By Laura Swanson The sensationalistic headline flying around social media is a misrepresentation of the situation in Manzanita and in fact, throughout the county. The reporter – NOT affiliated with Tillamook County…
Category: Public Safety
Netarts Oceanside Fire Responds to Wildfire Started by Beach Fire Wednesday Night August 4th, Crews Contained and Controlled Fire Overnight
Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) fire crews are currently working a small wildfire north of Oceanside in the Radar Rd. area. The call was dispatched Wednesday night at 10:50 pm and Netarts-Oceanside…
ROAD REPORTS FROM HWY. 6: Signs, All Kinds of Signs
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)…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather & Emergency Broadcast System Test Coming Aug. 11th –
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 upper…
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…