CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT: I have a lifelong dedication to children’s education. My children and grandchildren have attended district schools, and my great-grandchildren are continuing this tradition at the pre-school. I have a BA…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CYRUS JAVADI: What I’m Working On – Safe Schools Package, Update on Bad Bills & More
OIOpublisher By Representative Cyrus Javadi, House District 32 March marked the halfway point of the 2023 Legislative Session. I wish I could report that it is all downhill from here, but as…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: First Comes Awareness, Then Comes Understanding, Next Comes Acceptance, and Finally there is Equitability
by Dr. Danell Boggs, DBH, LCSW at Tillamook County Community Health Center Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Every year in March there are campaigns across the nation to bring awareness to Developmental Disabilities….
NEHALEM BAY GARDEN CLUB GIVES NEHALEM POST OFFICE A NEW LOOK and PURPOSE: Bring Back The Pollinators – Plant Natives!
Native plants are beautiful and needed by pollinators to thrive. Nehalem Bay Garden Club (NBGC) is dedicated to supporting garden learning and enhancing the connection between plants and our ecosystem. NBGC “adopted”…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERT: Winter Storm Warning for Coast Range Extended to Monday 4/3/23 at 05:00AM
* WHAT…Heavy snow above 1500 feet. Additional snow accumulations of 6 to 13 inches, except 2 to 8 inches below 2000 feet. * WHERE…Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and Central Coast Range…
Re-elect Marc Johnson to the Nehalem Bay Health District board
To the editor: This May, voters living in the Nehalem Bay Health District (NBHD) have the opportunity to re-elect Marc Johnson to the District’s board, which he currently chairs. I urge voters…
Clatsop County residents fight for public’s right to vote as vacation rental industry seeks to block local election; Petitioners of Measure 4-221 filed a motion to intervene today on a case brought against Clatsop County
Astoria, Ore.—Petitioners on a Clatsop County ballot measure to protect homes in rural neighborhoods from being converted to vacation rentals today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought against the…
POSITIVE VIBES: The Magic of Mushrooms
By Jan Boal, RN So what’s all the buzz about mushrooms!? Well, they really are pretty amazing. From radioactive clean up, regenerating of brain neuroplasticity, to therapy for long term trauma, depression…
BOOK REVIEW: A Gentle Answer – Our “Secret Weapon” in an Age of Us Against Them
By Jim Heffernan Braver Angels has a library* of sorts. There aren’t any real books there, but there’s a growing list with summaries and reviews for about 130+ books. These are books…
Short Term Rental Industry Blatantly Breaking Oregon Campaign Finance Laws; Opponents of a citizen initiative to preserve residential housing stock in Clatsop County ignored multiple campaign finance rules
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is an initiative on Clatsop County’s ballot – Measure 4-221 – to phase out short-term rentals in unincorporated Clatsop County. For more about the Measure, see links below. Astoria,…