By Peter Hayes Hayes and his family own and care for Hyla Woods in the Oregon Coast Range. Hayes served on the Oregon Board of Forestry from 2007 to 2011. For how…
Category: Guest Column
POEM: The BI-POLAR Child of Nature
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Our favorite Pioneer poet Virginia Prowell sent me this poem she wrote nearly 9 years ago and as the recent rising waters reminded her of her past ruminations about…
Tillamook Area Forecast: Tuesday Jan. 7 – Saturday Jan. 11 – More Rain, High Tides and Snow Level Dropping this Weekend
By Gordon McCraw, GAM Weather Tuesday, January 7, 2020 10:00am The never-ending line of weather systems continue to bring rain to the Pacific Northwest. The last system pushed the rivers up, the…
Tillamook County Wellness: Choose Well, Tillamook County!
By: Michelle Jenck, M.Ed., Wholly Healthy LLC, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator The term “wellness” can mean different things to different people. In the past, people considered the word wellness to mean the…
The Littoral Life: Your questions answered
By Dan Haag I’ve always felt that one of my greatest strengths is offering unsolicited advice. Just ask any parent who has sat their crying child next to me in a restaurant…
Successful Resolutions Sometimes Require Starts and Re-starts (and that’s okay)
By Terra Marzano, Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Rinehart Clinic Winter is here and 2020 is upon us. Having gotten through Thanksgiving, we are now inundated with gift guides, office parties, family…
Visit Tillamook Coast Re-Usable Bags Available as Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect
By Beverly Stein, Tillamook County Master Recyclers Get your reusable bags ready! On January 1 the single use plastic carryout bag ban will begin for stores and restaurants. To encourage people to…
POETRY: THE GLOW OF DECEMBER
Have you noticed the glow? It’s everywhere you go! On city streets, merchants’ windowpanes On village lawns, on country roads and lanes. Neighborhoods engage in a festive competition Who can display the…
OP/ED: What the Linn County Lawsuit Really Means
By Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto After a monthlong trial, after hearing more than 100 hours of testimony and reviewing hundreds of exhibits, some going back to the early 1900’s, the Linn…
Gordon McCraw’s Weather: Tillamook Area Forecast – Wed. Dec. 18
Provided by Gordon McCraw, GAM Weather Consulting to Pioneer readers as a public service Your Pacific Northwest Weather Authority Wednesday, December 18, 2019 – 11:30am A confusing picture looking at the satellite…