Please write, email, or call Governor Kate Brown and ask for an immediate statewide halt to aerial pesticide spraying, and also ask her to initiate a statewide ban on prescribed burning. Concurrently…
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Solid Waste Cancels May 1-2 Hazardous Waste Collections Events
OIOpublisher From: David McCall, Solid Waste Program Manager Due to an abundance of caution with regard to COVID-19 restrictions and the safety of our staff, volunteers, contractors, and the public, we have…
Rockaway Beach Fire Dept. Responds to Beach Grass Fire at Manhattan Beach Today April 20th
Before 4 pm this afternoon, April 20th the Rockaway Beach Fire Department was called to Manhattan beach for a brush fire. Photos by Don Best show the cleanup phase after heavy black…
Home Invasion Robbery Suspects Apprehended in Rockaway Beach Sunday April 19th
On Sunday April 19, 2020 the Rockaway Beach Police Department, assisted by the Tillamook City Police Department, Manzanita Department of Public Safety, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police…
OHA adds weekly testing summary to COVID-19 website
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…
Oregon reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, 59 new COVID-19 cases; Tillamook County remains at 6 cases
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 new…
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…