By Randy Kugler For several years now, the City of Manzanita has told us how vital it is to use Water Utility revenue to pay for the time that City Hall…
Category: Op-Ed
ROCKAWAY BEACH MAYOR TALKS: MEASURE 29-187 – A Clearer Charter, A Stronger Rockaway Beach
By Mayor Charles McNeilly This November, Rockaway Beach voters will have the opportunity to consider an important update to our City Charter. I support Measure 29-187 because it provides a clearer…
SO WHAT ABOUT THIS JAVADI GUY?
By Ketzel Levine ABOUT THIS JAVADI GUY The last time Cyrus Javadi ran as our State Representative, I was committed to defeating. I wasn’t nice about it, either. I confronted him…
Cyrus Javadi Listens
Our North Coast is beautiful, it sustains us, it nourishes us, we are really lucky, we call this home all of us. The generations of people, the indigenous, the newly arrived,…
OP/ED: The Billionaires Are Not Our Friends
By Kim Rosenberg We’re living in a time when the wealth of the world is held in the hands of a few people. It isn’t that there’s not enough money for…
RESPONSE TO ROCKAWAY BEACH MAYOR TALKS ABOUT CITY CHARTER: SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT NOT COMBINING THESE INTO ONE MEASURE
Here are some things to think about. My takeaway is these should be separate issues we vote on. Measure 29-187 is not inherently a bad idea to put before voters—Oregon law…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER’S QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES NOV. 3, 2026: STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16
The Tillamook County Pioneer provides readers with expanded election coverage – Questions for the Candidates – gives our communities an introduction to the candidates and an unbiased view to compare the candidates…
OP/ED: Thank you Judges! No thanks to this administration.
By Diane Colcord Thank you to all the judiciary from district to federal to appeal judges! The majority are living up to the oaths they took and are trying to stop…
LET’S TALK TILLAMOOK: STANDING UP FOR SANCTUARY
A conversation with Sidra Pierson of the Rural Organizing Project on Oregon Sanctuary Laws recorded on Thursday, October 1, 2026 Editor’s Note: This Q&A is based on an interview by…
Governor Kotek’s Visit to Tillamook Shows Her Support for Rural Oregon
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo from the Tillamook County Family YMCA and the banner greeting Governor Kotek during her August visit.) To the Editor: It was incredibly heartening to see Governor Tina Kotek…