EDITOR’S NOTE: The Pioneer shares Johanna’s photos all the time on our Facebook page, and we featured her photo on the cover of this year’s Giving Guide. I had been contemplating a…
Category: Op-Ed
I Need a Ride, Not another App
EDITOR’S NOTE: I have to admit I was happy to receive this letter from a 27-year-old that was voting … Yeah! Take note, everyone, please get those ballots filled out and dropped…
Welcome to the Oregon Coast – Please Recreate Safely, So You Can Come Back and Enjoy Our Awesome Coast Again & Again
By Laura Swanson Here we are again … the warm weather hits and visitors swarm the beaches, bays and rivers. And it’s already happened – yesterday afternoon at Tolovana, just north of…
Re-elect Current TBCC Board Members
I am running for reelection to the Tillamook Bay Community College Board, with Mary Jones, Bet McMahon, Shannon Hoff, and Andrea Goss. I have served on the board for 10 years. We…
CALL TO ACTION: Clatsop and Columbia Counties Loss of Bus Service Impacting the Most Vulnerable – People Need Help
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is a humanitarian crisis in our own backyard. The sudden shut-down of Sunset Empire Transportation District is impacting hundreds of people. Little to no service has been restored (limited…
Sheriff’s Office budget cut insight from someone who’s been there …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gordon gave me a call yesterday afternoon and it wasn’t to talk about the weather. He’d just seen a story on a valley news channel about the Tillamook County cutting…
RESPONSE: Wait, I’m Not An 80-Year-Old EVCNB Volunteer!
By Brad Hart As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the…
(UPDATED) Total transparency in Republican walkout regarding HB 2002
EDITOR’S NOTE: UPDATE – We have removed our note about the information regarding the age restricions regarding parental notification for children. See below for Jim Heffernan’s review of the legislation. We want…
Vote Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board (and YES on Health Care Bond Measure)
Occasionally our community is lucky enough to have a great leader in a critical position ready and able to make innovative and positive change. We have that leader in Marc Johnson. He…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Possible Budget Solution Identified
From Tillamook County Sheriff Joshua Brown I want to thank you for your continued support and many messages of encouragement I have received since our last post. We are very fortunate to…