North County Recreation District (NCRD) in Nehalem held a groundbreaking ceremony adjacent to its Performing Arts Center (PAC) on December 9th. The occasion was a celebration of the start of construction of…
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Deputy Ben Berger Awarded Oregon State Sheriff’s Association Award of Valor
On December 9th, due to COVID restrictions, family and Tillamook County Sheriff’s command staff gathered to present Deputy Ben Berger the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association’s Award for Valor. This was based on…
Economic Development Council of Tillamook County & Tillamook County BOCC offering COVID-19 emergency grants to local businesses, 501(c)(3) nonprofits
December 9, 2020. Tillamook, Oregon. Economic Development Council of Tillamook County in partnership with the Tillamook County BOCC announced today the availability of grants to small businesses, defined as those with 100…
College Expands Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Programs through Mechtronics Purchase
Tillamook Bay Community College recently finalized the purchase of the former Mechtronics building on Third Street in Tillamook. The building, which sits across the street from the college’s main campus, will house…
OHA “Warning Week” data shows Tillamook County projected to move to “High Risk” category effective 12/18/20
From Tillamook County Community Health Centers With Oregon’s new Risk and Protection framework, county risk levels are updated every two weeks in response to how COVID-19 is spreading in our communities. On…
Oregon commercial crab fishery opens December 16 south of Cape Falcon
Fresh Oregon crab is back on the menu – the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open on most of Oregon’s coast as of Dec. 16, 2020. Dungeness crab will be ready to…
SURFER IN SEASIDE SUFFERS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AFTER SHARK BITE AT THE COVE
Seaside, Ore. – On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at approximately 3:26 p.m., Seaside Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a report of a shark bite victim in the area of the Seaside…
Oceanside Beach Tunnel Closed by Landslide, Traps Several People, Successful Rescue Today, December 5th
By Laura Swanson, editor Today, December 5th at approximately 10:45am a rockslide occurred at the south opening of the Oceanside Tunnel partially blocking access. Netarts-Oceanside Fire/Rescue members and Tillamook Ambulance were dispatched…
$400,000 grant puts Rainforest Reserve within reach for North Coast Land Conservancy
With announcement November 30th of a $400,000 grant award from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, North Coast Land Conservancy is now appealing to the community to complete fundraising for the Rainforest Reserve, a…
Oregon reports 1,599 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths; Tillamook County again on the list – adding 5 more cases; total cases at 131
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 905, the Oregon Health Authority reported today November 29th. As we hit this somber milestone of…