It is scholarship season and we are pleased to assist in educational expenses for the 2023-2024 academic year. Scholarships are available to residents of Tillamook County who are currently attending a university or college, must be a full-time student, and maintain a 3.0 GPA. Preference will be given to candidates pursuing STEM fields. Scholarship applications can be accessed through https://tillamook-or.aauw.net/about/scholarship….
Category: News Briefs
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…
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…
NETARTS-OCEANSIDE SANITARY DISTRICT: Sewage Spill in Netarts Bay Tuesday, Dec. 27; Bay Closed to Commercial Shellfish Harvesting
The Netarts-Oceanside Sanitary District experienced a sewage spill at its Netarts pump station early in the afternoon of Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The Oregon Department of Agriculture closed Netarts Bay to commercial shellfish harvesting at approximately 6:00 pm. After performing an on-site assessment, we understand the Department of Agriculture will reopen Netarts Bay on January 1, 2023, at 9:30 pm….
Oregon is on fire, here’s a brief update including maps and resources
If you were wondering where the smoke was coming from… You can track the fires using a Clackamas County Fire Map here. Cedar Creek Fire is burning 33,100 acres in Lane and Deschutes Counties Governor Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act this afternoon as a preemptive measure in response to the Cedar Creek Fire burning in the National Forest…
Queen Elizabeth II Passes
September 9, 2022 by John Sayers, Library of Congress Queen Elizabeth II reigned over the United Kingdom for nearly a third of the United States’ existence, a poignant observation from the national capital of a country that her predecessors once fought to keep as a colonial outpost. She started out as a princess, became queen and seemed to evolve into…
Fire Weather Watch Beginning: 2022-09-06 Ending: 2022-09-10
Fire Weather Watch Beginning: 2022-09-06 Ending: 2022-09-10 NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COASTSOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND WEST WILLAPA HILLS256 PM PDT TUE SEP 6 2022 …FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601, 612, AND 664… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER…
Emergency Food Class Offered On-Line Oct. 16th
The Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay will host an on-line “Emergency Food Planning for Disasters” class Saturday, Oct. 16 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The Zoom event will cover what types of food to store, how much to have on hand and how to store it. “People who like to eat will especially want to take this class,” said…
Tillamook High School Alumni Pay It Forward in 2020 – Tillamook High School Alumni Scholarship Committee awards $18,000 for higher education
The Tillamook High School Alumni Scholarship Committee recently awarded scholarships to five June 2020 graduates and one post-graduate.Selection was based on scholarship, leadership, and service to the school and community. There were many qualified applicants, which made the selection difficult. This year’s recipients are: Lexie Crabtree, Cassandra Wehage, Delainy Lea, Lillian Weber, Kaitlyn Sisco and McKenzie Main (post-grad.) Each student…
Mohler Market to Reopen, Allow Shoppers In Monday May 4th
The Mohler Marketplace plans to allow customers inside starting Monday, May 4th. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This will be Monday thru Saturday. Closed Sundays. The number of people in the store at any one time will be limited. This will be monitored. Please: For everyone’s precautionary safety at this time, everyone will be required to wear…
