The meeting will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Emergency Operations Center located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings….
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Rockaway Beach Announces 4th of July Parade Grand Marshal – Annie Lommen
OIOpublisher By Robin Swain Annie Lommen is a force of nature who spreads joy everywhere she goes! At 93 years young she is still a bundle of energy, moving at a pace…
OP/ED: On Human Rights, Faith and the Grief of a Nation
By Mary Faith Bell On the infamous Friday after the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe vs Wade was announced, I ran into a friend at the farmers market. My friend is…
Local Student with Stand Out Graduation Accomplishment – High School Diploma plus 3 TBCC Degrees
As graduation season has wrapped up, many are breathing sighs of relief and celebrating their accomplishment. One Neah-Kah-Nie High School graduate, Spider Hyde, is celebrating times three. In addition to completing his…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help Betsy Run
This November, I hope to vote for Betsy Johnson to become Oregon’s next Governor. I say “hope” because she needs our help to get on the ballot. Running as an unaffiliated candidate,…
Fire Season 2022 approaching for Northwest Oregon; Wildfire Crews Ready
From Mike Cafferata, Forest Grove District Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry (6/29/22): We are getting close to fire season 2022. While the wet spring has been great, things are starting to dry…
COVID-19 RESPONSE: Letter to Employers from Tillamook County Public Health
EDITOR’S NOTE: One the weekly Community Update Tillamook County Community Health Centers Deputy Director Rockie Phillips reported that Tillamook County’s test positivity rate is over 30%, and the county’s has a “high”…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: 66th COVID-19 Related Death Reported in Tillamook County
(TILLAMOOK, Ore. –June 28, 2022) — Tillamook County Public Health Department was notified of one new COVID-19 related death that occurred in June 2022, raising the Tillamook County COVID-19 pandemic death toll to…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/29/22
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 08:00am An upper level trough of low pressure is sitting off the coast and keeping us under a southwesterly flow which is deepening the marine layer which in…
BOOK REVIEW: What Unites Us – Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather
By Jim Heffernan I found this book of essays very enjoyable. There are 16 essays, each extolling a particular aspect of a broad topic and each aspect seems to be somehow diminished…