By Neal Lemery Often, a disaster turns into a positive asset, and life improves, comes into focus, and good things emerge from the gray somber atmosphere of disaster. Such change comes unexpectedly….
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Linda Shaffer – November 23, 1947 – March 7, 2025
OIOpublisher Mom, Linda Shaffer, passed away peacefully at home in Netarts, Oregon on March 7th with family. She was 77. It was her wish that there be no service, she wanted to keep it…
Tillamook County Libraries Unveil New Library Catalog
(Tillamook, Oregon – March 10, 2025) The Tillamook County Libraries have officially joined their new consortium the Chinook Library Network. This new network encompasses libraries from three counties and seeks to provide…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 3/10/25: Calm today, Rains, Storms Return later this Week
Good Monday morning, Tillamook. While we did have a front push through that gave us almost ½” of rain last night, today looks to be the calm day before the storm, or…
North County Food Bank Spaghetti Fundraiser March 11th at Tie Breaker in Rockaway Beach
Please join us for a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the Tie Breaker Oregon in Rockaway on March 11 from 4- 7 pm. The Tie Breaker is generously sponsoring this family-friendly event where…
38th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races – March 8th – Photos & Video by Don Backman
Photos & Video by Don Backman 38th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races! 🦀 The crowds roared and the crabs raced (sort of) at the fun family event hosted by the Garibaldi Lions Club…
BOOK REVIEW: How We Learn to Be Brave by Mariann Edgar Budde
By Jim Heffernan It’s Women’s History month, and I want to profile a woman of today and review her best selling book. We might never had heard of Marian Budde if Donald…
North Oregon Coast Symphony Concerts “Melodic Journeys” March 15 in Nehalem & March 16 in Seaside
The North Oregon Coast Symphony continues its 2024-2025 season with two concerts in March titled “Melodic Journeys.” Designed to please audience members of all ages, the performances will feature Greg Smith’s “The…
I’ve been thinking … Culture of Contempt
By Jim Heffernan I read a lot of books, and most of them do not affect me all that much. It’s like the words enter one side of my head and fall…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: Transcript from Sermon 6; Sermon #7 – “Legitimate Doubts” – Join Jim and others at 10AM on Saturday March 8 for Sermon #7.
Join us Saturday, March 8 at 10am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. The are aimed…