EDITOR’S NOTE: My apologies for going so long between blogs for the this series – Thanks for your patience! There’s been a lot going on. There are five blogs remaining and we’ll…
Category: Feature
TILLAMOOK COUNTYWIDE EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI DRILL OCTOBER 17TH, 2024
Tillamook County is taking The Great Oregon Shakeout drill to the next level with a county wide tsunami evacuation drill on Thursday Oct. 17th at 10:17 am. The earthquake is the tsunami…
Rockaway Beach City Councilor Blocks, Deletes, Manipulates Social Media Pages, Questionable Ethics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter to the editor addresses a situation that is definitely impacting the Rockaway Beach community’s access to information. The Tillamook County Pioneer has been blocked from the Rockaway Community…
OP/ED: Manzanita Water Rates Fact Check Time
By Randy Kugler The September 11 Council Workshop on proposed Quarterly Water Rates provides further evidence as to why residents should have a healthy level of skepticism in what our City officials are telling us. Page 4…
CITY OF TILLAMOOK: Road Closures on Grove Avenue for Sewer Mainline Repairs Start Oct. 15
(Tillamook, OR) – Starting October 15, 2024, Grove Avenue between 9th and 12th Streets will experience intermittent road closures to accommodate necessary sewer mainline repairs. The closures will occur from 7:00 AM…
I’ve Been Thinking … E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One)
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about the election coming up in less than three weeks. Too much! I’ve watched a lot of elections go by, but this one has…
GEEZER TRIBE: The lovely science of hugs
By Linda Shaffer Like most of you, I didn’t have a clue what a pandemic could do to this world. When I look back on those days and at how Covid changed…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION: NCCWP Community Meeting Oct. 19th, Rockaway Beach – Protect Our Drinking Water
On Saturday, October 19 at 12:00 noon, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection will hold a community meeting at the Parish Hall of St. Mary by the Sea (275 S. Pacific St.;…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 10/14/24: The Rains Begin … Welcome to Fall!
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The driving pattern this week stems from a large low pressure area up in the Gulf of Alaska and its associated low pressure…
OREGON SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION: Tillamook Informational Picket and Rally Oct. 14th
(Tillamook, Ore.) — “After months of delays and bad faith bargaining, Tillamook School District is now refusing to meet legal obligations to contractually guarantee classified staff Just Cause for termination and access…
