The Rockaway Beach Public Works Department is preparing to undertake a culvert project on S. 2nd Ave. near Coral St. This project is part of our ongoing efforts to complete work outlined…
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Necarney Creek Bridge Collapse Prompts Repairs and Raises Questions of Structural Integrity
Repair work is set to begin later this month on the Necarney Creek Bridge, a historic structure on U.S. Highway 101, after part of its northbound sidewalk and guardrail collapsed in late…
OP/ED: Public Engagement, Transparency and Justice Are Promoted in Rockaway Beach
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly provided a report about the city’s recent lawsuit in which the judge decided in favor of the City. One of the plaintiffs, Justin McMahan, also…
Dear Stranger letter campaign comes to the Tillamook County Library
For 10 years, Oregon Humanities’ Dear Stranger project has invited Oregonians to exchange letters with people they’ve never met. Since 2014, more than 1,000 people have sent letters to Dear Stranger and received letters…
Letter to Editor: Water Rates Comparison of Three Villages
Having read the discussions about water rates in Manzanita, I was curious about how we, as a town, compare to our neighbors. Until 2024, Manzanita hadn’t raised its rates in about nine…
SHORT FILMS RETURN TO NEHALEM, SATURDAY, SEP. 7
The McMinnville Short Film Festival will offer a pop-up screening of five environmental or documentary short films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem on Saturday, Sep. 7 at…
OP/ED: Citizens’ Rights in Rockaway Beach – A Fight for Justice
EDITOR’S NOTE: This op/ed is a response to Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly’s report on the recent lawsuit brought by several Rockaway Beach citizens about how city council positions are chosen in…
AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS – LETTER TO TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD – Over 700 signatures to bring back Garcia Girls
September 3, 2024 Dear Tillamook School Board Members, We, the undersigned authors and illustrators, are writing to oppose the removal of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents from your district’s 10th-grade…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT): U.S. 101 bridge North of Manzanita Repair Work Expected to Start in Late September; Lane Closure, Flagging Traffic until Repairs Complete
(Sept. 5, 2024, MANZANITA, OR) – The Oregon Department of Transporetation (ODOT) expect repair work to start in late September on the Necarney Creek Bridge on U.S. 101 four miles north of…
City of Rockaway Beach Monthly Update September 3, 2024
By Mayor Charles McNeilly Welcome to my City of Rockaway Beach Monthly Update with a look back at the month of August 2024. I delivered my annual State of the City Message…