On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at approximately 2:19 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 6 near mile post 5. Preliminary investigation revealed…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather, Pending Retirement, COVID-19 – 7/28/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:30am Weather It looks like we are headed towards another hot one starting tomorrow that will persist thru Saturday. This event does not look…
FATAL CRASH ON HWY 6 – WASHINGTON COUNTY JULY 26
On July 26, 2021, at approximately 6:48 AM, Oregon State Police along with Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office, Banks Fire, and Oregon Department of Transportation responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather, Hwy. 6 Road Closure, Construction – 7/26/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Monday, July 26, 2021, 09:30am Weather – Satellite photo from yesterday 7/25/21 – showing most of state, accept our little upper left corner with smoky…
CAMPFIRES BANNED IN STATE PARKS, STATE-MANAGED FORESTLAND EAST OF INTERSTATE 5 EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JULY 22
Salem, Ore — Due to fire danger and limited firefighting resources across the western U.S., effective Thursday, July 22 no campfires will be allowed in state parks and in state-managed forests east of…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 7/20/21 – Weather, Game Hog Creek Fire, COVID-19
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 10:45am Weather For once, we appreciate the morning drizzly start as Tillamook County is in Moderate Drought conditions which is actually…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 7/19/21 – Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Monday, July 19, 2021, 12:30pm No real change in the weather picture today, the upper level low pressure area we have been watching the last…
Red Cross Disaster Presentation Set in Manzanita for Tuesday July 27th
The Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay will host a presentation by American Red Cross Disaster Program Manager Victor Magana, Tuesday, July 27 at 6 p.m. at the Calvary Bible Church in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather – 7/16/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Friday, July 16, 2021, 09:00am Weather The onshore flow continues to be influenced by the large upper level low pressure area drifting towards British Columbia,…
CONTAINMENT LINES ARE HOLDING ON WILDFIRE IN THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST
FOREST GROVE, Ore. – The fire lines firefighters dug to control the Game Hog Creek Fire burning in the Tillamook State Forest have held. About 80 ground crew are engaged on the…
