Lieutenant Gordon McCraw, the Tillamook County Emergency Manager and the County’s COVID-19 response Incident Commander recently received 5,000 KN95 masks via Oregon Emergency Management, through an initiative with Business Oregon. These masks…
Category: Public Safety
OHA Reports Record Number of Cases; Tillamook County Count Increases by 2, total of 22 cases
OIOpublisher On July 16th, we reported another record number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. The rise is attributed to the spread of COVID-19 from social gatherings and sporadic spread….
Vandalism leads to reduced services at Lorens Drift access site on Trask River
TILLAMOOK, Ore.—Ongoing trespassing and vandalism problems at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife-managed Lorens Drift public access site on the Trask River culminated in the destruction of a portable toilet at…
Pacific City Water Rescue Tragedy Today July 15th
Pacific City, OR – At approximately 10:49 AM, Tillamook County Communications District 911 received a call regarding a capsized 12-foot rigid inflatable boat with 2 occupants south of Haystack Rock. The boaters…
Wheeler’s back yard to receive chemical soup again
Stimson Lumber Company registered with the Oregon Department of Forestry to ground-spray pesticides on about 93 acres of their clearcut land (outlined in blue on the map) that is within close proximity…
OHA to host live Q&A about COVID-19 data on Facebook today July 15th at 12:30 pm; Helping children wear face coverings
Many of you have been following Oregon’s COVID-19 data closely. We regularly get questions about Oregon’s data and how to interpret the various charts, reports and trends. Tomorrow, you can have your…
BURN BAN NOTIFICATION: Open Debris Pile Burning Ban Starts July 15; August 1st total burn ban
The Tillamook County Fire Defense Board in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Forestry will enter into a county-wide burn ban on all open debris pile burning on July 15, 2020. On August…
UPDATE – 2 pm, July 14: Tillamook County Adds 4 More Cases, July 14th, total to 20 cases; New statewide rules on get-togethers and face coverings
UPDATE at 2 pm, July 14th – Make that 4 new cases per Gordon McCraw COVID-19 incident commander, Tillamook County has added 4 more COVID-19 cases, total 20 cases as of July…
Oregon reports 332 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore.— COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 234, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday July 12th. Oregon Health Authority reported 332 new confirmed…
Oregon reports 409 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, no new deaths; Tillamook County Case Count Remains at 16
Since Oregon began reopening, we have seen spread of COVID-19 when people get together to celebrate with family and friends. Some examples include: Graduations Birthdays Weddings Holidays COVID-19 is spreading more among…