By State Representation David Gomberg, District 10 Over time, populations across Oregon change. Some communities grow with more year-round residents while others lose population. And so, to ensure that everyone is equally represented…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 08/09/21 Weather & COVID-19 update
By Gordon McCraw Monday, August 9, 2021, noon Weather Well, it continues to look like we will have another heat wave starting around the middle of the week. Another strong high pressure…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Weekly COVID-19 Report – 08/06/21 – 52 cases – two week period ending 7/31/21; Two Workplace Outbreaks – TCCA & Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility
52 new cases occurred in the past two weeks (7/18/21 – 07/31/21) and a test positivity rate of 8.1%. Based on case investigation, it is estimated that in Tillamook County, there have…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather, COVID-19, Construction – 08/06/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Friday, August 6, 2021, 9:30am Weather A weak front moving through gave us some actual measurable rain this morning and pushed the smoke and haze off to…
ROAD REPORTS FROM HWY. 6: Signs, All Kinds of Signs
EDITOR’S NOTE: Laura Sinclair McShane has been sharing her descriptive road reports on Hwy. 6 for over a year now on the Facebook Group page Highway 6 Road Reports (aka Danger Mountain)…
GEEZER TRIBE ARCHIVES: Sometimes We Just Have to Laugh
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here we go again, into the Geezer Tribe archives. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to read some of these “oldies but goodies.” This one is from…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather & Emergency Broadcast System Test Coming Aug. 11th –
By Gordon McCraw Thursday, August 5, 2021, 09:30am Weather Another cloudy, foggy start this morning but this will again burn back leaving us partly sunny, but with the southerly winds still in the upper…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Disc Golf – Fun for Everyone
By Ariel Slifka, AmeriCorps VISTA at Tillamook County Community Health Center It’s amazing how a little sunshine can brighten our mood – and when living on the Oregon coast, we know not…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update 8/3/21 – Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Semi-retired Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 9:15am Weather We saw some hazy skies yesterday and will see them again today due to the wildfire smoke from…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Collection of Interesting News
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, An editorial in yesterday’s Oregonian reflects much of my own thinking on recent COVID developments. Here are some excerpts: Rising COVID-19 case counts, increasing hospitalizations and the return…
