On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, the Tillamook County, Oregon Circuit Court issued a Judgement regarding the City’s Police Chief, Raymond Rau, in response to four counts of criminal activity as charged by…
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Supreme Court Rules on Measure 113 – Clear Intent to Disqualify Legislators with Unexcused Absences from Running for Reelection
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: In a unanimous opinion the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision could have impacts for the upcoming short legislative session. Eight Republican lawmakers, including Tillamook County’s Senator Suzanne Weber, in the Oregon…
Tillamook County District Attorney Issues Statement: Investigation Finds Rockaway Beach Officer Involved Shooting Sept. 7th Justified
By Katie Frankowicz, KMUN Radio News Director ROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. — The fatal shooting of a Rockaway Beach man by officers in September was justified according to findings released this week. In…
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING UPDATE: TILLAMOOK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY & CLATSOP COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES INVESTIGATION
The Tillamook County District Attorney’s Office has issued a press release regarding the September 7, 2023, incident in Rockaway Beach. TCSO is posting the press release in order to share this important…
Senate Republicans to Challenge Secretary of State on Measure 113
SALEM, Ore. – Today, the Oregon Secretary of State announced that she has directed the Oregon Elections Division to implement an administrative rule restricting access for members of the minority to run…
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR TWO TILLAMOOK CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS
At a hearing in Tillamook County Circuit Court on January 12, 2023, Circuit Court Judge Mari Trevino ordered a new special election for two contested Tillamook City Council positions. The new special…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MOVE INTO RENOVATED MEETING ROOM NOV. 2nd
(TILLAMOOK, OR. October 31, 2022) The Tillamook Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has a new meeting room in the courthouse, on the first floor in Room 106. The board will hold its…
CASA for Children is expanding its service area to include Tillamook County
(PORTLAND, OR, September 28, 2022) – We are pleased to announce that CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties has expanded to serve children in foster care in Tillamook County. Tillamook County…
Judge dismisses all charges against OPB journalist April Fonseca Ehrlich, arrested while covering police removal of houseless campers
From Zoë Berg, SPJ Communications Specialist The Society of Professional Journalists is grateful that a judge dismissed all charges against Oregon Public Broadcasting journalist April Fonseca Ehrlich, who was arrested two years…
OP/ED: On Human Rights, Faith and the Grief of a Nation
By Mary Faith Bell On the infamous Friday after the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe vs Wade was announced, I ran into a friend at the farmers market. My friend is…