By Don R. Best NOTE: Paul Pintarich was a good friend of Karla Steinhauser’s (of Karla’s Smokehouse), and I met Paul when he was visiting her in 2007 or early 2008. He…
Category: Community
Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall in Manzanita Packs Pine Grove on Friday August 25th
OIOpublisher Compiled/edited by Laura Swanson from notes of Town Hall attendees The Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita was filled to overflowing for Senator Ron Wyden’s Town Hall on Friday August 25th….
Tillamook County Fairgrounds Continues Strategic Planning Process – Community Survey Open Until Sept. 5th
The Tillamook County Fairgrounds want to hear from you! Which improvements are most important? Please follow the link to complete a short survey online: https://surveymonkey.com/r/tillamookfairgrounds The survey will be open until September…
Entire Oregon coast now open for mussel harvesting
August 25, 2017… The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the reopening of recreational and commercial mussel harvesting from Tillamook Head, south of Seaside, to Cascade Head, north of Lincoln…
Tillamook County Farmers Markets – SNAP Double Up Food Bucks
The end of August?!? It goes so fast … summer. And the Farmers Market season – only a few weeks left to enjoy the bounty of our local farmers. At Manzanita, Tillamook…
Post-Eclipse Statement from Tillamook County Emergency Management Director Gordon McCraw
Compiled by Laura Swanson, editor, Tillamook County Pioneer On Thursday August 24th, Gordon McCraw added, “I’m very proud of the citizens of Tillamook County for their patience and tolerance. They did what…
The Littoral Life: Living in a post eclipse-alyptic world
By Dan Haag Just like that, it was over. The Great Eclipse of 2017 came and went like gifts under the Christmas tree: months of anxious build-up and fevered anticipation, followed by…
Highway 101/6 Project Update – 8/24/17
by Sierra Lauder, Director of Events and Downtown Development Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce The summer construction season is wrapping up quickly, and we will be seeing some big changes on the…
$100,000 in tourism marketing and promotions grants now available for Tillamook County non-profit organizations and for-profit businesses
Deadline for submission is December 8, 2017. Download application packet at tillamookcoast.com/grants. Attend a free tourism grant writing class on October 23. Tillamook County, Oregon. August 24, 2017 – The Economic Development…
Head downtown Tillamook, where summer is still in full swing
by Sierra Lauder, Tillamook Chamber of Commerce Despite the passing of another spectacular fair and the school registration deadlines last week, summer is still in full swing on Main Street. Our Visitor’s…