There are approximately 10,508 personnel assigned to the 32 large fires across the state, not including many of the local and agency government employees, landowners, forestland operators, and members of the community who are contributing every…
Category: Government
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Tillamook County Budget Committee Vacancy
The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications from Tillamook County residents to fill a vacant position on the Tillamook County Budget Committee. Because of the fiscal challenges facing the…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: SOUTH FORK FOREST CAMP PROVIDES VITAL WILDLAND FIRE FIGHTING CREWS
Four South Fork Forest Camp (SFFC) crews are returned August 6, 2026 after deploying for 14 days to help battle the 15,580-acre East Evans Creek Fire in southern Oregon. The 10-person adults…
TILLAMOOK AIR MUSEUM – HANGAR B STORM DAMAGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
August 7, 2026 As we previously shared, the Port of Tillamook Bay is moving forward with the first phase of work to address the December 2025 storm damage to Hangar B…
OREGON DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ): Air quality advisory for many parts of Oregon [Aviso sobre la calidad del aire]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The winds have changed, and air quality is improving in most areas of the state, but extended now for most of central and eastern Oregon; and a smog advisory…
CITY OF ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR – NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 12, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Rockaway Beach City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Room of…
Manzanita City Hall Financing Costs Will Cost More
By Will Stone Other things equal, failure to include the City Hall project as planned in Oregon Bond Bank financing will lead to more expensive financing. The Oregon Bond Bank is…
Fishing Vessel Joins Trained Team to Free Injured Humpback Whale 20 Miles off Oregon Coast
Recovered fishing gear will inform action to reduce whale entanglements. A researcher in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter first spotted the entangled humpback anchored to the bottom about 20 miles off…
Manzanita City Hall Debt Financing Plan Rejected
By Randy Kugler At the July City Council meeting, it was announced that the City had failed to be approved to proceed to the Oregon Bond Bank for the permanent debt financing…
Tillamook People’s Utility District MEETING NOTICE – Regular Board Meeting August 18, 2026
The meeting will be held at the Carl Rawe Meeting Room at Tillamook PUD, 1115 Pacific Ave., Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will conduct…
