By Jim Heffernan I ran across this title and was immediately intrigued by why a serious historian would write about wonder woman. Turns out it’s a good story about women’s progress in…
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SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY TOWN HALL IN TILLAMOOK SATURDAY JANUARY 17 AT TILLAMOOK HIGH SCHOOL; NINE TOWN HALLS SCHEDULED THIS WEEKEND JAN. 16-19
Senator Jeff Merkley is headed to Tillamook County for a public town hall conversation on Saturday, January 17 at 2:00 PM and I’d love to hear from you! Whether it’s fighting for…
Tillamook Lightwave Regular Board Meeting; Tillamook Lightwave Budget Hearing – January 27, 2026
The meeting will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Carl Rawe Meeting Room is located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the…
Community Gatherings in Memory of Renee Good – Tillamook County Says NO to ICE – Ice Out for Good Protests in Nehalem, Tillamook Jan. 10
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thousands of protests nationwide took place over the weekend of January 10th and 11th to peacefully show that democracy does not support murder, and lawless enforcement. Indivisible and other organizations…
MURDER OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD – WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO EVERY WOMAN WHEN YOU DON’T COMPLY
EDITOR’S NOTE: I saw the first video when I accidentally clicked on it just hours after it happened, and I was stunned. Then came the onslaught of fake, AI, edited videos. When…
NEHALEM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: Seaside’s Rock n Roll Riots – Labor Day 1962-64, Journalist/Author RJ Marx, Saturday Jan. 17
Join the Nehalem Valley Historical Society on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center to learn about this time in our north coast history when a peaceful…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Community Counts
By Butch Freedman I grew up in a big city (Philadelphia) and spent most of my life as an urban dweller. And, for the most part, I enjoyed city life, even with…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 1/12/26: Fair, Dry, Mild ALL Week, Thanks to Strong High Pressure Ridge Dominating Weather Pattern Through Sunday
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The good news for this mild Monday is that there is a strong high pressure ridge over the area, because in the satellite…
Wyden Announces First Eight Town Halls of 2026; Tillamook on Jan. 22, Clatsop on Jan. 23
Senator will hold open-to-all town halls Jan. 16-24 in Jefferson, Deschutes, Clackamas, Marion, Lane, Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia counties. Rep. Janelle Bynum will co-host town halls in Deschutes and Clackamas counties. Portland – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will hold…
POETRY: National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman pens a moving poem in wake of tragic ICE murder of Minneapolis mother and fellow poet, Renée Good
From Amanda Gorman: On January 7th, 2026, ICE agents murdered Renee Nicole Good by shooting her in the head through her car window. She was a poet and writer, a wife, and…