OIOpublisher Please be aware of the following road closures in the Maxwell Mountain Road area, Oceanside on Monday March 18th: Lower Portion of Maxwell Mountain Road will be closed on Monday March…
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Garibaldi – Home of World-Class Dungeness Crab Thanks to Experienced, Professional Commercial Fishing Fleet (VIDEO)
Story & Photos By Don Backman Did you know that Garibaldi, Oregon produces some of the best Dungeness crab? This small-town port has taken advantage of its close proximity to the ocean…
Neah-Kah-Nie High School Future Natural Resource Leaders Team Brings Home 3rd Place at Recent Event
The Neah-Kah-Nie Future Natural Resources Leaders (FNRL) team toppled many 4A and 5A schools to place 3rd in last Saturday’s forestry event at Sweet Home. Three years ago, NKN took 12th place,…
I’VE BEEN THINKING … Mr. Peabody’s WABAC Machine
By Jim Heffernan I sure find the world we live in to be very confusing, maybe I’m just old. I’ve always had a reverent view of “truth” but in present-day America, everybody…
OREGON STATE PARKS: RESPECT NESTING AREAS TO PROTECT THREATENED SNOWY PLOVER MARCH 15 – SEPT. 15
OREGON COAST, OR – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Siuslaw National Forest remind visitors that it is plover nesting season on the Oregon coast March 15 to Sept. 15 — visitors can help…
Tillamook People’s Utility District REGULAR MEETING NOTICE March 19, 2024 UPDATED
The meeting will be held at Tillamook PUD, 1115 Pacific Ave., Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings. 3:00 p.m.- Facilities Master Plan…
BOOK REVIEW: The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
By Jim Heffernan I think I was attracted to this book by the concept of “The Age of American Unreason”, such an apt description of our times. Once I started reading it,…
Wyden Announces Four Town Halls in Polk and Northern Coastal Counties – Tillamook on Saturday March 16 at 4 pm
Open-to-all town halls from March 15-17 will be in Polk, Lincoln, Tillamook, and Clatsop Counties Portland, OR – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will continue his 2024 town hall schedule with…
“Don’t Touch the Crab!” 37th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races Run in Garibaldi (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Don’t touch the crab!” Contestants lined up on the upper end of the ramp, each with a thoroughbred Dungeness crab in front of them. One…
I’VE BEEN THINKING …. About the Republican Party
By Jim Heffernan I just can’t help it, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Republican party. I grew up in a household that venerated Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and barely…