By T. Brown At the end of 2019, my work and former-marriage partner, a beloved member of the Cannon Beach/Nehalem community for thirty years, was convicted of a DUI then deported. It…
Category: Op-Ed
A Heart-to-Heart Virtual Conversation with Keith Jones – Disabled-Rights Activist, June 14th
OIOpublisher We are proud to be a sponsor of this event along with the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities, Sammy’s Place and FACT to bring a virtual, free Zoom conversation with Keith…
Weyerhaeuser Sprays Clear-cut without Notifying Neighbors
On May 31, a Nehalem resident hiking behind her house in Nehalem came upon a sign tacked to a post explaining that spraying was going to take place on ___________________ . The…
OREGON SHORES CONSERVATION COALITION: A Message from the Board and Staff of Oregon Shores About Actions to Address Systemic Racism
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have shared several businesses and organizations statements acknowledging racial inequality and injustices, and actions they are taking to change the system. This one from the Oregon Shore Conservation Coalition…
COVID Changes and Challenges on the Coast; $250 million in CARES Act Funds Allocated
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 email: Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov COVID news from the Coast has been troubling for the past few days. While Tillamook County remains constant at 6 confirmed cases, Lincoln…
Handwashing Meditation: Helping Hands & Spirit
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thank you Donald Roddy for a great reminder about handwashing and a way for a win-win. Make it a moment of meditation, deep calming breathes … we all need this…
Letter to the Editor: How dictatorships evolve
From the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the…
A Hopeful Call for Understanding : My Experience As A Black Man in the U.S.
By Jules Arthur Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind – James Baldwin In the last three weeks, the U.S has been terribly shaken up by blows of…
A Message from Tillamook’s CEO: Taking Action
June 3, 2020 The past few weeks have saddened me deeply. The senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and too many others have brought needed focus to the fact…
“To Ignore Evil is to Become an Accomplice to It” – A Joint Statement from the Nehalem Bay Health District, The Rinehart Clinic, Nehalem Valley Care Center and the North County Food Bank
The appalling death of George Floyd in Minneapolis recently is yet another horrible reminder of the extent of racial and societal inequity in America. It follows the horrific slayings of Breonna Taylor…