Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 6:00pm Participants are welcome to join this meeting virtually. To attend by phone, please dial: +1 (253) 215-878 Meeting ID: 831 9723…
POETRY: THE STEP CHILD – Introducing the Calendar Family
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s Pioneer poet Virginia Carrell Prowell’s months-of-the-year calendar review. By Virginia Carrell Prowell Each of them is renowned for a special day. Except for one who was neglected this way….
Adventist Health Tillamook Responds to COVID-19 Surge in Tillamook County with Staffing, Scheduling Updates; Institutes No Visitors Policy
Tillamook, Ore., August 13, 2021 – We enter the fifth wave of COVID-19 resurgence in the State of Oregon not seen since February of this year and Tillamook county case reporting data…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Tillamook County COVID-19 Update – August 13, 2021
COVID-19 Response Since the beginning of August, 229 new COVID-19 cases have occurred in Tillamook County; 129 of those cases were from this week (Aug 8 – 12) with a test positivity…
Most of Oregon under air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke and ozone through Monday Aug. 16
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Southwest Clean Air Agency and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued and extended air quality advisories Friday for many parts of Oregon due to smoke from fires in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather; Mask Up Indoors State Mandate – 8/13/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Director Friday, August 13, 2021, 09:00am Weather Warm here but still hot over in the valley with the ridge of high pressure drifting east over…
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MAKES DECISION TO CANCEL ELECTIVE SURGERIES AS COVID CASES RISE STATEWIDE
Astoria, OR – With COVID-19 cases on the unfortunate upswing both nationally and statewide, Columbia Memorial Hospital is canceling elective surgeries and converting more rooms to negative pressure environments to help ensure…