Western Oregon will see different types of weather in the days ahead and they may mean hazardous road conditions. A mix of autumn weather conditions will continue to bring hazardous driving conditions…
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NEHALEM CANDIDATE MEET & GREET: Delights & Disappointments
OIOpublisher By Lucy Brook, Nehalem resident & voter I was disappointed in our Meet & Greet for two reasons. I was delighted for two reasons, as follows. REASONS FOR DISAPPOINTMENT 1) Only…
Support for Laity & Busch
When I look at the names in the upcoming election, a tune keeps going through my head. Just over fifty years ago a new band took to the stage and TV with…
Tillamook County 2023 Calendar Contest ALL GRADES K-12 “Reconnecting with my Community” ART DUE – 11/10/22
SOS Tillamook—the Prevention Program of Tillamook Family Counseling Center, is excited to once again be gathering artwork from local students to be featured in the 2023 Tillamook County Calendar. The theme this…
Air quality advisory for Columbia, Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah and Washington counties; Many areas with unhealthy air quality
QUICK FACTS Location: Columbia, Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah and Washington counties End date: Friday, Oct. 21 Smoke source: Nakia Creek, Siouxon and Cedar Creek fires The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday for Columbia, Clackamas,…
I’VE BEEN THINKING: Money & Politics – ORESTAR Reveals Candidates Fund Sources
By Jim Heffernan I’m still thinking about how money has corrupted our political life. Maybe a closer examination of the details might provide something of an explanation for the mess we’re in….
Cheesemakers Undefeated in League Play; Scappoose Comes to Town for First Game at Home Friday Oct. 21st
By Matt Maizel Cheesemakers football stays undefeated in league play, and will improve to 3-0 (5-2 overall) in 2022 after dismantling the winless Astoria Fishermen (0-3 in League, 0-7 overall) in front…
OCEANSIDE INCOROPORATION: A tale of two campaigns – “Optimism and smarts” vs. “confuse the voters”
Early in the Oceanside incorporation campaign, a team of incorporation opponents received an e-mail from Yuriy Chanba, the founder of “Oceanside True Friends.” It contained this surprising suggestion: “Finally, a curveball to…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION: Remember Why You Live Here!
From Oceanside True Friends Both sides on Oceanside incorporation have been sending op-eds and letters-to-the-editor (LTEs) to the County’s two newspapers, the Headlight-Herald and the Tillamook County Pioneer. Assertions and rebuttals on…
A Halloween Special Event: Riverbend Players presents “Dracula! The Radio Play” on Oct. 21, 22 & 23
Nehalem, OR – Bite into the fall season with “Dracula! The Radio Play,” which is based on the classic Bram Stoker novel and adapted for stage by Philip Grecian. Riverbend Players will…