News Release from Oregon State Police June 15th, 2018 8:28 PM On Friday June 15, 2018 at approximately 11:00 AM, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of…
Category: Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach Holds Memorial Sunday June 10th to Honor Drowning Victims, Help Healing Community
By Laura Swanson Photos by Bill Hassell Rockaway Beach is still reeling from the drownings last week of visitors from Colorado. A community memorial at the Rockaway Beach Wayside was held on…
Rockaway Beach Community to Hold Vigil Sunday June 10th
There will be an informal gathering at the wayside in Rockaway beach Sunday June 10th starting at 7:30pm for Robert and Samuel Allen, the father and son from Colorado that lost their…
Coast Guard suspends search for 17-year-old body boarder off Rockaway Beach, Ore
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 9:42 a.m. for Samuel Allen, a 17-year-old boy off Rockaway Beach, Thursday. As we’ve come to the difficult decision to suspend this…
BEACH SAFETY – RIP TIDES
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook Emergency Manager Rip currents are a continuous concern along our beaches. The risk is increased over the summer as more people take advantage of the warmer weather and…
FATHER AND SON TRAGEDY ON THE BEACH IN ROCKAWAY
EDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. Coast Guard search continued past 9 pm with multiple helicopters and boats throughout the afternoon and evening searching for the still missing 17-year-old. Local residents said that the…
Rockaway Beach Police Results of Pedestrian Safety Exercise
On May 22nd, from Noon to 4 p.m., the Rockaway Beach Police Department conducted another pedestrian safety exercise. Over the four hours of the operation, there were a total of 162 road…
FREE FORESTRY & PESTICIDE MONITORING WORKSHOP June 13th
Rockaway Beach Citizens for Watershed Protection invites the public to a free pesticide monitoring workshop given by Oregon Wild at the North County Recreation District (NCRD) on Wednesday, June 13th, at 5:30…
City of Rockaway Beach Clarifies Position on Memorial Day Service at Wayside
Editor’s Note: The Pioneer Memorial Day services information labeled the Rockaway Beach State Wayside as “Ocean Edge” as that is how the Rockaway Beach Chamber refers to the Wayside. In the past,…
North Coast Communities Generously Fill Postal Carriers’ Food Bags for Hungry Families
Saturday, May 12, the Nehalem, Rockaway, Wheeler, and Manzanita Post Offices conducted their annual National Association of Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive. The Postal Employees and the communities combined with…
