By Robert Van Dyk, Wild Salmon Center There was a very close vote in the Board of Forestry meeting yesterday (2/15/23), with three members voting to delay for at least two years and…
Category: Guest Column
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: The Ties That Bind – Securing Healthy Relationships
OIOpublisher By Michelle Jenck, Adventist Health Tillamook Director of Community Well-Being When we think of healthy relationships, especially around Valentine’s Day, our thoughts often go to dating or marriage. We know it…
I’ve been thinking … Join me & Sign the Pioneer’s Civility Pledge
I’ve been thinking how talking politics has changed over the years, not for the better. I can remember times when two people could have entirely opposite views and still have a civil,…
OP/ED: City Hall Y’All
By Kim Rosenberg I haven’t written about the Manzanita City Hall deal because I don’t have much of an opinion about it but just about everyone else I know does. I went…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Doing the Right Thing
by Neal Lemery Sometimes in our lives there is a moment where we have a choice, an opportunity. When we see the door open, or the fork in the road, or an…
View From Here: Crabbing weather
EDITOR’S NOTE: More memories from a Long Beach Peninsula fisherman’s daughter … By Victoria Stoppiello I sit in the morning gloom, with a hot cup of coffee and the woodstove emitting a…
Crab Fisherman Lost at Sea Stirs Memories of Local Losses; GoFundMe for Family, Link to The Ship Report
EDITOR’S NOTE: I was in the same class in high school as George Vandecoevering. He was a bright light, and every time there is a boat that goes down, or a fisherman…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: The Budget Begins
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Last week, Governor Kotek released her recommended budget. According to the executive summary, the plan will build more housing, reduce homelessness, increase access to mental health…
THINGS WE LOVE – NORTH FORK 53: Six ways an ancient holiday can help your seasonal depression
EDITOR’S NOTE: Madame Zia mentions Imbolc in her Astrology column, and I had saved this blog post from Ginger at North Fork 53. This is a perfect read for a rainy Sunday…
BOOK REVIEW: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Jim Heffernan “For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material…