OIOpublisher At approximately 1230am on August 3, 2022, Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue and Seaside Fire Department were dispatched to assist Cannon Beach Fire Department with rescuing a dog stuck on a…
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Oregon Wildfires Update 8/3/22: 46 Active Fires; 2,500 Acres Burned
By Scott Adams – Banks Fire Public Information Officer (PIO) As of this morning at 9am, Wednesday, August 3rd 2022, that is what is happening on fires across the state (see full-size…
Tillamook Lightwave Regular Board Meetings August 2022
The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings. August 9, 2022 9:30 a.m. Tillamook Lightwave Regular Board Meeting 11:30 a.m. Executive Session- ORS 192.660 (2)(a) To Consider the employment…
Tillamook Police Department Event for National Night Out Tuesday August 2nd at Goodspeed Park followed by Movie Showing; Neighborhood Watch Programs to be Established
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 – National Night Out, which is an event to strengthen the relationship with the Police and community, will be held at Goodspeed Park, starting at 6 pm. There…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Why Unemployment Never Arrived
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends, By the Summer of 2020, our district was hurting. COVID had all but shut down the hospitality industry. We were suffering…
Hwy. 131 Opens TODAY, Sunday July 31st at 4 pm Ahead of Schedule
Tillamook County Public Works and ODOT announced today Sunday July 31st: Hwy 131 reopened to two way traffic at 4pm today. The road is currently gravel. Utility work related to the road…
Merkley, Wyden Champion Critical Projects for Oregon Communities in Federal Funding Bills; Nearly $4 Million Coming to Tillamook County Projects
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced July 29, 2022 they secured funding for essential community projects across Oregon in the Fiscal Year 2023 Senate Appropriations bills. A total of 111 Oregon community-initiated…
UPDATE: Hwy. 131 Road Construction Continues, Making Progress; Road Closure Continues
By Laura Swanson Dan Weber, ODOT Maintenance Manager in Tillamook checked in with the Pioneer this evening (after 12 hours on the job site.) One hundred dump truck loads excavated, they have…
HWY. 131 UPDATE: Highway 131 to Netarts and Oceanside closed due to large sinkhole, construction underway; Travelers detour south from Tillamook to Highway 101, and onto Sandlake Road.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the Pioneer reported yesterday evening, Highway 131 is closed with repairs underway due to a sinkhole. Tillamook Coast Visitors Association sent out this EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION following an emergency Tillamook…
ALERT: Highway 131 Closed between Tillamook and Oceanside due to culvert failure; Detour in place 7/28/22 5:30 pm
HWY 131 – EKLOFF ROAD CLOSURE The Oregon Department of Transportation has issued an emergency alert at 5:30 pm on Thursday July 28, 2022 that it will immediately close Highway 131 between…