By Nancy Webster, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection When will our “Dark Waters” be filmed? For those who have seen that 2019 movie, which covered DuPont Chemical Company knowingly dumping industrial…
Eradicate Socialism – the Republican Plan
A clear 2020 election strategy of the Republican Party is the promise to rid America of all forms of socialism. It claims that socialism leads to communism, and hence must be rooted…
Fall Term Registration is Open at Tillamook Bay Community College, Scholarships Available
Registration is now open for fall term classes at Tillamook Bay Community College. Fall term begins Sept. 21. If this is your first time enrolling at TBCC as a degree-seeking student, you…
Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) Revenues Should Support Public Safety Services
By Bill Baertlein, Chair, Tillamook County Board of Commissioners Tillamook County has a population of approximately 26,000, which our first responders can barely provide services for. Tourism has increased year after year…
Oregon reports 247 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths; Tillamook County Adds One More Case, Total Cases at 37
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 427, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today August 25th. Oregon Health Authority reported 247…
TBCC Offers Free College Courses to Local High School Students this Fall
Last Spring, Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) rolled out a new plan to help juniors and seniors currently enrolled at a Tillamook County high school the opportunity to take courses at TBCC…
142ND WING TO CONDUCT TEMPORARY NIGHT FLYING OPERATIONS AUG. 25-27
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions on August 25-27, 2020. Night training allows the Citizen-Airmen pilots based at the Portland…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS SOUGHT
The Board of Commissioners is seeking representatives from Tillamook County to serve on the Tillamook County Housing Commission. Formed by the Board in June 2018, the Housing Commission is charged with creating, maintaining, and…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT: September 2020 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: September 2, 2020 Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: TBA September…
United Steelworkers Union Local 1097 Endorses Suzanne Weber
At their meeting on August 20, the United Steelworkers Union Local 1097 unanimously endorsed Tillamook Mayor Suzanne Weber for State Representative. “USW Local 1097 proudly endorses Suzanne Weber for State Representative in…
