September marks National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a designated time for communities to come together to raise awareness and provide resources that can help prevent suicide. Sarah Ermer, the Prevention Specialist at…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Anxious Generation – How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan While we were talking about the current censorship at Tillamook High School, Laura recommended the book, “The Coddling of the American Mind”. I saw that the same author…
Rockaway Beach Seeks Community Input on Sourcewater Protection Plan at Town Hall Sept. 12th
(ROCKAWAY BEACH, Oregon) – On September 12, the City of Rockaway Beach will host a town hall to discuss a draft Sourcewater Protection Plan focused on the Jetty Creek watershed. The hybrid…
Commercial black rockfish harvest reductions for 2025 one topic of annual ODFW commercial nearshore fishery public meetings
NEWPORT, Ore. – ODFW is holding two public meetings to discuss the commercial black and blue rockfish fishery and the nearshore fishery. Meetings will be held Sept. 10 in Port Orford with…
Hoffman 20th Anniversary Festival August 31: Please join us as we celebrate 20 years of providing arts and culture opportunities in Manzanita!
Please join us on Saturday, August 31st, between 11:00 am-6:00 pm, for our celebratory 20th Anniversary Festival! We’re planning a day of creative activities for the whole family. The event will kick off at 11:00…
BOOK REVIEW: The Truths We Hold – An American Journey by Kamala Harris
By Jim Heffernan The Los Angeles called this book, “A life story that genuinely entrances.” They were certainly right about that. This book grabbed me from the beginning and held my attention…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: SOME ROADS CLOSED TO VEHICLES IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST DURING HUNTING SEASON
(Tillamook, Ore.) —The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will resume road restrictions this fall in the western part of the Tillamook State Forest to improve deer and elk escapement during hunting season. Some roads will…
GEEZER TRIBE: New Acronyms are Not for the Old
By Linda Shaffer I have to address this issue. Why? In our lifetimes, things have gotten out of hand. It’s possible our grandparents and great grandparents and their parents said the same…
Polaris Dawn’s Leap into the Cosmos
SpaceX’s Polaris mission, scheduled for launch on the evening of August 26th PST or the early morning hours of August 27th EST, promises to be a groundbreaking event in space exploration history….
Tillamook County Library Adds Culture Grams to Online Resources
(Tillamook, OR – August 15, 2024) Tillamook County Library is excited to announce that patrons now have access to CultureGrams, an online resource that provides detailed cultural information on countries around the…