By Mary Faith Bell (Nehalem, OR) This is a very stressful time for healthcare personnel; they’re on the frontlines of an unprecedented public health crisis, putting their own health at risk in…
Category: Op-Ed
Words of Wisdom: Connecting and Creating
OIOpublisher By Neal Lemery This time of quarantine, social distancing, staying home is a new order in society. Our social connections can become frayed, even severed. The many events of daily life…
Op/Ed: Democracy and Public Service
By David McCall, Candidate for Tillamook County Commissioner Position #2 COVID-19 has brought some faults in our society to the forefront. Facebook is full of memes about hoarding toilet paper, and the…
In my opinion … Tough Questions for Local Healthcare about Supplies, Readiness
EDITOR’S NOTE: It would be irresponsible to just publish this op/ed without seeking out answers to the questions that Kalie King Savage raises below, which is what we did. And you’ll see…
Some Words from Sheriff Candidate Gordon McCraw
By Gordon McCraw, Candidate for Tillamook County Sheriff As many of you know, I am indeed running for Sheriff in this November’s Election. Normally, a candidate would be talking about himself, his…
Hunkering Down
By Neal Lemery The morning drizzle finds me inside, sorting and organizing, rediscovering my writing space. Long neglected filing cabinets and piles of papers are now getting sorted. I have a number…
Campaigning in the time of COVID
During this time when our world and our community are living through a global pandemic, our local elections are not necessarily on the top of our minds. And yet, thanks to Oregon’s…
Tillamook County Pioneer Presents: Virtual Tours – Hoffman Center Manzanita March Art Exhibit
Did you know that the Tillamook County Pioneer has a YouTube Channel ? We’ve been growing the content on there for the past few months, thanks to our videographer. We started out…
North to South – Despite Warnings – Invasion of Tourists Ignoring “Stay Home, Stay Healthy”
By Laura Swanson Outrage. Disbelief. Fear for my family and friends in the vulnerable populations with the thousands, yes thousands, of people that are pouring into Tillamook County as I write this….
Stay home, save lives, work together … They are here; Endangering Lives – Tourists Invade Coastal Locations Against Advice
EDITOR’S NOTE: As I’m posting this update, I’m seeing images of bumper-to-bumper traffic heading west on both Highway 6 and 26. The feature photo was taken by Larry Wiedenhoft shows the solid…