By Kim Rosenberg, Manzanita resident It’s easy to be discouraged some days. It’s easy to think that all the problems we face are too big, that what we as individuals do, doesn’t…
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Drew’s Editorials: TO INFINITY AND SOMEWHERE …
By Andrew Jenck This month gave us D23, a convention by the Walt Disney Company revealing various film, television, and theme park projects. While many were anticipating new Marvel and Star Wars…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION: Stop the wannabe machine, Vote No
By Oceanside True Friends PAC Is it possible for an unincorporated area to have a political “machine”? If Oceanside doesn’t have one, it’s not for lack of trying. On October 30, 2021,…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION – A RESPONSE TO OCEANSIDE TRUE FRIENDS PAC SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 LETTER
By Oceansiders United With another day comes another attempt by Oceanside True Friends (“OTF”) to fearmonger and mislead Oceanside voters into a house of mirrors that is divorced from the reality we…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weekend Weather & Wrap up National Preparedness Month 9/30/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer Friday, September 30, 2022 Weather The first real rainy front of the fall season gave the area anywhere from a half an inch of…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month Tips 9/28/22
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Weather Between the cold front, the trough of low pressure, then the associated low pressure area moving across the area, some areas in and around Tillamook got about…
OHA lifts health advisories for Short Sand, Rockaway beaches Sept. 29
PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today September 29, 2022, lifted public health advisories for contact with ocean water at Short Sand and Rockaway beaches, both located in Tillamook County. The health authority issued the…
Laity Is a Golden Opportunity
Those of us who live in Oregon House District 32 have an opportunity in the November 8 Midterm Election to send a young, devoted public servant to Salem: Logan Laity. I have…
Opioid overdoses increased in 2021, OHA report shows; Fentanyl and methamphetamine help fuel rise in deaths and hospitalizations
PORTLAND, Ore.—Methamphetamines and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl helped drive an increase in opioid overdoses and related deaths in 2021, according to a new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) report. The report shows that…
Sewer Line Repair at Pacific Ave./1st Street Tillamook Result in Street Closures Oct. 1st -Oct. 6th
The City of Tillamook is working on sewer line repair and will be closing the one-lane on Pacific Avenue/1st Street. There will be road and detour signage for traffic. The closure will…