While health equity is a stated value of our agency, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how far short we are from eliminating health inequity in this state. A crisis has a tendency…
Tillamook County Parks Department UPDATE: 6/2/2020 – Day Use Areas and Campgrounds Limited Reopenings June 17th
Here are the latest updates about County Park re-openings. Additional information about day use areas: We are planning to open Barview Jetty day use, Kilchis River County Campground boat launch and day…
South County State Parks: Some Day Use Areas Reopened May 30th; Cape Lookout Campground to open June 9th
What about South County Oregon State Parks? Here’s the run down from Kirk Barham, Oregon State Parks Cape Lookout unit manager: Cape Lookout campground opens June 9th, however the Day use area…
Oregon State Parks Reopening Day Use Areas: Nehalem Bay State Park, Oswald West Day Use Opening Friday June 5th
The following day-use parks will open by noon on Friday, June 5: Tolovana State Recreation Site, Cannon Beach Arcadia State Recreation Site, Clatsop County Hug Point State Recreation Site, Clatsop County Oswald…
Testify or Submit Comments on East Foley Creek Clearcutting to Board of Forestry for Wed., June 3, Meeting
By Nancy Webster, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection On Wednesday, June 3rd, at 2:00 p.m. there will be a Board of Forestry meeting. You can sign up to testify (must be…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Duty, Service, Honor
The fundamental duty of the Office of the Tillamook County Sheriff is to serve our fellow man; to safeguard the lives and property of those in our community; to protect the innocent,…
Request an in-person appointment with DMV with online form soon to be available
SALEM – ODOT has developed a web-based request form for limited in-person services at Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) field offices. The form will temporarily replace a phone scheduling process that was…
NEWS FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Phase One News
Hello Friends and Neighbors, As we have shifted to Phase 1 Reopening, I have been venturing further from home. I’m seeing the same things all of you are – restaurants, stores, hotels,…
“To Ignore Evil is to Become an Accomplice to It” – A Joint Statement from the Nehalem Bay Health District, The Rinehart Clinic, Nehalem Valley Care Center and the North County Food Bank
The appalling death of George Floyd in Minneapolis recently is yet another horrible reminder of the extent of racial and societal inequity in America. It follows the horrific slayings of Breonna Taylor…
An Oregonian’s Experience with Race
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pioneer contributor Neal Lemery shares his “words of wisdom” with readers, and often will send commentary from other writers that is relevant to current happenings. Several days ago, he sent…