Story, Photos & Vidoe By Don Backman “This is real science,” Denise Harrington, retired Tillamook teacher now National Oceanic and Atmospheric Teacher at Sea Fellow (TASAA fellowship) for the National Marine Sanctuary…
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Local Brewery de Garde Brewing Celebrates 10 Years with Beer Festival
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer (May 6, 2023 – Garibaldi, Oregon) – “It’s crazy that we are here ten years later,” Linsey Rogers of de…
Welcome to the Oregon Coast – Please Recreate Safely, So You Can Come Back and Enjoy Our Awesome Coast Again & Again
By Laura Swanson Here we are again … the warm weather hits and visitors swarm the beaches, bays and rivers. And it’s already happened – yesterday afternoon at Tolovana, just north of…
City of Tillamook Plants Tree for Arbor Day, Honoring 35+ Year Annual Tradition (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Tillamook has celebrated being a Tree City USA for 35 years and counting,” Tillamook City Manager Nathan George announced to the small assembly braving the…
Rockaway Beach Preparedness Fair at Neah-Kah-Nie High School April 15th
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Pee. Poo. What do these two have to do with emergency preparations? Tillamook County is no stranger to disasters. In the past 25 odd years,…
Orcas in Tillamook Bay – April 17, 2023; Transient Whale Project Identifies Visitor(s) (VIDEO)
Photos & Comments from Don Backman The Orcas were in Tillamook Bay today, April 17, 2023. Also known as killer whales, these impressive creatures come into Tillamook Bay occasionally to prowl about….
POETRY: Mother Nature
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you are a regular Pioneer reader, you’ll likely remember our prolific Pioneer poet at 98 years young, Virginia Carrell Prowell. For decades she wrote a poem a month (or…
Tillamook Anglers Whiskey Creek Hatchery Annual Fin Clipping Returns! VIDEO
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer “Ten!” “Anyone need more fish?” “Wiggler!” The Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery hummed with the annual fin-clipping event. A large crowd…
No April Fool’s Joke – Alderbrook Re-Opens for Golf April 1st – VIDEO
Story, Video & Photos by Don Backman “At 8:20 we’ll have the ceremonial swing,” Pat Zweifel said. “I would do it, but I haven’t actually swung a golf club before,” he joked…
2023 Garibaldi Crab Races – Day #1 – Video & Photos March 11
There was a line at the door, and all the races filled quickly at the annual Garibaldi Crab Races at the Old Mill Convention Center. The action was “fast and furious” with…
