PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Rockaway Beach City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Room of City…
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OBITUARY: Robert Kent McLaughlin – August 20, 1943 – February 2, 2025
OIOpublisher Robert Kent McLaughlin was born August 20, 1943 in Pocatello, Idaho to Talbot and Kathleen (Miley) McLaughlin and passed away February 2, 2025 in Tillamook, Oregon at the age of 81….
Response to Reimagining America’s Role in Global Aid
Dear Editor, Freezing foreign assistance makes the US weaker, less safe, and less prosperous. Here’s why: As we know all too well, diseases don’t respect borders. US investments in global health have…
IT’S TILLAMOOK HIGH SCHOOL CHARITY DRIVE TIME! CALENDARS OF EVENTS – Coronation, Events Kick-Off on Friday Feb. 7th;
Speaking of ways to MAKE THINGS BETTER … Neal Lemery’s “Words of Wisdom” are perfect to announce that the Tillamook High School Charity Drive Kicks-off on Friday February 7th. There are LOTS…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Making Things Better
By Neal Lemery I’ve always heard that we are here to make things better. That is our ultimate purpose, and that we do that work with love, compassion, and focus. Whatever else…
Federal Funding Freeze Local Impacts – Tillamook Estuaries Partnership; Good News Access to Funds Restored, But Stay Tuned … We Need Your Voices
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook Estuaries Partnership informed supporters that the Federal funding freeze was happening here. “Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered a 90-day pause on…
It’s Black History Month In America! Frederick Douglass
By Jim Heffernan Somehow racism has kept me from knowing very much about the story of Frederick Douglass. This week’s Saturday Sermon opened with a extended quote from the speech he gave…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Deputy Cloud Amazing Rescue of Injured Puppy
On January 25th, 2025, at approximately 12:09pm a man reported seeing what he believed was a lost dog trapped on the east side of the Wilson River near mile post 20 of…
City of Rockaway Beach Mayor’s Monthly Update February 3, 2025
By Mayor Charles McNeilly Welcome to my City of Rockaway Beach Monthly Update with a look back at the month of January 2025. The 2025-2029 Strategic Plan has been revised with the…
OBITUARY: Carol Frances Jacobs – March 21, 1939 – January 31, 2025
Carol Frances Jacobs passed away, surrounded by family, on January 31st, 2025, in Brush Prairie, Washington at the age of 85. Carol was born March 21, 1939, in Tillamook, OR to Herman…