EDITOR’S NOTE: “Lawless” enforcement – breaking into people’s homes with no warrants, using children as “bait”, posing as utility representatives, and more unlawful tactics are being used by ICE agents in Minneapolis…
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Bay City Arts Center February First Friday Gallery Opening & Music Event Saturday: A Winter Glimpse of the Beloved Ocean Celebration – Feb. 6 & 7
Join local communities and visitors alike this February and experience the spirit of the beloved annual Ocean Celebration—traditionally held each August at Cape Lookout—through two special events at the Bay City Arts…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Wrong Question
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege.” Oregon legislator and local dentist, representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
Oregon’s Jeff Merkley and the power of showing up
By Marc C. Johnson I came of age in a different political time. Hell, it was a different political universe. As a press secretary to a Democratic governor in a very conservative…
Join Senator Wyden for Town Hall in Tillamook Tomorrow Jan. 22
Please join U.S. Senator Ron Wyden for an in-person Tillamook County Town Hall on Thursday January 22 at 5:00 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officers Mess Hall. Please note: Similar…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Some Good News for a Good New Year
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 1/19/2026 I hope each of you had a safe and wonderful weekend and observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday was not simply a…
OBITUARY: Elsie Flora Purcell-Marx – September 11, 1941 – January 3, 2026
Elsie Purcell-Marx of Tillamook, Oregon, passed away January 3rd, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. Her final resting place will be with her late husband, Walter Purcell, at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland,…
NORTH COAST PINBALL CONTINUES COMMUNITY GIVING, 2025 DONATIONS TOTAL OVER $1,000
My dear friends, When I started writing this I was feeling disoriented and unsettled. It seems normal to feel this way, as these are disorienting and unsettling times. James Baldwin said, “not…
OBITUARY: Birgitt Eveline (née Klews) Jayred – November 14, 1946 – December 16, 2025
Birgitt Eveline (née Klews) Jayred, 79, of Tillamook, Oregon, died on December 16, 2025, at OHSU Hospital in Portland after a three-month battle with infection following complex spinal surgery. Born on November 14, 1946, in…
Senator Merkley pays a visit to Tillamook Saturday January 17th
By Romy Carver; Photos by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer On Saturday afternoon January 17, 2026, a crowd of concerned citizens enthusiastically gathered for a town hall with Senator Jeff…
