Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is delighted to feature resident artist Lydia Hess as our Artist of the Month for February. Her newest mixed‑media works, created for our “For The Love of…
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A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Wrong Question
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege.” Oregon legislator and local dentist, representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
“Moby Dick” Lives On
By Butch Freedman “Call me Ishmael.” (Or Butch, same, same.) I’ve always been fascinated with the great work of American literature by Herman Melville, perhaps the first great American novel. “Moby Dick”…
Join Senator Wyden for Town Hall in Tillamook Tomorrow Jan. 22
Please join U.S. Senator Ron Wyden for an in-person Tillamook County Town Hall on Thursday January 22 at 5:00 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officers Mess Hall. Please note: Similar…
Bay to Basin Speaker Series by Tillamook Bay Watershed Council starts Jan. 21
Please join the Tillamook Bay Watershed Council for the start of our Bay to Basin speaker series. This FREE event will feature local Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Fish Habitat Restoration…
Senator Merkley pays a visit to Tillamook Saturday January 17th
By Romy Carver; Photos by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer On Saturday afternoon January 17, 2026, a crowd of concerned citizens enthusiastically gathered for a town hall with Senator Jeff…
Duke for Oregon Campaign Kickoff February 16th at Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita
This event marks the official kickoff of LaNicia Duke’s campaign for Governor of Oregon on Monday February 16th at Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita from Noon to 2pm. Join us to…
TILLAMOOK BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERMANENT ACCESS CHANGE STARTS TUESDAY JAN. 20; NEW BUILDING SLATED TO OPEN SOON
The construction on Tillamook Bay Community College’s new Administration & Health Sciences Building continues with completion and opening soon, and access to the campus is changing. This is a permanent change to…
OP/ED: Allies Are Not Assets
By Roland Hughes I’m genuinely troubled by recent reporting around U.S. communications regarding Greenland. Not because foreign policy is beyond debate—it isn’t—but because a few basic lines that have long anchored American…
GORDON’S EXTRA UPDATE 1/19/26: Strong Storm Headed Our Way … Geomagnetic Storm Could Bring Northern Lights Viewing Tonight
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer This time we are not looking at an atmosphere river, or a snowstorm, or anything like that. This time we could see the…