It’s not every day that someone offers you $1.93 million in free money! But that’s just what happened to our schools. Tillamook School District has been offered $1.93 million (and maybe as…
Category: Government
Letter to the Editor: Merrianne Hoffman for Tillamook County Transportation Board
OIOpublisher I was a little surprised when I saw who was running for the Tillamook County Transportation Board Position #5. I was on the board of that organization when it chose not…
Contaminated groundwater issue causes short term delay in downtown project; Additional lanes to open after Memorial Day; project is still on schedule to be completed by late 2018
TILLAMOOK— A goal to open two lanes of U.S. 101 in both directions by Memorial Day will be delayed until later this summer because of a significant amount of contaminated groundwater that…
“What we want from the Wild” Community Conversation at Tillamook Forest Center May 7th
The Tillamook Forest Center will hold a free public event on May 7, hosting Oregon Humanities’ statewide Conversation Project. “What We Want from the Wild,” is a conversation with Oregon Humanities Executive…
Why I Love the Library
by Neal Lemery My hometown library and I go way back. We are best friends. One of my earliest memories was going with my mom to the “old” library, before…
Trees to Seas 64-mile Scenic Byway through Tillamook State Forest Proposed by Department of Forestry
Open House May 4 at 6 pm ODF in Tillamook SALEM, Ore.— Oregon Department of Forestry will present a proposal to name Highways 6 and 131 the Trees to Seas Scenic Byway at…
Busy Construction Season on Tillamook County Main Highways – US Hwy. 101 at Manzanita
The work consists of replacement of an existing culvert at Neahkahnie Creek with a tunnel structure and enhancement of the stream bed as well as relocating and improving the highway alignment…
*UPDATE* Coast Guard aircrew hoists 3 mariners after vessel runs aground near Boulder Island, Wash.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/520552/coast-guard-aircrew-hoists-3-mariners-after-vessel-runs-aground-near-boulder-island-wash CLICK ON LINK ABOVE FOR VIDEO. A Coast Guard Station Bellingham boat crewmember aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium watches as an Station Port Angeles aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter prepares…
Highway 101/6 Project Update
In an effort to catch up with the schedule, the project crews have been working six-tens in most locations. Westwind, the concrete flatwork subcontractors, will be jamming on the sidewalks with the…
Neah-Kah-Nie High School FBLA Brings Home Booty from Recent State Competition
By Laura Swanson, editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net One of the smallest school/teams at the statewide Future Business Leaders of American (FBLA), Neah-Kah-Nie High school had 26 students place in the top 10 in their events;…