On Friday, August 2, 2019, at about 8:32pm, Tillamook 911 received a report of three male individuals being pulled further out into the ocean from near the Nehalem Bay State Park. They…
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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Chinook Harbor
OIOpublisher SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews hoisted an injured man from a sport fishing vessel that ran aground near Chinook Harbor, Washington, Monday morning, August 5th. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia…
Coast Guard rescues 3 from island in Willapa Bay, WA
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued three people from an island in Willapa Bay after their canoe capsized due to weather, Monday evening, August 5th. One of the stranded individuals called 911…
Expect delays in services due to ongoing phone and computer network issues at state agencies
Aug. 5, 2019 SALEM – Ongoing computer and phone network issues that began late last week are continuing to cause delays at state offices, phone centers and online services. This includes high-volume…
Manzanita City Budget Committee: An Open letter to David Dillon, Jim Hickey, Terry Staehnke, Phil Mannan and Jim Dopp
Gentleman, You may be aware that I have raised concerns with the Mayor and Council about the misappropriation of Water Fund revenues to pay the salaries and benefits for the City Manager…
An Anchor in a Storm
By Neal Lemery We are often called to stand by a friend, offering a hand and being their anchor. A friend was recently in the middle of a storm in his life,…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT August 2019 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings in August: •August 7, 2019 Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: Sheraton…
“…Change Always Happens…” SOS Tillamook Prevention Specialist DeAnna Pearl Takes New Position with Cowlitz Tribe
EDITOR’S NOTE: This email appeared in dozens of inboxes earlier this month – “OK, So I am just going to say it. I will be leaving Tillamook County by July 31st to…
GUEST COLUMN: Putting Your TLT Dollars to Work – Part 1
By Mary Faith Bell, Tillamook County Commissioner Last year when I was on the campaign trail for the office of county commissioner, a number of people asked me, ‘What is the county…
What’s up with county road striping? Three center lines?
By Laura Swanson In this day and age of social media, part of my job is to monitor half-a-dozen (or more) community news groups (yes, really it’s part of my job), bulletin…