Legislature will return to Salem next month to restore essential transportation services and staff Salem, OR — Governor Tina Kotek announced today that she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session…
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Big Changes Ahead for North County Food Bank – New Location Coming Soon
North County Food Bank will end service at their current location on September 30. We must vacate the building so Nehalem Bay Health District can start the process of tearing it down. We…
I’ve been thinking … Real Politics, Follow the Money
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about what passes for politics these days. It’s nothing like the contests I remember between Eisenhower and Stevenson or Johnson and Goldwater. We certainly…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Not just hot flashes – What every woman should know about the perimenopause transition
By Leanna Coy, FNP Menopause care is booming right now. This is great news after more than two decades of women in menopause not getting the care they needed. Twenty years ago,…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: We the People… Unless You’re the Wrong People
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 7/21/25: Summer continues, warmer first half of week, average temperatures rest of week, weekend
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer We had a weak upper level disturbance move through overnight that did little except increase the cloudiness that persisted most of today. It…
DREW’S REVIEWS: SUPERMAN (2025)
By Andrew Jenck August 2014: I’m walking out of Guardians of the Galaxy, processing how I cared more for a group of then-obscure characters than that of the previous summer’s Man of…
ARDENT GOURMET: Fedé Trattoria, Astoria
By David & Susan Greenberg Astoria started as a fist-fighting harbor town. There were steam rooms for Finnish sailors. Finnish was a dominant second language. There were canneries galore to steer unending…
“Loyal Service” exhibit features working animals at war and home opens at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Spike served as a Private for most of his military career. He was a member of a Marine Detachment at Naval Air Station Tillamook during World War II. His job: improve morale…
Pelican Brewing to Open Another Coastal Location in Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Oregon’s Coastal brewery brings craft beer and food to a new location on the North Coast. (Rockaway Beach, OR) — Pelican Brewing Company, the iconic Oregon Coast brewery known for its award-winning…