By Cara Mico, Assistant Editor Phil Chick has lived in Nehalem for almost half of his life. Originally from Indiana, Mr. Chick moved to Portland, then to the coast. He was escaping…
Category: Community
“Reclaiming Our Public Trust Rights” A Zoom Forum with Professor Mary Wood Oct. 17th
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection and the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition are honored to host a special webinar with author and legal theorist Mary Cristina Wood of the University of Oregon…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER’S QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES – Nov. 2022: Manzanita Mayor & City Council
It’s election time – and in Tillamook County there has been an increase in participation in our government process with many races have multiple choices. The Pioneer is proud to provide this…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & Fun Fact 10/6/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, October 6, 2022 Weather Still not much change is expected with the high pressure ridge still over the area. We started out…
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS – October 2022 Events: Art of Growing Oysters; Mean, Green, Digging Machines: Green Crab on the Oregon Coast; Crabbing Netarts Bay with WEBS and TEP; Wintering Birding on the Bay: A Drawing Excursion
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS fall community events are underway! Join us this month for some coastal fun, including our crab-focused events for fall crabbing season! You can learn more about the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE: November 8, 2022, General Election
General Election Day is Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 – Important Dates and Information about voting: Last day for New Oregon voters to register to vote for the November 8th General Election is…
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE: Tillamook County Transportation District Board of Directors Regular Monthly Meeting
Thursday, October 20, 2022 @ 6:00pm Board of Directors Regular Monthly Meeting Agenda items will include General Manager’s Financial, Operational, and Service Reports. The agenda also includes Action & Discussion Items, and…
OBITUARY: Sherry Lee Vachio – January 12, 1945 – September 30, 2022
Sherry Lee Vachio, 77, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her three children, just after sunset on September 30, 2022, following three years with small cell lung cancer. She was born on January…
Wayne Schroeder retires after 35 years with Zwald Transport; Celebrate Sat. Oct. 8th at the Tillamook Creamery “Red Barn” from 1 to 4 pm
By Chelsea Yarnell Wayne Schroeder will forever have trucking in his blood. “I wanted to drive truck, Ken [Zwald] heard that I did, but I didn’t have any experience,” Wayne said. “Ken…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Productive Trip to DC
By Representative David Gomberg Regular readers have heard me talk in the past about the Big Creek Dams in Newport. In 2011, engineers learned that the two earthen dams that store the…