(Tillamook, OR – August 18, 2025) – The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is warning the community about an ongoing phone and text messaging scam involving individuals impersonating Sheriff’s Deputies. Residents have reported…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Traffic Safety Enforcement
OIOpublisher Beginning Monday, August 18, and continuing through Sunday, August 31, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office will conduct targeted traffic safety enforcement using federally funded overtime hours. This statewide effort aims to…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISORY EXTENDED: Heat Advisory from today Sunday Aug. 10 until 10:00PM Tuesday Aug. 12
* WHAT…Temperatures as high as 93 to 98 degrees expected, coupled with mild overnight low temperatures of 60 to 67 degrees. * WHERE…North and Central Coast Range Valleys of Oregon, Lower Columbia…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: Northwest Oregon Area urges Oregonians to remain vigilant in wildfire prevention
(Salem, OR)— The Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Northwest Oregon Area wants to remind Oregonians that with weather fluctuating across the state, fire is still on the landscape and fire season is still in effect. The…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISORY: Heat Advisory from Noon Sunday Aug. 10 until 11:00PM Monday Aug. 11
* WHAT…Temperatures up to 93 to 98 expected coupled with mild overnight low temperatures of 60 to 67 degrees. * WHERE…North and Central Coast Range Valleys of Oregon, Willapa and Wahkiakum Lowlands,…
GORDON’S SPECIAL TSUNAMI EDITION 7/30/25: Let’s Compare – 2011 Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami & 2025 Russian Earthquake/Tsunami
EDITOR’S NOTE: With hourly emergency alerts since yesterday evening July 29, 2025 at about 6pm, the Tsunami Advisory was cancelled at about 11am today, July 30, 2025. The Pioneer’s Gordon McCraw provides…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: 5 FIRES SINCE MAY CONNECTED TO TARGET SHOOTING IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST, FIRES QUICKLY PUT OUT; FIRE SAFETY EMPHASIZED
TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST, Ore. 7/25/25)—The quick actions of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) crews and rural fire departments have put out five fires just since May connected to target shooting. “These fires…
OREGON STATE POLICE: FATAL CRASH – HIT AND RUN – TILLAMOOK COUNTY JULY 12, 2025
(TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. 23 July 2025) – On Saturday, July 12, 2025, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle hit-and-run fatal crash on Highway 18 in Tillamook County near…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATON (ODOT): Farm season is rolling— Be ready to share the road
EDITOR’S NOTE: Breaking News – Tillamook County is an agriculture county (yes, really!) And you’ll see tractors hauling trailers and harvesters and more rolling down Hwy. 101, along with the visitors, which…
Bay City Completes Installation of Valves to Protect Water Supply During Earthquake
Photos & Story by Don Backman The City of Bay City announced that is has completed the installation of two seismic valves on two of the city’s water reservoir tanks. “This is…