From Drew Reid, Tillamook County Pioneer Videographer Voltaire advised that we Tend To Our Own Garden. That is exactly why we created PIONEER WEEK, to reflect on the news and community events…
Category: Op-Ed
OP/ED: We’d better think again
OIOpublisher By Fred Bassett, Chair TillCoDems In what has been labeled an “unprecedented” move, the Chairpersons of five of the seven Democratic Central Committees in Congressional District 5 this week sent a…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Shopping the Cultural Marketplace
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week the annual “Read Across America” event coinciding with the birthday of Dr. Seuss brought out a litany of comments and information about the racist nature of several Dr….
OP/ED: Questions for Manzanita Listens Community Meetings
By Randy Kugler The Manzanita Listens survey results finds that citizens believe that building cost is by far the single most important factor for the City to consider in moving forward with…
View from Here: Under the Protection of the Totems
By Stevie Stephens Burden Safety is something that has played at my mind a lot for the last year, well the lack of it actually. With the rampant fear of COVID, the…
VIDEO: Pioneer Week – March 5, 2021
A video news summary … when we launched our YouTube channel, this was the ultimate goal to provide our community with a weekly video news summary. We are so pleased to present…
Volunteers, donors sustain hunger-relief programs during pandemic
by Mallory Gruben, contributor for the Tillamook County Pioneer Oregon Food Bank Tillamook County Services leaders say the county’s hunger-relief programs have continued to serve thousands of individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Tillamook County Pioneer Welcomes New Contributor – Mallory Gruben
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are so excited to introduce Mallory Gruben (see her story on Oregon Food Bank Tillamook County Services) a new contributor to the Tillamook County Pioneer. Her background and experience…
GEEZER TRIBE: Why it’s so darned hard to toss out food
by Linda Shaffer Last night I decided to use up a packaged sauce mix which had lived in our cupboard for a long, long time. When I opened the package, I could…
Save money by starting vegetable seeds at home; FREE Seeds available at Tillamook Libraries, and other locations
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our recent cold temperatures and frozen precipitation makes Spring seem a long ways off, but it’s not! And now is the time to get seeds started for your garden. Tillamook…