EDITOR’S NOTE: With Spring Breaks in full swing, there’s a lot more traffic and the visitors aren’t familiar with our roads, make sudden, unexpected turns, or don’t turn when they’re supposed to…
Category: Government
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The President is Not Well
“I love Elvis. I never met Elvis. Sometimes I feel I should tell a little fib, say ‘I knew him well.’” – Donald J. Trump By Marc C. Johnson (3/23/26) A congressional…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Final Detailed Review of the Last Session
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 3/30/2026 Dear Neighbors and Friends, The last two weeks have been a bit of a blur. Town Halls in Benton and then Lincoln Counties. Meeting…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: VOLUNTEERS HELP KEEP STATE FOREST SHOOTING LANES MAINTAINED AND OPEN
(TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST, OR) — More than 55 volunteers helped clean and restore the Wolf Creek Shooting Lanes and nearby forest roads on March 21. Volunteers removed graffiti from boulders, replaced vandalized…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: SAVE Our Elections?
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…
Tsunami 101 Road Show in Tillamook April 1st – Everything YOU Need to Know About Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Join the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Tillamook Emergency Volunteer Corps as we present Tsunami 101 on Wednesday, April 1 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Tillamook…
Everything YOU Need to Know About Earthquakes & Tsunamis – Tsunami 101 Road Show March 31st in Manzanita
Join the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay as we present Tsunami 101 on Tuesday, March 31 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM at Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Avenue,…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: It Keeps Happening
“You can fool too many people, too much of the time.” ― James Thurber By Marc C. Johnson In 1974 a reporter for New Times magazine surveyed 200 congressional staffers, some members of Congress…
TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT April 2026 Meetings
The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: April 1, 2026, Public Power Council Members Forum 3:00 p.m. Location: Virtual April 2,…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Shanda*
By Butch Freedman *Shanda is the Yiddish word for shame, a disgrace to the family. It drives me crazy, as a Jewish person, that trump and the republican flunkies attack our elite…