Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) has $150,000 available in their Tourism Signage Grant program which was established to assist tourism business owners with the cost of upgraded signage. Recent changes to the…
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ARDENT GOURMET: JAndy Oyster Co.
OIOpublisher By David & Susan Greenberg The room fizzed with happy folks swaying to the beat, lifting pork ribs, lifting crab claws, slurping oysters, spooning chowder, tilting glasses, conversing, hugging, laughing. Children…
OP/ED: Pay attention and VOTE!
By Vivi Tallman, Lane deMoll & Barbara McLaughlin The ultra-conservative political movement to take over elected boards across our state and nation is gaining traction in Tillamook County. Next week, ballots for…
“Small Town America” 4th of July Theme for Rockaway Beach; Community Info. Session April 27th; Nominate Grand Marshal, Volunteer of the Year
By Robin Swain Woot! Woot! You know summer is just around the corner when Rockaway Beach announces their theme for 4th of July! Small Town America had the most votes. When…
Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers: Neah-Kah-Nie School Board Candidates Bayouth-Real, Aeder, and Carr Earn Endorsement from Retired Educators
Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachears (TREAT) are pleased to announce that three candidates running for election to the Neah-Kah-Nie School District Board of Education have been endorsed by TREAT. Meet the candidates….
SpaceX Starship Earth Day Launch, Lessons Learned
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Starship on Thursday April 20, 2023 to test the spacecraft’s capabilities, despite the CEO expressing doubts that it will actually reach orbit. The craft experienced an unexpected disassembly…
Special Edition April 19, 2023: Brinksmanship* at the County Short Term Rental Committee
*Brinksmanship – practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other. By Jerry…
OP/ED: Comment on “Why is The Water System Building Our City Hall”
EDITOR’S NOTE: See link below for the Op/Ed “Why is the Water System Building Our City Hall*” By Will Stone, Manzanita Since building a home in Manzanita twenty years ago, I’ve seen…
2023 May Special Election – Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for the Candidates: Neah-Kah-Nie School District #56
What’s so special about this election? The May 2023 election is all about “special districts” – school boards, transportation district, recreation district, fire boards, health districts and more. And for Tillamook County…
I’ve been thinking … Here’s a three-fer — TBCC, SD9, and voting
By Jim Heffernan A truism among mechanics is, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” Many a mechanic has ignored this maxim and regretted it. I think we can apply this maxim…