By Barbara Trout for the Tillamook County Pioneer As spring brings warmer weather to the north coast, people are getting out, prepping their gardens and eagerly anticipating a growing season. This makes…
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SPRING RECIPE: Strawberry season is almost here!
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Any time anyone mentions strawberries, I just can’t help myself but to add my amazing Julia Child story. Yep! I met Julia Child. In Vermont in an airport van….
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR & MANAGER: Rockaway Beach, What’s on Your Mind?
By Robin Swain Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly and City Manager Luke Shepard invite community members to join them for coffee at Rockaway Beach City Hall on Thursday May 25th from 9am…
SECOND SINKHOLE FORMS AT CAPE KIWANDA STATE NATURAL AREA, PLEASE USE CAUTION IN THE AREA
(PACIFIC CITY, Ore. 5/9/23) — Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is asking visitors to use caution and to stay away from the area where a second sinkhole has formed at Cape Kiwanda State Natural…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 5/10/23; Safety Messages About Upcoming Warm Weather …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Wednesday, May 10, 2023 The last in a series of recent low pressure areas is moving inland to the south but may push…
FATAL CRASH SUNDAY MAY 7th – HWY 101 @ALDERBROOK ROAD – TILLAMOOK COUNTY
On Sunday, May 7, 2023, at approximately 4:26 P.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 101, near milepost 63, in Tillamook County. The preliminary investigation indicated a…
CALL TO ACTION: Clatsop and Columbia Counties Loss of Bus Service Impacting the Most Vulnerable – People Need Help
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is a humanitarian crisis in our own backyard. The sudden shut-down of Sunset Empire Transportation District is impacting hundreds of people. Little to no service has been restored (limited…
Sheriff’s Office budget cut insight from someone who’s been there …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gordon gave me a call yesterday afternoon and it wasn’t to talk about the weather. He’d just seen a story on a valley news channel about the Tillamook County cutting…
RESPONSE: Wait, I’m Not An 80-Year-Old EVCNB Volunteer!
By Brad Hart As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the…
National Fentanyl Awareness Day – Launch of Northwest Oregon Fentanyl Aware Campaign
From Tillamook County Community Health Centers: Today, May 9th, is National Fentanyl Awareness Day and the official launch of the Northwest Oregon Fentanyl Aware Campaign. Tillamook, Columbia, and Clatsop County have come…