Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Push!” someone shouted, and the group of firefighters put their shoulders up against the bumper and gave a mighty heave. The fire truck rocked back…
Category: North Tillamook County
Nehalem Valley Care Center Receives Oregon Community Foundation Grant to Address Nursing Staff Needs; $15,000 grant will support establishment of in-house training program
(Wheeler) – Health care staff shortages have become a chronic problem across the country and nowhere is the challenge of staffing health care facilities more pressing than in rural Oregon. Yet, thanks…
Response to commentary – See the Forest for the Trees – “OP/ED: Oregon Dept. of Forestry Mishandles Plan for State Forests; Data Reveals Plan Forces Budgets into the Red”
“There is no good reason that the most productive forestland in the state of Oregon cannot produce sustainable funding for local governments, jobs, timber supply and environmental services such as critical wildlife…
Hope Chest Celebrates Milestone – Donates Over $2 million to Local Charities; Search Continues for New North County Location
By Laura Swanson NOTE: The current Nehalem location is being sold, and the charity is looking for a new location in the three village area. Both locations are open and operating; please…
Heart of Cartm Accepts Award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley
Wheeler, OR – For their dedication to creatively reducing waste in Tillamook County, Heart of Cartm organization accepted an award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley during his in-person town hall at Tillamook…
13th Annual North County Pie Day Auction and Feast Saturday, Jan. 21st, White Clover Grange
NEHALEM, OR (January 5, 2023) — One of North County’s “must-attend” events, we all recall the January 2020 Pie Day as one of the last in-person events we attended that year … …
Construction begins Expansion Project at Manzanita Transfer Station Jan. 9th
The Manzanita Transfer Station, located at 34995 Necarney City Rd, has been home to an open burn site, a landfill, and has operated as a municipal solid waste (MSW) transfer station and…
Storm Cleanup Update – State Parks North County – Nehalem Unit; Marine Debris on Short Sand Beach, Oswald West
By Laura Swanson Even before the North Coast was battered by high seas and strong winds last week, large metal structures had washed up on area beaches. First on Rockaway Beach and…
New Years Eve at Pine Grove – Gratitude Jar Submissions Shared; Giving Tree, Music, Food & Fun – Parade at Midnight down Laneda
Bring in the New Year with the North Tillamook County community starting at 7 pm. Festivities will include a Gratitude Jar (see below to add your gratitudes) reading, a giving tree, food,…
NEW YEARS DAY: Polar Plunges – North & South – Neah-Kah-Nie Beach & Cape Lookout Beach
North County – Neah-Kah-Nie Beach New Year’s Day @ 11 am The “original” Tillamook County New Year’s Day Polar Plunge began in 2005 when a group of folks gathered and plunged ……
