As graduation season has wrapped up, many are breathing sighs of relief and celebrating their accomplishment. One Neah-Kah-Nie High School graduate, Spider Hyde, is celebrating times three. In addition to completing his…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help Betsy Run
OIOpublisher This November, I hope to vote for Betsy Johnson to become Oregon’s next Governor. I say “hope” because she needs our help to get on the ballot. Running as an unaffiliated…
Fire Season 2022 approaching for Northwest Oregon; Wildfire Crews Ready
From Mike Cafferata, Forest Grove District Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry (6/29/22): We are getting close to fire season 2022. While the wet spring has been great, things are starting to dry…
COVID-19 RESPONSE: Letter to Employers from Tillamook County Public Health
EDITOR’S NOTE: One the weekly Community Update Tillamook County Community Health Centers Deputy Director Rockie Phillips reported that Tillamook County’s test positivity rate is over 30%, and the county’s has a “high”…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: 66th COVID-19 Related Death Reported in Tillamook County
(TILLAMOOK, Ore. –June 28, 2022) — Tillamook County Public Health Department was notified of one new COVID-19 related death that occurred in June 2022, raising the Tillamook County COVID-19 pandemic death toll to…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 6/29/22
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 08:00am An upper level trough of low pressure is sitting off the coast and keeping us under a southwesterly flow which is deepening the marine layer which in…
BOOK REVIEW: What Unites Us – Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather
By Jim Heffernan I found this book of essays very enjoyable. There are 16 essays, each extolling a particular aspect of a broad topic and each aspect seems to be somehow diminished…
OP/ED: WILL PROPOSED MANZANITA LOFTS HOTEL PUT MANZANITA LINKS AT RISK?
By Deb Simmons Did you know that the City Council has the final say in rulings made by the PlanningCommission? At the Planning Commission meeting on June 20th, emotional and concerned citizens…
OBITUARY: Dale Eugene Stockton – Aug. 19, 1930 – June 22, 2022
Dale Eugene Stockton passed away peacefully in his home the morning of June 22, 2022. For the last month of his life, he was surrounded daily by friends and family. Born on…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS: Finally, My Garden is Planted!
By Cammy Hickman, Tillamook County Master Gardener There is hope – you still have ample time to plant your garden this year! According to my garden journal, I am at least a…