A Call to Action: Tillamook County Commissioners, Elected City Officials, Neah-Kah-Nie School District, Tillamook School District, Nestucca Valley School District, Tillamook Chamber of Commerce, All Tillamook County Businesses, Organizations and Individuals By…
Category: Guest Column
It happens here … A personal story – Call to listen
OIOpublisher By T. Brown At the end of 2019, my work and former-marriage partner, a beloved member of the Cannon Beach/Nehalem community for thirty years, was convicted of a DUI then deported….
Neah-Kah-Nie High School’s Speech and Debate Team Needs Your Support
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is for the Speech & Debate Team of Neah-Nie-Nie Middle and High School, School District 56. Hannah Reynolds, the Speech & Debate Team Coach, has done an excellent job…
A short Oregon coast black history lesson (by LeeAnn Neal Feb. 4, 2008)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition shared this link from The Oregonian, an article written by Pioneer founder LeeAnn Neal – and we thought everyone would appreciate this history lesson from LeeAnn….
COVID Changes and Challenges on the Coast; $250 million in CARES Act Funds Allocated
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 email: Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov COVID news from the Coast has been troubling for the past few days. While Tillamook County remains constant at 6 confirmed cases, Lincoln…
“More than a Gym” Tillamook YMCA Gradually Reopens
By Kaylan Sisco, CEO/Executive Director Tillamook County Family YMCA Wellness means so much more than physical fitness. In fact, “More than a gym” has been the Y’s tag line since 2010. A…
A Revolution of Love: Outreach and Education for Our Community to Bring Hope, Understanding About Race Issues
By LaNicia Duke, The Love Coalition I hope each of you are safe and healthy. Even as we are in the midst of two pandemics right now, I am encouraged by the…
Weyerhaeuser sprayed pesticides above Nehalem June 3rd; More spraying planned, and why we should be concerned
By Nancy Webster, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection On Wednesday, June 3, Weyerhaeuser ground-sprayed pesticides on about 100 acres of their clearcut land within 1/4 mile of residential areas of Nehalem….
A Hopeful Call for Understanding : My Experience As A Black Man in the U.S.
By Jules Arthur Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind – James Baldwin In the last three weeks, the U.S has been terribly shaken up by blows of…
VIRTUAL EVENT: SATURDAY MAY 30th – RURAL ORGANIZING PROJECT: Building our Common Good – Deep Change in the Midst of Crisis
Friends, I just heard it again, news reports of the Rural/ Urban divide in the state of Oregon as well as the rest of the country. Rural is branded as ‘conservative’, i.e…