By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 09:00am Well, the atmospheric river has drifted south, and Tillamook County is now seeing light, occasional moderate rain with all…
Category: Guest Column
Tillamook High School Senior shares love of art with homeschool students
Story courtesy of Art Accelerated Chloe Rieger grew up surrounded by art. “My grandma Cindy [Gardner] has always been into art and she always has given us art supplies,” Rieger said. As…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/1/22
By Gordon McCraw, for Tilamook County Emergency Management Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 11:00am Weather Well, we are still under a Flood Watch until 6PM tonight. We also have a Coastal Flood Advisory from…
OREGON LEGISLATURE NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Housing and Infrastructure
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Last week I shared the observation that this 2022 session would largely be about money and wisely disbursing the $2.5 billion in federal aid and unexpected state funds…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 2/28/22
By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Monday, February 28, 2022, 11:30am Currently the area has seen between 1” and 1 3/4” of rain along the coast in the last 24…
POEM: FICKLE FEBRUARY
– Virginia Carrell Prowell (02/24/2022) On Groundhogs Day, you made a promise of nice weather. The sun shined brightly and warmed the ground. Buds on bushes and trees could be found. Green…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Our Differences and the Coming Change
By Neal Lemery We are emerging into new times, new opportunities. How are we going to take advantage of all of the possibilities? The end of the pandemic restrictions is not going…
BOOK REVIEW: Constitution of Knowledge – A Defense of the Truth
By Jim Heffernan I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was attracted to it by its “A Defense of Truth” in the book title. Truth seems to be something that is in short…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Seasonal Winter Comfort Cooking
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven At this time of year, in my area, seasonal crops are limited due to cold and rain and all around less-than-ideal winter growing conditions. Yes, potatoes are…
Peek at the Port: Left Lane Customs restores life to VW buses
Port workshop perfect fit for local specialty mechanic A professional photographer of more than 10 years, Jarett Juarez fell into the Volkswagen bus restoration business by accident. About 8 years ago, Juarez…