By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC Dolly Parton once said, “When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them…
NESTUCCA RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT: BYSTANDERS DIG OUT, RESCUE PERSON BURIED IN SAND ON LABOR DAY SEPT. 7TH ON MCPHILLIPS BEACH NEAR PACIFIC CITY
According to Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District, on Labor Day September 7, 2026, it was reported that an individual had dug a 6-7 foot deep hole on McPhillips Beach near Pacific…
Choose Candidate with Integrity & Principles – Support Cyrus Javadi for State Representative
To The Editor: Politics has changed drastically for me in the past decade. The decision on who to vote for used to be the result of research – candidate positions, voting records, speeches. Party affiliation never mattered much…
Trump’s Ranking of U.S. Presidents?
By Vic Affolter Trump’s August 27th ranking of U.S. presidents provides a revealing contrast with the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey of 154 presidential historians and political science scholars. Trump’s…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE (ODFW) ACTION NOTICE: Recreational Ocean Salmon South of Cape Falcon Closes to Coho Fishing Sept. 12
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the State of Oregon, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and fishery representatives met today via conference call and have taken the following in-season management…
Manzanita Farmers Market Week 18 – September 11 -Friday 4 to 7 – ONLY 3 MORE MARKETS! VOTE FOR MAYOR OF MUTTZANITA – CATCH THE CANDIDATES ON THE MARKET STAGE AT 5PM TOMORROW!
How can there only be three more markets?? September market vibes are here, and last week was full of moody clouds and rainbows and just a hint of rain in the…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Aging and Memory
By Butch Freedman “Time’s the thief of memory” ― Stephen King, The Gunslinger Let me begin with a very unsurprising confession: my memory is failing. And that’s a frightening fact of…
History of Kilchis Point Reserve talk at South County Library on September 24
The area of Kilchis Point is rich with history. It was the site of one of the largest permanent Native American villages on the Northern Oregon Coast. Tillamook County’s first European…
More Than a Number: How the National Diabetes Prevention Program Can Change Lives
By Galena Flores, Tillamook YMCA Lifestyle Coach & Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinator “You are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.” Those words can be scary. For many people, they are…
OBITUARY: Betty Alice (Fitzpatrick) Owens – November 17, 1942 – September 7, 2026
Betty Alice Fitzpatrick was born in Tillamook, OR on November 17, 1942 to Edmund A. and Betty Jo Fitzpatrick. She married the love her of life, Paul Owens Jr. on May…
