By Randy Kugler The City will hold a workshop on September 11 at 2 pm to discuss what new quarterly water rates will be should voters approve the November Referendum to return to quarterly…
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Tillamook PUD Inspection and Treatment of Wood Power Poles Program
OIOpublisher (September 9, 2024) – Tillamook PUD has contracted with National Wood Treating Co. to perform detailed inspections and treatments on wood power poles throughout the Tillamook PUD electric system. The power…
CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS: ROUND 2 – Level Up Pitch Contests – Opportunity for Businesses in Tillamook County
Do you have an idea for the next great business in Tillamook County? Is your current business ready to launch a new product or service? This is your chance to pitch your…
GEEZER TRIBE: Obits should be required reading
By Linda Shaffer OK, I admit to being a newspaper person for most of my life which means I want to shorten the word obituary to obit. Either way it’s a derivative…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 9/9/24: Change of Seasons, Some Sun, Some Rain
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Some good news for a change, the smoke is now getting pushed over into the Cascades as a mainly zonal, or west to…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT September 2024 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: September 4, 2024, Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: Portland, OR September…
TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD – Book Ban Process Flawed from Beginning, Every Step; TSD#9 School Board Meeting Monday Sept. 9th
SEVEN…that’s the number of women who have disclosed to me their story of sexual assault/abuse in the last few weeks. No, I don’t work in the medical or legal field. I don’t…
I’ve been thinking … Book Burning Impulse
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the impulse that leads to the banning of books. I always thought our little green corner would be immune. I was wrong….
LETTER TO EDITOR: Book Banning in Tillamook
As a writer and long-time high school English teacher, I find myself deeply troubled by the Tillamook School Board’s decision to ban the lovely novel “How The Garcia Girls Lost their Accents”…
LETTERS TO TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD & SUPERINTENDENT: Banning Books Abhorent; Call to Reverse Ban
Dear School Board members & Superintendent, We are writing to you to express our distress and disagreement with the recent removal and banning of Julia Alvarez’ book, “How The Garcia Girls Lost…