Multiple organizations are working to meet the current and upcoming childcare need for Tillamook School District Students. The YMCA, Mid County Parks and Recreation District, Tillamook School District #9, the Church of…
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FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Parkocalypse and Public Dollars, Round Two
OIOpublisher By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, Practical Responses to Parkocalypse: Last week I wrote about the Parkocalypse at the Beach. In hindsight, it may not have been clear whether…
$200,000 IN GRANT FUNDING TO HELP TILLAMOOK COUNTY TOURISM BUSINESSES
Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) Hometown Resilience Fund doubles the funding normally available for tourism marketing grants. When locals need help, organizations throughout Tillamook County step up. It happens after natural disasters,…
TILLAMOOK WORKS: Internship Opportunity for Local Students Helps Create ‘Build-your-own’ Workforce
A brand-new internship opportunity for high school and college students is helping local businesses meet short- and long-term workforce needs and giving students hands-on work experience. Tillamook Works is a career readiness…
Fulcrum Small Business Relief Fund Art Raffle
Fulcrum Community Resources announces a new fundraiser to benefit their small business community of Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler and the Nehalem Valley area. Local visionary artist, Shaukya Dekker, has graciously donated her recent…
Hoffman Center Sets First Virtual Book Launch Sept. 1st
Lori Tobias, former coast writer for The Oregonian newspaper, will hold a virtual launch for her new book “Storm Beat: A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast” Tuesday, Sep. 1, at 6…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: The Parents are NOT OK
By Karen Olson Did you hear that? That was the sound of rising panic as parents everywhere contemplate the beginning of comprehensive distance learning in just a few weeks. This is not…
It’s Pesticide Season in Tillamook County
By Nancy Webster, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection When will our “Dark Waters” be filmed? For those who have seen that 2019 movie, which covered DuPont Chemical Company knowingly dumping industrial…
Fall Term Registration is Open at Tillamook Bay Community College, Scholarships Available
Registration is now open for fall term classes at Tillamook Bay Community College. Fall term begins Sept. 21. If this is your first time enrolling at TBCC as a degree-seeking student, you…
Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) Revenues Should Support Public Safety Services
By Bill Baertlein, Chair, Tillamook County Board of Commissioners Tillamook County has a population of approximately 26,000, which our first responders can barely provide services for. Tourism has increased year after year…