By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer Friday, September 30, 2022 Weather The first real rainy front of the fall season gave the area anywhere from a half an inch of…
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GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month Tips 9/28/22
OIOpublisher Thursday, September 29, 2022 Weather Between the cold front, the trough of low pressure, then the associated low pressure area moving across the area, some areas in and around Tillamook got…
OHA lifts health advisories for Short Sand, Rockaway beaches Sept. 29
PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today September 29, 2022, lifted public health advisories for contact with ocean water at Short Sand and Rockaway beaches, both located in Tillamook County. The health authority issued the…
Opioid overdoses increased in 2021, OHA report shows; Fentanyl and methamphetamine help fuel rise in deaths and hospitalizations
PORTLAND, Ore.—Methamphetamines and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl helped drive an increase in opioid overdoses and related deaths in 2021, according to a new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) report. The report shows that…
HPAI confirmed in two Tillamook County backyard flocks
On September 28, the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in neighboring non-commercial flocks in Tillamook County. These are…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month 9/28/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Weather A front moved thru this morning that gave us around a quarter inch of rain. The front is followed…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month Tip 9/26/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Monday, September 26, 2022 Weather A cloudy, foggy start this morning as the ridge of high pressure is still over the area, and…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month Tips 9/23/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Friday, September 23, 2022 Weather The mornings have a “Fall” feel to them with the temperatures on the cool side, especially when there…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather – Fall Equinox & More Emergency Preparedness Tips 9/22/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, September 22, 2022 Weather Well, welcome to the official first day of fall! Today and this evening we have a weak system…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather & National Preparedness Month Tips continue 9/20/22
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Weather The low pressure area that has lingered off of northern California will finally start to move northeastward tonight,…