One of the first gatherings I attended after the COVID lockdown was a community game night hosted by Christy Kay at her Rising Hearts Studio in Nehalem. It was a welcoming, family-friendly…
Category: Government
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Some Non-Legislative Thoughts
OIOpublisher By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Friends and Neighbors, I thought I’d offer readers a legislative break this week and turn to news I’m seeing outside the Capitol. Earlier…
Affolter and Wolfe for Tillamook School Board
My name is Leah Diane Grosulak Kaiser and I would like to express my support for Jordan Wolfe and Brandon Affolter for school board. I moved to Tillamook when I was eleven…
Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) Increase Bad Policy – Vote NO
Our Tillamook County Commissioners are asking county residents to vote for a 40% increase, 3 million dollars additional, in the Transient Lodging Tax (TLT). This tax is paid by lodging visitors staying in…
SUPPORT FOR NEAH-KAH-NIE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND MEASURE: A School Life
My partner and I committed our lives to working with children and families in public education, often advocating for those who were not easily served and successful in a regular education settings….
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE SENATOR SUZANNE WEBER: Rural Northwest Oregon Updates Volume 52
Work Session and Public Hearings This week I have a couple more bills inching forward through House Committee On Commerce and Consumer Protection . SB 463A with a work session and SB 1032A with a public hearing….
Selecting Tillamook School Board Candidates: Right People for Job – Elect Ferrat, Affolter & Wolfe
Getting the right person for the right job is always desirable and needed . But, how do you align the two? Intelligently and hopefully. Amanda Ferrat, Brandon Affolter, and Jordan Wolfe have…
OREGON STATE PARKS: SADDLE MOUNTAIN TO CLOSE MAY 6-10 FOR TREE PROJECT WITH MORE CLOSURES THIS SUMMER/FALL
(SEASIDE, Oregon) — Saddle Mountain State Natural Area is scheduled for multiple temporary closures due to construction and tree projects with the first one starting May 6 through May 10 and additional…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER’S QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES: Port of Tillamook Bay & Tillamook Fire District
There’s an election for many special districts and boards – you should have received your ballot this week, and ballots are due by May 20th. These local special districts are the very…
Spring Round of “Dear Stranger” letter campaign at Tillamook County Library
For 10 years, Oregon Humanities’ Dear Stranger project has invited Oregonians to exchange letters with people they’ve never met. Since 2014, more than 1,000 people have sent letters to Dear Stranger and…