By Romy Carver; Photos by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer On Saturday afternoon January 17, 2026, a crowd of concerned citizens enthusiastically gathered for a town hall with Senator Jeff…
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Duke for Oregon Campaign Kickoff February 16th at Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita
This event marks the official kickoff of LaNicia Duke’s campaign for Governor of Oregon on Monday February 16th at Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita from Noon to 2pm. Join us to…
TILLAMOOK BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERMANENT ACCESS CHANGE STARTS TUESDAY JAN. 20; NEW BUILDING SLATED TO OPEN SOON
The construction on Tillamook Bay Community College’s new Administration & Health Sciences Building continues with completion and opening soon, and access to the campus is changing. This is a permanent change to…
OP/ED: Allies Are Not Assets
By Roland Hughes I’m genuinely troubled by recent reporting around U.S. communications regarding Greenland. Not because foreign policy is beyond debate—it isn’t—but because a few basic lines that have long anchored American…
GORDON’S EXTRA UPDATE 1/19/26: Strong Storm Headed Our Way … Geomagnetic Storm Could Bring Northern Lights Viewing Tonight
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer This time we are not looking at an atmosphere river, or a snowstorm, or anything like that. This time we could see the…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 1/19/26: That ridge just keeps hanging on, so more nice weather though midweek; chance for some rain over the weekend.
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Man, was the coast nice over the weekend or what?! I drifted over to the coast from the valley Saturday and the weather…
BUTCH’S BLOG: How is this Person Our President?
By Butch Freedman … and other impossible to answer questions. It’s by now an old refrain: “I didn’t think it could get any worse, and then it did.” No point in even…
ASTROLOGY: New Moon in Capricorn 2026 – We are held by the Elders
By Madame Dana Zia The New Moon in Capricorn this year, shows up on the highest mountain top and down in the deepest sea. It is more magnificent and powerful than we…
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Sweet Mile by Allen Levi
By Jim Heffernan Allen Levi‛s first novel, Theo of Golden made quite a splash in the book world. Originally it was self-published and sold 3,000 copies in 2023, 25,000 copies in 2024,…
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum receives funding from Oregon Heritage Grant for Indigenous collection assessment
The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (TCPM) is honored to announce the receipt of a 2025 Oregon Heritage Grant. The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum received $11,265 to assess their Indigenous collection. In total,…