EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Stay Fire Safe and Drive Carefully
OIOpublisher By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 7/21/2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, We will soon observe a sad anniversary. Five years ago next month, fires raged across Oregon, forever changing communities…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 7/21/25: Summer continues, warmer first half of week, average temperatures rest of week, weekend
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer We had a weak upper level disturbance move through overnight that did little except increase the cloudiness that persisted most of today. It…
DREW’S REVIEWS: SUPERMAN (2025)
By Andrew Jenck August 2014: I’m walking out of Guardians of the Galaxy, processing how I cared more for a group of then-obscure characters than that of the previous summer’s Man of…
ARDENT GOURMET: Fedé Trattoria, Astoria
By David & Susan Greenberg Astoria started as a fist-fighting harbor town. There were steam rooms for Finnish sailors. Finnish was a dominant second language. There were canneries galore to steer unending…
“Loyal Service” exhibit features working animals at war and home opens at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Spike served as a Private for most of his military career. He was a member of a Marine Detachment at Naval Air Station Tillamook during World War II. His job: improve morale…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATON (ODOT): Farm season is rolling— Be ready to share the road
EDITOR’S NOTE: Breaking News – Tillamook County is an agriculture county (yes, really!) And you’ll see tractors hauling trailers and harvesters and more rolling down Hwy. 101, along with the visitors, which…
Pelican Brewing to Open Another Coastal Location in Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Oregon’s Coastal brewery brings craft beer and food to a new location on the North Coast. (Rockaway Beach, OR) — Pelican Brewing Company, the iconic Oregon Coast brewery known for its award-winning…
Meet Daisy – United Paws Cat of the Week
Daisy is a beautiful tan and black tabby with a luxurious white chest & belly. Her greenish yellow eyes are rimmed in black, which complement her black-tipped nose. Daisy was rescued by United Paws…
TRYING TO SEE: Trump’s People Must Like His Cunning Selfishness
By Michael Randall Much of Donald Trump’s political rise is due to his shameless cunning. As any budding dictator knows, Trump had to create specific targets of hatred for “his people” to…