ODFW will host an online public meeting at 6 pm on Wednesday, July 29 to discuss the 2027 Pacific halibut season as well as a brief update on how the 2026…
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HAIKU: Revisiting Chuck McLaughlin’s Haikuing in Oregon – Summer
EDITOR’S NOTE: One of our regular contributors, Michael Randall, had been writing haiku to scratch his creative itch instead of diatribes about the deranged dictator, which lead to many others sharing their…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Community Writers Read at Cape Meares Community Center Thursday July 23
By Butch Freedman “Writing is a way of saying you and the world have a chance.” Richard Hugo I’ve been writing since I was a teenager, and trying to get published…
Historic hospital in Wheeler to offer vintage fixtures and furnishings for sale July 31 – Aug. 2
(Wheeler, OR) – Artists, antiques dealers, contractors restoring old homes, and investors in unique collectables will find items they need and their customers want for sale at the old hospital in Wheeler…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK AIR MUSUEM: Experiane Hanger B Like Never Before – VR (Virtual Reality) Tour Comes to Tillamook County Fair
The Tillamook Air Musuem is excited to partner with Friends of the Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM) to bring a special Tillamook Air Museum experience to this year’s Tillamook County Fair!Prior to…
INDIVISIBLE TILLAMOOK COAST ACTION: PADDLE TO PROTEST THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY JULY 25th NEHALEM RIVER
Please join Indivisible Tillamook Coast Action along with other locally concerned residents for a kayak protest paddle to help raise awareness of this federal administration’s unfettered dismantling of important environmental protections….
IN GOOD HEALTH: Where Is All the Money Going?
Something doesn’t add up. By Michelle Jenck, M ed Colleges and universities are going broke. Hospitals continue to struggle financially despite record healthcare spending. Public schools receive more funding per…
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection Monthly Meeting Tuesday June 30th in Rockaway Beach
Is your drinking water safe? Come join us for North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection project updates and to meet with fellow citizens who are concerned about pesticide spraying in watersheds…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 7/20/26: Fair, dry, mild conditions continue; Some fog and clouds, some warmer temperature through midweek slight chance of shower or two, then ridge weakens, and cool just a little
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Hello Tillamook, it was another cloudy, foggy, and misty morning today that gave us some breaks in the afternoon as we continue…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Working Man—Part Two
By Butch Freedman Working Man—Part 2 – A continuation of a previous post (See below for link to Part 1) I didn’t think too much about the upcoming job in that…