Editor’s Note: Local artist and writer Karen Keltz posted this on her Facebook page a few days ago, and the 50+ comments told me that these memories would resonate with Pioneer readers….
Category: Community
Multiple victims rescued at Cape Meares during water rescue
OIOpublisher Today, August 16th around 12:02 pm, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, United States Coast Guard-Tillamook Bay, Tillamook Fire Department and Tillamook Ambulance personnel responded to the beach at…
Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation announces scholarship opportunities
Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation is excited to announce they have four scholarship opportunities open to support students to attend Tillamook Bay Community College this fall. There is over $25,000 to award….
Juvenile whale that washed ashore near Waldport is euthanized mid-day today, Aug. 15th
Waldport, Ore., Thursday, August 15, 2019 – A 20’ juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, August 14 was euthanized around mid-day today, August…
LIVE JUVENILE WHALE WASHES ASHORE NEAR WALDPORT
Waldport, Ore., Thursday, August 15, 2019 – A 20’ juvenile humpback whale washed shore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, August 14. A team organized by the Oregon State…
Nehalem Bay Health District Works with North County Food Bank to Create New Facility in Wheeler
The Nehalem Bay Health District and the North County Food Bank have jointly agreed to begin negotiations leading to a long-term ground lease agreement for a new Food Bank building on the…
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
By Neal Lemery When I was a kid, Nat King Cole made this a popular song, and the lyrics still seem to sum up summertime on the Oregon coast, with an increasingly…
Garibaldi Maritime Museum Presents “Pirate Festival” Aug. 17 & 18
Garibaldi Maritime Museum announces it’s first ever “Garibaldi Pirate Festival” this weekend, Saturday August 17th and Sunday August 18th from 10am to 4pm. This is a FREE Event, with a treasure map,…
Tillamook Old Iron Show Returns – 16th Annual Event Aug. 16 – 18 at Blue Heron Cheese Co.
The show must go on … last year the local chapter of the Early Days Gas Engine & Tractor Association Branch 159 announced that the Old Iron Show chairs were stepping down….
Join land conservancy at planting party along the lower Columbia Aug. 21st
Volunteers have worked hard to rid marshes along the lower Columbia River of invasive purple loosestrife and yellow flag iris. Before those openings get refilled by non-native invasive plants, North Coast Land…