Dear Friends, The Tillamook County Democrats voted unanimously to support an initiative called the Construction Excise Tax, which aims to proactively address the workforce housing crisis we are facing throughout the county….
Category: Op-Ed
15th Annual Harvest Festival Saturday, October 7 at Alder Creek Farm, Nehalem
Come to Alder Creek Farm from noon to 4 pm for an afternoon of live music from Rhythm Method, farm and garden tours, the last farmers’ market of the season, cider pressing,…
The Littoral Life: What Might Have Been
By Dan Haag Another blood-spattered street. Another incredulous family member claiming “we never saw this coming.” Another impromptu memorial fence filling up with stuffed animals, candles and balloons. It’s all too familiar,…
Letter to Editor: A Call To Action: Hate will not be tolerated
Friends, Many of you are now aware of an unfortunate event which was discovered in our community this past week. A hateful message implying killing people of color (words have been change…
Letter to Editor: It’s Time to Take a Stand (Friday September 29th)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillmaook County Pioneer did not receive this letter from LaNicia Williams until today (Oct. 3) due to problems with emails (ahhh, technology.) This provides background information about the racist…
Nature bats last
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a north coast freelance writer and long-time weather watcher. You can reach her at anthonyvictoria1@gmail.com. Gaia is pissed! That’s the thought that runs through my mind…
Katrina and Cassandra
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a free lance writer and used information from the Common Dreams News Center website in preparing this essay, which was first published in September, 2005 in…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Election Integrity Statement from Tillamook County Democrats Officers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TILLAMOOK, OR, September 24, 2017: Following the elections in November 2016, the chairs of the two largest political parties in Tillamook County released a joint statement, calling on “the…
By Extension: Just Carrying on an Old Family Tradition
By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Not many people can say that their playpen…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “poll”
In mid-September, a so-called “public opinion poll” was launched in our community regarding a measure that will be on the November ballot. This “poll” has angered many of the people who were…
