NEHALEM, OR- On March 9th, the Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue District board of directors accepted the resignation of Fire Chief Chris Beswick. Beswick has accepted the position of Assistant Chief at Key Peninsula Fire Department in Washington State; his last day with NBFRD will be April 7th, 2023. Beswick stated that it was a difficult decision to leave such…
Category: Government
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CYRUS JAVADI: Defending the North Coast
By Representative Cyrus Javadi Friends and neighbors, Thus far, the House has been passing fairly small, non-controversial bills, and things are heating up. Last week, the Housing and Homelessness committee advanced a large housing package and this week, we started meeting daily to vote on bills on the Floor. Committees have already been meeting daily, but now we have Floor…
City of Manzanita’s STR Committee Begins Liveability Survey; Meet the Manzanita Mayor Mondays, starting March 13th
The City of Manzanita’s Short-term Rental (STR) Committee is conducting a survey open to all interested community members from March 6 to April 15. The survey will reach out to, and collect information from residents, second homeowners, STR owners, and managers of local STRs. It will provide City leadership with a better understanding of existing community sentiment regarding the impact…
COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON ACTION NOTICE: Commercial & Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery March 15 through May 15 Season Canceled in Ocean Water off Oregon
March 9, 2023 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the State of Oregon, and the State of California met today, March 9, 2023 via a blended conference call and in person meeting and have taken the following in-season management action related to the scheduled March 15 commercial and recreational Chinook salmon…
Where Do We Go From Here?
There has been a lot of talk on the internet about free speech lately (I’m looking at you @Elon). The Twitter files have shined a light on what many people already suspected or outright knew was happening. That government works with business and NGOs to shape the social conversation around the virus (this is apolitical, all sides are engaging in…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Hospitalizations, positive tests for respiratory viruses keep dropping
Outlook in battle against COVID-19, RSV, flu is good, state health officer says PORTLAND, Ore. — Following the worst respiratory virus surge Oregon has ever seen, the state’s top health official today painted an optimistic picture for spring, explaining conditions with COVID-19, RSV and influenza are better overall than they have been in months. “As we prepare to move into spring in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, PUBLIC WORKS ASSIST WITH CLEARING WAY FOR RADIO REPAIR ON MT. HEBO MARCH 7TH
And now for something a little lighter…. With most of the remaining snow from our big storm event last month melted away in much of Tillamook County, there are some places where it has stuck around, and maybe even gained some accumulation. When one of our emergency radio frequencies went down earlier this week, John Spence, from the Tillamook County…
Tillamook Library Hosting Oregon Humanities Conversation March 11th about Housing & Belonging.
The Tillamook Library is excited to announce that they are hosting an Oregon Humanities conversation about housing and belonging with Paul Susi at the Tillamook Main Library on March 11th. You can register to join in the conversation by calling 503-842-4792. Housing and homelessness is a visible and divisive issue in local media, in politics, and across different communities within…
Response to Jim Heffernan Op/Ed – Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Board
Sometimes politics taints an individual’s vision of truth so bad that they cannot see those they disagree with as people or see themselves in a mirror. Such is the case in a recent opinion piece entitled “Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee” (link below) Unlike the author, a Democrat PCP, who defended another Democrat PCP that he would have…
Oregon will lift mask requirement for health care settings April 3; Change follows improvements in people hospitalized for respiratory infections, test positivity
From Tillamook County Community Health Centers: In alignment with other states including Washington and with respiratory virus positivity rates decreasing and expected to continue to drop, Oregon will lift the mask requirements in health care settings on April 3. Everyone should feel welcome to continue wearing a high-quality mask based on their personal choice and need, even if it is…