EDITOR’S NOTE: See link below for the Op/Ed “Why is the Water System Building Our City Hall*” By Will Stone, Manzanita Since building a home in Manzanita twenty years ago, I’ve seen…
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2023 May Special Election – Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for the Candidates: Neah-Kah-Nie School District #56
OIOpublisher What’s so special about this election? The May 2023 election is all about “special districts” – school boards, transportation district, recreation district, fire boards, health districts and more. And for Tillamook…
I’ve been thinking … Here’s a three-fer — TBCC, SD9, and voting
By Jim Heffernan A truism among mechanics is, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” Many a mechanic has ignored this maxim and regretted it. I think we can apply this maxim…
Re-elect Current Tillamook Bay Community College Board – Goss, Hoff, Jones, McMahon, Bell
If you have lived or worked in Tillamook County for any length of time, you know about our world-class assets like wide open beaches, lush green forests, clear rivers and streams and…
WALLY NELSON and JOSEPH BOYD – Two strong candidates for Nestucca Valley School District Board
JOSEPH BOYD has served on the board since his appointment in 2022 and has children currently attending NVSD schools. His experience running a business, and current career as a corrections officer have…
We have a job to do: Hire Boisa and Sanders for Nestucca School Board
As electors, our job is very much like that of the prospective employer who is hoping to fill vacant positions with the most qualified people. We want people who have appropriate training…
OP/ED: Why Is The Water System Building Our City Hall?
By Randy Kugler, Manzanita Recent Manzanita City Councils have a history of finding creative ways to use Water Fund revenue to pay for questionable activities or projects. The Warrenton overhead allocation model…
2023 May Special Election – Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for the Candidates: Tillamook County Transportation District
What’s so special about this election? The May 2023 election is all about “special districts” – school boards, transportation district, recreation district, fire boards, health districts and more. And for Tillamook County…
OP/ED: THOUGHTS ON THE COHO SALMON LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT – GO COHO!
By Ron Byers, Tillamook There was a significant breakthrough in the effort to save Oregon Coho salmon, a federally-listed endangered species. To settle a federal lawsuit brought by conservation groups, the State…
OP/ED – CALL TO ACTION: Proposed Changes in FEMA National Flood Insurance Impacts Us All; Community Comes Together at Meeting Last Week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Paul Fournier for putting together this information that explains the implications of the FEMA “BiOp” – Biological Opinion — that we’ve been hearing about for several years, will…