Dear Friends and Neighbors, You may have seen Tillamook County in the news this past week for the sad fact that we had to order a refrigerated morgue truck to accommodate the…
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COVID-19 STATEMENT FROM TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: GET VACCINATED!
OIOpublisher Dear Friends and Neighbors, The COVID Delta variant is spreading like wildfire among the unvaccinated in our community. In the past two weeks, we have had 361 new positive cases in…
Tillamook County COVID-19 Response: FIVE New COVID-19 Deaths in Tillamook County; County to Bring in Mobile Morgue as Local Funeral Home Runs Out of Space; County Death Toll at Eleven
EDITOR’S NOTE – From over 3 hours of meetings, the Community Leadership meeting and an Emergency Board of Commissioners meeting today: It is truly the worst of times … by the numbers…
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies, Search & Rescue Assist Separated Hikers Friday, Saturday Aug.20-21
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies and Search and Rescue (SAR) Team members were called out Friday night August 20th at 9:00 pm for a report of two lost hikers in the area…
Adventist Health Tillamook Pauses Elective Surgery Schedule to Accommodate COVID Surge Effective Aug. 18 through Aug. 27
August 18, 2021, Tillamook, Ore. – In order to address the influx of patients needing testing and treatment of COVID, Adventist Health Tillamook Medical Center is pausing elective surgeries for the remainder…
ODF News | Cedar Butte Fire Morning Update Saturday, August 14, 2021 – Perimeter Complete Around Fire, Focus on Mop Up Operations
Crews have completed a perimeter around the fire and are focusing on mop up operations. TILLAMOOK, Ore.- The Cedar Butte Fire 18 miles east of Tillamook is now 74 acres, but crews…
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MAKES DECISION TO CANCEL ELECTIVE SURGERIES AS COVID CASES RISE STATEWIDE
Astoria, OR – With COVID-19 cases on the unfortunate upswing both nationally and statewide, Columbia Memorial Hospital is canceling elective surgeries and converting more rooms to negative pressure environments to help ensure…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY – Tillamook State Forest: Cedar Butte Fire Update – 8/13/21 – Favorable overnight conditions, crews make progress; High temps & red flag warning today challenges efforts
Favorable overnight conditions allowed firefighting crews to make good progress, but today’s high temperatures and a red flag warning will continue to challenge firefighters TILLAMOOK, Ore.- The Cedar Butte Fire 18 miles…
Tillamook County Transportation District Activates COVID-19 Response Protocols; Services Limited
August 12, 2021, Tillamook, OR: The Tillamook County Transportation District will be experiencing service interruptions over the coming days, the extent of which is not currently known. Frequent updates will be posted…
ODF News – Tillamook State Forest: Cedar Butte Fire Morning Update for Thursday, August 12, 2021
TILLAMOOK, Ore.- The Cedar Butte Fire burning west of Highway 6 up Cedar Butte Road is currently estimated at 50 acres. The fire is burning entirely on Tillamook State Forest ground in…