By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Legislative leadership has announced that we will now be coming to Salem twice a week to begin floor votes on bills reviewed in virtual committee meetings. The…
Category: Guest Column
View from Here: Under the Protection of the Totems
By Stevie Stephens Burden Safety is something that has played at my mind a lot for the last year, well the lack of it actually. With the rampant fear of COVID, the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATE: COVID Cases & Vaccine Updates
From Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident Command Tillamook County Community Health Centers ⏺”Lower Risk” 2/26/21 – 3/11/21 ⏺Next potential risk movement: 3/12/2021 ⏺15 new cases ⏺572 vaccines given…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: The Many Forms of Self-Care
EDITOR’S NOTE: It was a Monday (yesterday) and the news was all about “one year anniversary” of the first case of COVID-19 being announced in Oregon (the first case in Tillamook County…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Money, Cooperation, and Bad COVID Jokes
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 As the calendar turned over to March first, the sunshine burst through the window early today. It was a welcome change! Certainly the most significant news…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 INCIDENT RESPONSE: COVID-19 “Anniversary” in Oregon
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident Commander Yesterday, marked the one year anniversary that COVID came to Oregon. It was February 28, 2020 when Oregon had its first…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Building a Healthy Relationship with Food
by Katlyn Wolf, Oregon State Dietetic Intern, future Registered Dietitian What does pleasant hunger feel like to you? This can be a hard question to answer! Pleasure and hunger don’t always seem…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATE: Vaccine Information
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager, COVID-19 Incident Command As you know, the weather across the U.S. last week was, well, not only bad but record setting. Many people were affected…
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG UPDATE: Hearings, Help, and a Positive Note from Salem
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, On Monday evening, wildfire survivors from Lincoln County will have an opportunity to tell their stories to the Legislative Committee on Wildfire Recovery. You can watch…
IN GOOD HEALTH: BOOM BOOM BOOM, Out Went The Lights…UGH!
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation This week, we intended to bring you another installment in our series on rare diseases, but Mother Nature had her way and Oh…