The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Tillamook County Tourism Advisory Committee. The Board is seeking one citizen-at-large member to represent North County and…
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Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, August 31st at Blue Heron French Cheese Company – Free Food, Music, and More
Tillamook’s Second Annual Overdose Awareness Day will be held at the Blue Heron in Tillamook, Oregon on Thursday August 31st from 4pm-7pm. This annual campaign aims to end overdose, remember without stigma…
Tillamook County Sheriff Honors, Recognizes Important Role of TCSO Chaplains
(From Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office) In our line of work, deputies are often present when people are experiencing the loss of a love one. Unattended deaths in a home, horrible traffic crashes,…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: August 24th Fire & Weather Upate; Threat of Thunderstorms – Watch for Smoke, Fire Starts
Here’s a quick rundown on fire season and the weather from Oregon Department of Forestry Northwest District Foresters – Mike Cafferatta, Kate Skinner and Dan Goody: A busy week with three fires…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER MUSEUM HOSTS BOOK SIGNING, READING “Ephraim Fox: An Oregon Pioneer Story” AUGUST 26TH
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will be hosting a book signing of local author, James Royal Fox, Jr.’s latest publication, Ephraim Fox: An Oregon Pioneer Story, on August 26,…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS WORK HARD TO PROTECT LIVES AND PREVENT ANOTHER “BLOW UP DAY”
TILLAMOOK, Ore—On Aug. 24, 1933, the skies west of Portland were darkened by an enormous smoke column more than 40,000 feet high as a fire that had started in the headwaters of…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY TILLAMOOK OFFICE ANNOUNCE WOOD CUTTING AREAS TO OPEN SEPT. 1ST
Oregon Department of Forestry Tillamook District Firewood cutting areas will open Friday, September 1, 2023. You may come into the office at 5005 Third Street in Tillamook, or call to purchase your…
Port of Tillamook Bay: Tillamook County Hosts First Ever Evacuation Assembly Point Event, Able Readiness Four August 22-23
By Don Backman Representatives from emergency volunteer groups throughout Tillamook County, County agencies, fire and police departments, and state agencies, assembled at the Port of Tillamook Bay on July 27th to practice…
Wildlife Center of North Coast Intaking Common Murres, Other Injured Seabirds
With the ODFW announcement yesterday requesting that the public not handle, “leave alone”*, common murre chicks (jumplings – see below for more information.) The Pioneer reached out to the Wildlife Center of…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY CLERK TASSI O’NEIL RETIRES, CELEBRATION AUG. 25
(TILLAMOOK, OR. August 15, 2023) Tillamook County Clerk Tassi O’Neil has announced her retirement, effective August 31, 2023, after 33 years of service to Tillamook County. In Tassi’s own words: “I have…
