Join the Nehalem Valley Historical Society on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center to learn about this time in our north coast history when a peaceful…
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OREGON STATE POLICE: FATAL CRASH – HIGHWAY 26 – CLATSOP COUNTY JANUARY 10
(Clatsop County, Ore. Jan. 12, 2026)- On Saturday, January 10, 2026, at 1:46 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 26, near milepost 1, in Clatsop County. The…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 1/12/26: Fair, Dry, Mild ALL Week, Thanks to Strong High Pressure Ridge Dominating Weather Pattern Through Sunday
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The good news for this mild Monday is that there is a strong high pressure ridge over the area, because in the satellite…
Wyden Announces First Eight Town Halls of 2026; Tillamook on Jan. 22, Clatsop on Jan. 23
Senator will hold open-to-all town halls Jan. 16-24 in Jefferson, Deschutes, Clackamas, Marion, Lane, Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia counties. Rep. Janelle Bynum will co-host town halls in Deschutes and Clackamas counties. Portland – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will hold…
Structure Fire at Trask River Apartments Sunday January 11th Tragic Impacts – One Fatality & Multiple Residents Displaced
Just after noon on January 11, 2026, the Tillamook City Police Department responded to a structure fire at the Trask River Apartments located at 1007 5th Street in Tillamook, in coordination with…
POETRY: National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman pens a moving poem in wake of tragic ICE murder of Minneapolis mother and fellow poet, Renée Good
From Amanda Gorman: On January 7th, 2026, ICE agents murdered Renee Nicole Good by shooting her in the head through her car window. She was a poet and writer, a wife, and…
WORDS OF WISDOM: A Message For Our Times
By Neal Lemery In these challenging times, I have been looking for some moral guidance and inspiration, seeking both wisdom and solace, as well as direction on how we as a society…
Let’s Talk Tillamook: The State of Childcare on the North Coast
A conversation with Eva Manderson, Director of Childcare Resource & Referral (Northwest Regional ESD) January 2026 Q: Eva, tell us about your background. A: I started out with a degree in animal…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: You Didn’t See What You Think You Saw
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…
CITY OF TILLAMOOK PUBLIC NOTICE: Planning Commission Vacancies
The Tillamook City Council is currently accepting volunteer applications for appointments to serve on the City of Tillamook Planning Commission. The City of Tillamook has three (3) vacancies on the Tillamook City…