On April 22nd, Tides of Change will host a survivor storytelling event featuring nine stories from survivors. Some will read their own stories, while others remain anonymous. The organization invites community members…
Category: Tillamook County
It’s EARTH DAY – Sat. April 22nd – SOLVE Cleanup Events Throughout County – Manzanita, Nehalem Bay State Park, Rockaway, Netarts
There are Spring Earth Day cleanups and activities happening throughout Tillamook County. Here are the various beach/bay cleanups. REGISTRATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!! Join SOLVE, Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (www.netartsbaywebs.org), and Tillamook…
Tillamook Coast Visitors Association Updates Tourism Signage Grant Program to Include More Tourism-Related Businesses
Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) has $150,000 available in their Tourism Signage Grant program which was established to assist tourism business owners with the cost of upgraded signage. Recent changes to the…
OP/ED: Pay attention and VOTE!
By Vivi Tallman, Lane deMoll & Barbara McLaughlin The ultra-conservative political movement to take over elected boards across our state and nation is gaining traction in Tillamook County. Next week, ballots for…
Special Edition April 19, 2023: Brinksmanship* at the County Short Term Rental Committee
*Brinksmanship – practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other. By Jerry…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CYRUS JAVADI: A Bill to Increase Coastal Housing
By Representative Cyrus Javadi, House District 32 Sickness is going around at the Capitol, and unfortunately I got it this week. It kept me out of the Capitol, but I continued working…
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership – Nurturing Natives Volunteer Events Provide Opportunity to Help Improve Local Habitats
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer is pleased (and so excited!) to introduce our first high school journalism intern, Ashley Hamann. Ashley is a recent graduate from Neah-Kah-Nie High school. Born and…
Let’s Talk About Community Safety – You’re Invited – Join Us Tuesday April 18th at TBCC
Join our third Community Conversation as we come together to make sure EVERYONE feels safe in our community on Tuesday April 18th from 6 to 7:30 pm at Tillamook Bay Community College, #214-215…
VIDEO: FEMA – Modifications to the Implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program in Oregon – Tillamook Public Meeting 4/5/23
Jane Scott just uploaded the video of the FEMA BiOp meeting on April 5th. This has critical information about every property in Tillamook county. It is 2.5 hours long but very important…
OP/ED – CALL TO ACTION: Proposed Changes in FEMA National Flood Insurance Impacts Us All; Community Comes Together at Meeting Last Week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Paul Fournier for putting together this information that explains the implications of the FEMA “BiOp” – Biological Opinion — that we’ve been hearing about for several years, will…