Tillamook County Library is pleased to announce a new online resource available free with a Tillamook County Library card: Hobbies & Crafts Source from EBSCO. The database provides hobbyists, makers, and…
OREGON STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING VANDALISM AT MULTIPLE OREGON STATE PARKS IN LINCOLN COUNTY AUG. 21-22
(LINCOLN COUNTY, OR) – Oregon State Police is investigating extensive vandalism that occurred at multiple Oregon State Parks in Lincoln County. The vandalism occurred sometime between approximately 10:00 p.m. on August 21, 2026,…
TILLAMOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT: Click It or Ticket Seat Belt Safety Campaign Reminds Drivers – Buckle Up August 24th – September 6th, and Every Day
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket seat belt safety campaign. The national…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Hang On—It’s Happening
By Butch Freedman “A sickening moral slum of an administration.” The Washington Post I find myself bouncing between hopelessness and giddiness some days. Maybe most days. Here’s why. Oh you probably…
TILLAMOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT: Police Work Can Be Dangerous… And Video Doesn’t Always Tell the Whole Story
By Chief Nick Troxel Recently, a Tillamook Police Officer was injured in the line of duty during an incident that resulted in the officer going to the hospital for treatment and…
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM): Pumpkin Pi Spices up Oregon Timber Sales, Earns $10.6 Million
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — In a season of big numbers and bigger harvests, the BLM’s Pumpkin Pi Timber Sale roasted modern records. The 400-acre sale brought in nearly $10.6 million and will…
The Vote and Ivory Soap: 99 & 44/100 % Pure
By Kim Rosenberg In Oregon we’ve been voting by mail in some shape or form since the Oregon Legislature approved a test run in 1981. The Governor’s Task Force on Local…
OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE: New Directive Issued by Secretary Read Confirms Oregon Vote-by-Mail Elections Will Proceed as Planned
(SALEM, OR) — Today, August 25, 2026, in response to the uncertainty caused by the Supreme Court’s ruling that lifted the injunction on Executive Order 14399 (Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Tillamook County Budget Committee Vacancy
The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications from Tillamook County residents to fill a vacant position on the Tillamook County Budget Committee. Because of the fiscal challenges facing the…
BOOK REVIEWS: A TWO-FER FROM JAMIL ZAKI – Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness & The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
By Jim Heffernan I’m not sure where I came across it, but this two-fer began with the 2019 book dedicated to “building empathy in a fractured world”. I then found out…
