Tillamook County Community Health Centers (TCCHC) is pleased to welcome Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (Genoa) to Tillamook County. TCCHC has partnered with Genoa to offer on-site medication services to our patients and the…
Grant McOmie, longtime outdoor reporter for KGW, has died
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve had the opportunity to work with Grant on several wonderful stories – from his feature on Karla Steinhauser to the Smiley Salmon Harvest – it seems most any time…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION PRESENTS COASTAL FUTURES: The Path Forward Saturday April 18th
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites the North Coast community to participate in a live event, “Coastal Futures: The Path Forward,” presented by students in the Master of Landscape Architecture…
HAIKUING IN OREGON WITH CHUCK MCLAUGHLIN – SPRING Continued …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Randall’s call to haiku (see link below) reminded me that Barbara McLaughlin had shared Chuck McLaughlin’s haikus at his celebration of life, and I had always wanted to enshrine…
GOODNESS NEWS: Kindness of Strangers Times Two in Tillamook
In today’s polarized world, the kindness of strangers is a welcome reminder that people are generally good and the humanity that binds us all. My family was recently on the receiving end…
HOFFMAN CENTER WONDER GARDEN: Manzanita Day Celebration March 31st
By mayoral proclamation, March 31 is Manzanita Day, a celebration of the shrub for which our town is named! Join us for this annual community event featuring a live raffle drawing and the…
BUTCHE’S BLOG: Some More Good Stuff
By Butch Freedman As the world appears to crater around us, and our president drags us closer and closer to the abyss, I find myself ever more in need of escape. Here…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: It Keeps Happening
“You can fool too many people, too much of the time.” ― James Thurber By Marc C. Johnson In 1974 a reporter for New Times magazine surveyed 200 congressional staffers, some members of Congress…
OBITUARY: John Michael Rieger – May 28, 1946 – March 19, 2026
John Michael Rieger was born in Tillamook, Oregon on May 28, 1946. He passed away on March 19, 2026, at the age of 79. His family was his greatest pride. He was…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT April 2026 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: April 1, 2026, Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: Virtual April 2,…