Community spread of COVID-19 in Tillamook County remains HIGH – 50 new COVID-19 cases and a test positive rate of 28.7% was recorded over the past 7 days (July 31st to August…
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GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 8/10/22
OIOpublisher By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Weather That was interesting last evening, spotty rain and thunderstorms from the valley to the coast. Today, we…
UPDATE ON THE MEMALOOSE POINT BOAT LAUNCH DREDGING PROJECT
Tillamook County Parks received the fully executed permit to dredge the Memaloose Point Boat Launch from the US Army Corps of Engineers on 8-4-22. Parks is doing everything within its power to…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather; Fires, Smoke & Pollen (8/9/22)
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Weather We are still talking about that pesty upper level low pressure area that sat off of northern California…
CLIMATE CHANGE: The ever changing ocean
By Cara Mico In the second of the climate series I’d like to take a look at ocean conditions. The Pacific Northwest Aquatic Marine Educators conference recently took place in Netarts, Oregon…
UPDATE: Coast Guard, partner organizations conclude removal of pollution threats from sunken ferry in Astoria, OR
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard concluded operations to remove pollution threats from the ferry vessel Tourist No. 2 in Astoria Friday. Global Diving and Salvage recovered approximately 525 gallons of diesel…
Community Invite: Tillamook Democracy Project Letter Writing to Get Out the Vote
Do you want to make sure progressives win in the mid term elections? Getting out the vote in key states is crucial for success and to protect democracy. Tillamook Democracy Project…
OP/ED: Divergent Thoughts on STRs
By Deb Simmons About a year ago, four retired professionals pulled together to study the significant problems facing our city. Short term rentals (STRs) was only one of several issues studied. This…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Early August News
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Working with community leaders over the past two years, we succeeded in bringing home transformative investments in failing water systems, aging…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 8/8/22 – What? A Chance of Showers??
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Monday, August 8, 2022 As promised, yesterday was warm with the highs in the low 80s here, the upper 90s over towards Portland….