Wednesday July 21st update from Oregon Department of Forestry regarding the Game Hog Creek Fire: “The Game Hog Creek Fire is in heavy mop-up today. Crews are pushing into the interior working…
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CAMPFIRES BANNED IN STATE PARKS, STATE-MANAGED FORESTLAND EAST OF INTERSTATE 5 EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JULY 22
OIOpublisher Salem, Ore — Due to fire danger and limited firefighting resources across the western U.S., effective Thursday, July 22 no campfires will be allowed in state parks and in state-managed forests east…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 7/21/21 Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:30am Weather The upper level low pressure area that we have watched to the northwest since last week, is finally moving…
Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Newport, OR July 19th
ASTORIA, Ore. – A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man Monday afternoon from a 40-foot commercial fishing vessel after suffering a medical emergency 5 miles west of Newport. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 7/20/21 – Weather, Game Hog Creek Fire, COVID-19
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 10:45am Weather For once, we appreciate the morning drizzly start as Tillamook County is in Moderate Drought conditions which is actually…
NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Heat, Water, and Wildfires
By David Gomberg, District 10 Oregon State Representative Hello Friends, I want to talk a bit this week about heat, water, and wildfires. Across the West, we are seeing dire reports that…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 7/19/21 – Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Monday, July 19, 2021, 12:30pm No real change in the weather picture today, the upper level low pressure area we have been watching the last…
Central Oregon Coast Subarea all-depth Pacific halibut sportfishing openings increase
NEWPORT, Ore – ODFW is changing the Central Oregon Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain) summer all-depth Pacific halibut season open dates to increase angling opportunities. The summer season which begins…
GAME HOG CREEK FIRE REMAINS AT ABOUT 135 ACRES IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST JULY 17th UPDATE; Photos by Don Backman
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pioneer photographer Don Backman’s vantage point yesterday July 16th includes shots of the helicopters dropping water on the fire. FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Mechanical issues grounded two helicopters before they…
Tillamook County Community Health Centers: Weekly COVID-19 Update 7/16/21 – Delta variant; 37 cases past two weeks
COVID-19 cases have increased in Tillamook County, with 37 new cases occurring in the past two weeks (6/27/21 – 07/10/21) and a test positivity rate of 5.4%. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is…