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,…
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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…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Reminder about support for failed Manzanita City Hall bond measure
The attached ad is a reminder as you receive your ballot this week to vote for new Manzanita city council members. It was published prior to the November 5, 2019 bond measure….
OREGON DEQ: Weather inversion causing unhealthy air quality in Portland metro area, Columbia County
(Oct. 18, 2022-Portland, Ore.)— Portland metro area counties, including Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas, as well as Columbia County, are experiencing unhealthy air quality this morning due to smoke from the Nakia Creek…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Measure 114
From Joshua Brown, Tillamook County Sheriff Oregon Voters’ Pamphlets are now arriving in the mail. As always, I urge you to read the entirety of each measure before casting your vote. I…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: HD 10 By the Numbers
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 My report this week will contain a lot of numbers. I’ve just finished reading the 2022 edition of Oregon by the Numbers. As Oregonians face new…