EDITOR’S NOTE: Laura Sinclair McShane has been sharing her descriptive road reports on Hwy. 6 for over a year now on the Facebook Group page Highway 6 Road Reports (aka Danger Mountain)…
Category: Public Safety
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather & Emergency Broadcast System Test Coming Aug. 11th –
OIOpublisher By Gordon McCraw Thursday, August 5, 2021, 09:30am Weather Another cloudy, foggy start this morning but this will again burn back leaving us partly sunny, but with the southerly winds still in the…
LETTER TO EDITOR: About beautiful Hwy. 6 – Expert driving advice from retired trucker
EDITOR’S NOTE: Expert advice from someone who spent 43 years behind the wheel of 80,000 pounds, drive like a professional. Good advice, Jim. And Happy Birthday to your wife. We hope you…
SAFETY ON THE 6 – COMMUNITY CALLS FOR SAFETY – HIGHWAY 6 PROJECT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED; Draft Summary of Concerns, Issues
By Laura Swanson Another sign-waving rally is planned for Sunday August 8th from 12:30 to 3:30 pm at the pullout on the west end of the Wilson River Canyon to remind drivers…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update 8/3/21 – Weather
By Gordon McCraw, Semi-retired Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 9:15am Weather We saw some hazy skies yesterday and will see them again today due to the wildfire smoke from…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Be Prepared – Not Scared: Emergency Preparedness Takes on New Meaning in Tillamook County after 2020’s Pike Road Fire
By Laura Swanson, Tillamook County Wellness Advisory Committee Member Tillamook County is known for its emergency preparedness – for storms, winds and floods. Last year’s wildfire in Bay City was a different…
Grassroots Effort to Make a Difference, Changes, Ideas for Traffic Safety Solutions on Hwy. 6
By Laura Swanson Photos & Video by Don Backman There’s a social media page called “Highway 6 Road Reports (aka Danger Mountain) AND concerns” that was established in 2019 as we began…
FATAL CRASH ON HWY 6 – TILLAMOOK COUNTY JULY 31, 2021
On Saturday, July 31, 2021 at approximately 1:03 P.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle collision on Hwy 6 near mile post 30. Preliminary investigation revealed…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather & Construction – 7/30/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Friday, July 30, 2021, 10:00am Weather A look at the satellite picture tells the tale, high pressure has pushed into Oregon and Washington which has…
FATAL CRASH ON HWY 6 – TILLAMOOK COUNTY Thursday July 29th
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…