By Kay Stoltz You don’t think there’s a dress code for COVID-19? My dear, there’s a dress code for everything. As a little girl, I remember my grandmothers making sure I knew…
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FOR THE BIRDS: Swallows Swooping In
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Have you noticed the birds? Virginia Prowell, the Pioneer’s 95-years young poet, just gifted us with a “A Day in May” which mentions the very birds that our newest…
Tillamook Lightwave Q & A: Broadband Network, Communications Backbone – Support for Skaar & McCall for Commissioner
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer posted Miel Macassey’s support for Erin Skaar and David McCall with information about the Tillamook Lightwave project last week; and then on Wednesday May 13th, Commissioner…
The Littoral Life: Masked Intentions
By Dan Haag The last time I checked in with a column, it was nearly Valentine’s Day and 2020 was humming along quite mildly, thank you very much. Now, I look at…
How has the Covid-19 virus affected the real estate market in Tillamook County?
By Dusty Trost, Rob Trost Real Estate The current COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we as Realtors are conducting business. For the safety of the community and our staff, we closed…
Mother’s Day Card Pull from Mary Queen of Angels
By Christy Kay, Cosmic Healing NW Mother- how appropriate for this card to show up today. This, the one day a year we set aside to honor our Mothers. Mothers come in…
Support for Erin Skaar and David McCall for County Commissioner Positions: Connecting Our Community
By Miel Macassey In this time of seclusion, the internet is more important than ever. We use it to order groceries, monitor health bulletins and educate our children. Most of us depend…
Words of Wisdom: What’s to Become of the Handshake?
By Neal Lemery Social change can come slowly or astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, we now have “personal distancing”, quarantine, and the closing down most of our social interactions….
GAM WEATHER: Tillamook Area Forecast – Wed. May 5th through May 10th
By Gordon McCraw, Pacific Northwest Weather Authority, GAM Weather Wednesday May 6, 2020, 09:00am A front went through overnight and now we see scattered showers around the area, some could produce small…
Library Park Planting Day Celebrated
By Neal Lemery, For the Tillamook County Pioneer Photos by Don Best Some projects just keep forging ahead in our community, despite the pandemic and directives to close down many businesses and…