By Jim Heffernan (Mister Peabody, please set the Wayback Machine to 1965) I’ve been thinking about this reading binge I’ve been on these last years and also lines from a Bob Dylan…
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BOOK REVIEW: Listen, Liberal: or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People? –
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan This is a book I started reading 8 days after the 2020 election, once my shell-shock had dissipated. It started a reading binge that has continued until the…
SB 90 – Healthy Forests and Stable Funding for Rural Services Hearing Monday Feb. 27 – Submit testimony
EDITOR’S NOTE: There has been some information about the potential impacts to local government budgets because of reduced timber harvests, and the “Habitat Conservation Plan.” De ja vu’ … I’ve been hearing…
Tillamook County Emergency Management: Winter Storm Warning from 8 pm tonight Feb. 25 to Noon Sunday Feb. 26
* WHAT…Heavy wet snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches, highest above 1500-2000 feet. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…In Oregon, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon….
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT – March 2023 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: March 1, 2023, Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: Portland, OR March…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Winter Storm Update – 2/24/23; CARE Warming Center OPEN Tonight 2/24/23
Weather Update: Temperatures will rise this afternoon and fall again tonight to the low 20s and possibly below. Moisture on the roads will freeze and driving conditions could be treacherous Saturday morning. Please avoid driving Saturday morning and…
BOOK REVIEW: Strangers in Their Own Land
By Jim Heffernan This is Arlie Hochshcild’s 9th and latest book. It was a finalist for a National Book Award. It the result of 5 years research in rural Louisiana into the…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Initial Columbia River recreational spring Chinook seasons set
(February 22, 2023- CLACKAMAS, Ore.) – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted recreational spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia River during a joint state hearing today. Effective March 1 (downstream of Bonneville Dam) and April 1 (upstream…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ADVISES TO STAY HOME, OFF ROADS TODAY FEB. 23 AFTER HISTORIC SNOW FALL
February 23, 2023 – 8:30am Tillamook County awoke to historic levels of snow accumulations this morning. Even beach communities received 6-8 inches of the white stuff, and it is sticking for now….
City of Tillamook Civilian Service Awards Given to City Employees Kody Dalton & AJ Harmon
At the Tillamook City Council meeting this week, City Manager Nathan George proudly presented Civilian Service Awards to Kody Dalton and Aj Harmon for going above and beyond the call of duty….