By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Hello Tillamook, the low pressure area that has given us around 1.5” of rain over the weekend through this morning, is now…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: China Trip Review
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 10/26/2026 Dear Neighbors and Friends, Before I share the details of my China mission, I have an important message. Sunday was a bad day…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT November 2026 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: November 4, 2026, NRU Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 a.m….
Meet Phantom, United Paws Cat of the Week
Meet Phantom, United Paws Cat of the Week. Life has been an incredible journey for this sweet kitty who was found with his siblings and another litter of abandoned kittens in…
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all …
By Laura Swanson, Editor/Partner, Tillamook County Pioneer The flood of negative postcards in our mailboxes (and the commercials, on social media – everywhere!) is just disgusting – the messaging, the rhetoric…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Preparing for respiratory illness season – Get vaccines now
By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC As temperatures begin to cool and the holiday season gets underway with Halloween this month, it’s time to prepare for fall and winter respiratory illnesses. As we…
BOOK REVIEW: Breakneck – China’s Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang
By Jim Heffernan This excellent book was written by a native born Chinese man who emigrated to Canada in 1999 at age 7. His family moved to the United States when…
NORTH COUNTY RESISTANCE: SAVING DEMOCRACY; VOTE-VOTE-VOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are a couple of reminders from our friends at the North County Resistance. In case you missed it – they gathered in Manznaita for the fourth international “No…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT): Rain is here; ODOT crews get ahead by targeting trouble spots
ODOT crews smooth out “the bump” on U.S. 26 at milepost 13 ahead of the rain. Repairs highlight ongoing maintenance to reduce road damage and disruptions. (SALEM, OR) — As Oregon…
BUTCH’S BLOG: The Balm of Basketball
By Butch Freedman I love basketball. I used to play, mostly school yard stuff. But I kept at it for quite a few years, till bad knees forced me to sit…
