Last spring, lots of office workers packed up what we could from our cubes and set up shop at home. Many of us have been making use of armchairs, couches and beds to support our…
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OP/ED: What is a patriot?
OIOpublisher By Stevie Stephens Burden (January 7, 2021) What is a patriot? I have asked myself this question over and over and over in the last 24 hours. Since the Day of…
TCTD announces real-time information available through newly endorsed app Transit
Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD) is announcing Transit as the official mobility app for District’s Wave riders. Transit has millions of active users in more than 200 cities worldwide, and is now…
Neah-Kah-Nie High School – HONOR ROLL – Fall Term 2020
Give a big PIRATE cheer for these Neah-Kah-Nie High School students who earned honor roll status during a pandemic with distance learning, Fall Term, 2020 – congratulations students (and their families!) ~Seniors~…
Oregon reports 867 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths; Tillamook adds second death, 7 more cases, total cases at 342
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed 10 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,568, the Oregon Health Authority reported today January 7, 2021, and Tillamook recorded it’s second death…
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Welcomes New Director
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum this week welcomed its new director, Jaykob Wood. Wood, who originally hails from Michigan, moved to Oregon in 2018 and worked in federal and…
OP/ED: January 6, 2021 – It is With Great Sorrow…
By Fred Bassett, Chair, Tillamook County Democrats It is with great sorrow, immense concern and no small amount of fear and confusion that I watch the situation unfold in our national capitol….
Tillamook County Creamery Association and Visit Tillamook Coast award $200,000 in marketing grants to 16 tourism-related businesses
Collaborative efforts will help nearly 90 businesses recover and thrive in 2021. January 6, 2021. Tillamook, Oregon. Like no other year, 2020 was hard on many tourism-related businesses. Lodging closed for nearly…
Oregon has a plan to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination; Travel advisories & Self-Quarantine still in effect
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen and Dr. Dana Hargunani, OHA’s chief medical officer, held a media briefing today to discuss the steps OHA is taking to scale up Oregon’s vaccine program and achieve Governor Brown’s goal of 12,000 COVID-19 vaccinations…
OUTBACK WITH BACKMAN: Winter hiking on the Oregon Coast. Why would anyone be crazy enough to do this? Some of us are, and here are some tips to help you get started.
By Don Backman This is the first article in a series about hiking. Since it is the off season, and officially winter, it seemed best to start with the obvious question: Why…