You’ll notice new highway safety signs when traveling on OR 6 between Banks and Tillamook on the Oregon Coast. The new signs are part of an effort by ODOT to improve safety…
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On this day in history … January 26, 1700 – Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake; History Lesson Leads to Emergency Preparedness – 2 Weeks Ready
OIOpublisher Today, January 26, 2022, marks the 322nd anniversary of the 1700 AD Cascadia earthquake – the largest known earthquake to have occurred in the “lower 48” United States. This (estimated) magnitude…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/25/22 – COVID-19 Update
By Gordon McCraw Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 10:30AM Weather The high pressure ridge will continue to dominate the pattern a few more days giving us sunny skies thru Thursday. We do see some…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/20/22 – Sign up for Free In-home COVID-19 Tests
By Gordon McCraw Thursday, January 20, 2022, 07:45am Weather A weak front is pushing thru this morning bringing some showers to the area with westerly winds 4-8, the high temperature was earlier this morning at 54,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER (and more) BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/19/22 – Weather, COVID-19 Cases, Vaccinations
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 08:45am Weather A series of disturbances riding down in the northwesterly flow is pushing some light showers across the region today. We…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 1/18/22 – Weather, COVID Cases, Weekend Tsunami Event Recap
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 9:15am Weather There is a ridge of high pressure to the west that weakened and flattened and as a result, a…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Stark Reminder to Be Prepared
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Neighbors and Friends, Just before six on Saturday morning, my phone lit up with texts and ringing voice messages. I was being called to a Lincoln…
Tsunami Advisory for 12 hours: Massive Underwater Volcano Eruption Triggers Tsunami Advisory Along Entire Pacific Coast
By Laura Swanson The first “Tsunami Advisory Alerts” started lighting up my phone and email about 5 am this morning. WHAT?!? The north Oregon Coast – in fact the entire Pacific coast…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Tillamook County COVID-19 Update – January 14, 2022
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — In the first two weeks of January 2022, we have had 283 cases and 5 COVID-19 related deaths, raising the pandemic total COVID-19 case count to 2,710 and total…
TBCC Partners with Rockaway Beach Fire Department to Train Local EMTs
In December, Rockaway Beach Fire Chief, Todd Hesse presented the National Registry of Emergency Technicians (NREMT) patch to three of six volunteer fire fighters who have completed the requirements through Tillamook Bay…