OIOpublisher Here’s the Pioneer’s weekly news summary – thanks to Drew Reid, Arch Cape Studios/Nehalem Bay Experiences and Frank Squillo, voiceover talent extraordinaire … it’s been a busy weather week with multiple…
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I’ve been thinking … A Town Without Pity
By Jim Heffernan If you remember this song, you’re old. It came out in 1961 when I was a Freshman in High School. There were lyrics, but all I remember is the…
Amid Instability on HHS Websites – Including Medicaid Payment Portal – Chaos & Confusion Intensify; Schumer, Wyden Demand Answers From Administration on HHS Blackout, Total Lack Of Transparency, and Jeopardizing Health Care for Millions of Children and Families
Following Continued Chaos and Confusion by DOGE and Trump and a Full Day Shutdown on the Federal Platform to Reimburse State Medicaid Programs, Democratic Leaders Seek Answers on Trump Administration’s Incompetence Washington,…
CITY OF ROCKAWAY BEACH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FEB. 12, 2025
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…
OBITUARY: Robert Kent McLaughlin – August 20, 1943 – February 2, 2025
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. Robert…
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…