COVID-19 has claimed 11 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 408, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday August 19th. OHA reported 203 new confirmed and presumptive cases of…
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Tillamook Forest Center hosts upcoming virtual programs – Cougars, Owls & Forest Trivia
OIOpublisher We’ve missed you. To help limit exposure to Covid-19 and help protect our entire community, the Tillamook Forest Center is closed to the public. Despite the closure, you can still stay…
Group of bipartisan governors call on Secretary Ross and Director Dillingham to restore October 31 deadline to Ensure Fair and Accurate Count
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown, joined by bipartisan Governors from Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, and Vermont, today called on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross Jr. and U.S….
New child care and early education guidelines released; Video series t help people with intellectual, developmental disabilities learn about COVID-19
Last week, the Oregon Department of Education’s Early Learning Division released the new “Health and Safety Guidelines for Child Care and Early Education Operating in COVID-19.” The updated guidelines take effect Tuesday, September…
Leaders’ Responses to Overwhelmed Communities — Tillamook County Commissioner Bill Baertlein & Oregon State Parks Director Lisa Sumption
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our email and messenger inboxes have been filling with stories, letters, photos and videos of the invasion this weekend, during the summer and that continues today. South County resident Lynnae…
Garibaldi Portside Bistro Shares Thank You for Business, Concern About Well-Being of Community
EDITOR’S NOTE: One of our favorite places, Garibaldi Portside Bistro posted this thoughtful message on social media today and we wanted to share it with you. It’s a great reminder of all…
Take a virtual walk on the Oregon Coast Trail Sept. 10
The Oregon Coast Trail is a border-to-border hiking route first proposed about 50 years ago and first declared “hikeable” in the 1980s. But it remains a work in progress. And people have…
Tillamook Bay Community College Presents Free Community Movie Nights – Aug. 21-23
Tillamook Bay Community College is hosting free community movie nights in conjunction with the Tillamook Coliseum Theater to raise money and awareness for the Equal Justice Initiative, August 21, 22 and 23….
Oregon reports 252 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 388, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday August 16th. Oregon Health Authority reported 252 new…
Short Sands (Oswald West State Park) the morning after… #TakingBackOurParks Solutions for Curbing Visitor Invasion — CALL TO ACTION: Email to Travel Oregon, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Visit Tillamook Coast
By Laura Swanson & Julie Chick for the Tillamook County Pioneer From Julie Chick: I wanted to get a first hand look at Short Sands after a day like yesterday (Saturday August…