Photos, Video & Story by Don Backman “I am excited to be here, excited for you guys in your new home,” Justin McMahon, president of Tillamook County Habitat for Humanity announced at…
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I’ve been thinking … Gaslighting
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan I’ve watched this 1944 movie, but it’s been a long time ago. The title has become part of our language. In Psychology, it refers to a tactic of…
Community Wellness Event – January 25th- Rising Hearts Studio – Limited Spaces
Rising Hearts Studio, Cosmic Healing NW, and Megan Lucas LAc are excited to announce the date of our next collaborative Community Wellness Event! Join us Saturday January 25th, 6 PM, at Rising…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Sourdough Times
By Neal Lemery It was time to get back to something basic, something that I could feel, touch, connect with on a gut level. Remembering the good times as a kid, with…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 1/20/25: Cold Temperatures Continue; Slight Chance of Rain Thursday
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer A lot of stuff happened today, officially it’s a holiday, Martin Luther King Day, and we had a new President sworn in this…
BOOK REVIEW: Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King; Join Jim for a Virtual MLK Event Tomorrow Jan. 20th
By Jim Heffernan I find it a mind-crushing collision of lightness and darkness that Donald Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King’s birthday are happening on the same day. It’s a dissonance that…
THE OCEANSIDER: Commissioner Fournier Clarifies Suggestion for County Paid-Parking Structure in Oceanside; Short Beach Closed Due to Active Landslide
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider As promised in last week’s Oceansider, we requested an interview with newly elected County Commissioner Paul Fournier to explore his reported interest in constructing a TLT-funded paid-parking structure in Oceanside. Fournier promptly responded…
Manzanita Water Controversy Spills Over To City Hall Project
By Randy Kugler The City has assured us that charges for staff administrative support services are based on their model that “allocates administrative overhead to each fund or department.” All City Funds…
Space Just Got a Little Closer
There’s a world beyond our own, and to better understand it, we must explore it. For the better part of a decade, several companies have been developing technologies to explore the universe…
BOOK REVIEW: Fire Weather – On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant
By Jim Heffernan The Los Angeles wildfires in January is what drew me to this book from last year. It may have started out as a dutiful trek in search of information,…