OHA has now added a COVID-19 weekly test summary to its website that provides updates on test results and supplies. OHA continues to provide COVID-19 testing through the Oregon State Public Health…
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Oregon reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, 59 new COVID-19 cases; Tillamook County remains at 6 cases
OIOpublisher COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 70 to 72, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday April 18th. Oregon Health Authority also reported 59…
Housing Challenges in Tillamook County during COVID-19: The Invisible Ones
By Laura Swanson The Facebook post on a new group Tillamook County Homelessness Update page from Amber Hall, started like this: “I sent this email to the Tillamook County commissioners office on…
Gray Whale Washes Up on Beach Near Sandlake
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office reports today April 18th that the camp host at Sandlake Recreation Area discovered that a 40 foot male grey whale washed up on Sandlake overnight. Biologists from…
Tillamook PUD Rate Update – Board of Directors Postpone Rate Increase to Fall, 2020
April 17, 2020 – The Tillamook PUD Board of Directors has made the decision to postpone a previously budgeted three percent rate increase. Consideration of any rate adjustment will be postponed until…
Tillamook County Library Offers Free Spring Reading Program; Register, Complete Activites, Enter to Win Prizes
Spring into Reading with activities you can do from home! Tillamook County Library invites the public to register for its free first Spring Reading program. The youth program, (ages 10-18) and the…
North County COVID-19 Business Relief Fund Launched by Fulcrum Community Resources
By Barbara McLaughlin, President, Fulcrum Community Resources Fulcrum Community Resources, Manzanita Visitor’s Center and others have been working to put a campaign together for the benefit of our local small businesses and…
Wyden Will Hold On-line Oregon Town Hall on April 17; Live Open-to-all on-line town hall hosted by Town Hall Project
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today announced he will have a live on-line town hall hosted by Town Hall Project open to all Oregonians beginning at 10:30 AM PT on…
An Essential Empath
~ Lynn St. Georges dedicates this essay to all the helpers “in these times” – the grocery store workers, the gas station attendants, the restaurants, the drivers and farmers and laborers. Thank…
Joint Statement About Youth Projects at the 2020 Tillamook County Fair- April 9th
Tillamook County’s 4-H, FFA, Junior Livestock Auction Committee, and Fair Management have been receiving many questions regarding youth projects at the 2020 Tillamook County fair. We understand the unknown nature of all…