By Scott Gordon, Friend of Tillamook Bay When young salmon and steelhead leave the five rivers that feed Tillamook Bay, they do not simply sprint from freshwater to the Pacific. They pause,…
ELECTION NEWS: Tillamook County’s Max Sherman Wins Republican Primary for Oregon House District 32
He Pledges to Restore Trust and Accountability to Oregon’s North Coast (HEBO, OR) — Max Sherman has won the Republican nomination for Oregon House District 32, emerging from a competitive three-way primary…
OP/ED: Flexible Transparency – The New Thing for Manzanita City Council
By Randy Kugler City officials during this year’s budget meetings discussed the millions of dollars in the General Fund Unappropriated Ending Fund Balance (UEFB). The importance of the UEFB is in the…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Columbia River spring Chinook fishing open Friday-Monday of Memorial Day Weekend
(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) —Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added several days of recreational spring Chinook fishing on the mainstem Columbia River during a joint state hearing today, May 20, 2026. With these additional…
Introducing…Expression Nights: Connecting, Experiencing, Healing Community May 29th at Wild in Manzanita
YOUR INVITED !! Expression Nights – A community gathering where people share music, expression, and writing, cultural wisdom, ancestral knowledge Where? Wild in Manzanita Date/Time: May 29th: 5:30-7:30pm (come get some free…
BUTCH’S BLOG: My Very Bad Dream
By Butch Freedman “I’ve had it with this country,” Harry said. “I think we’re going to have to leave.” “You say that,” his wife Lilly responded, “but you don’t really mean it.”…
GORDON’S SPECIAL UPDATE: OMG, A SUPER El Nino! Is this “The Big One?”
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, there has certainly been a lot of chatter about the potential for a Super El Nino this year. First, let’s review what…
LOWER NEHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST: BIRD WATCHING SUCCESS; CREATING REFUGE FOR COMMUNITY
41 species observed! Did you know Alder Creek Farm and Natural Area is a hotspot on the Oregon Coast Birding Trail? In just a few hours on World Migratory Bird Day (and…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS & TILLAMOOK COUNTY LIBRARY: Speed Friending May 22nd
Looking to Boost Your Wellness? Try Making a New Friend! When we think about wellness, we often think about nutrition, exercise, and sleep. But did you know that social connection is just…
Let’s Talk Tillamook: Tourism
An interview with Dan Haag, Interim Executive Director of Visit Tillamook Coast Dan Haag joins Shaena Peterson on Let’s Talk Tillamook to discuss the state of coastal tourism in Tillamook County amid…
