Long-time resident of Tillamook County, Connie Jo Gaston, passed away September 4th, 2024. It would be foolish to try to describe Connie or her life through one set of eyes. She was…
More fall salmon fishing in store for the Columbia River – Chinook Salmon reopens at Buoy 10 – Sept. 12-22
(September 11, 2024 – CLACKAMAS, Ore.) —Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added additional recreational salmon fishing days in the mainstem Columbia River during a joint state hearing yesterday afternoon. Chinook fishing at…
Sitka Center Expands K-8 Create Arts Education Program to 17 Oregon Schools
As the 2024-2025 school year begins, thousands of students in rural Oregon will have access to arts and STEAM education through the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology’s K-8 Create program. This…
HOFFMAN CENTER TO HOST WOMEN IN THEIR 80S TELLING THE TRUTH, READINGS, BOOK SIGNING SEPT. 18th
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reserve your spot now, mark your calendar – this is an event to be sure to attend! These women are some of our icons of grace, power and lives-well-lived. Several…
OLD TILLAMOOK TIMES: “Dear Folks” Series #3 – The Journey They Took
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the next few weeks, we will be sharing entries from Old Tillamook Times, provided by Sandi Burgess Botten Dean, featuring Karen Kranweiss Nudelman’s blog in which she describes the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY UNITED AGAINST BOOK BANS: Letters Continue to School Board, Request for Reversal Not on TSD#9 School Board Agenda
EDITOR’S NOTE: The letters continue to come in, and more community members sign up united against book bans. The Tillamook School District Board did not have the book ban reversal on the…
OP/ED: City of Manzanita Water Rates – Business as Usual?
By Randy Kugler The City will hold a workshop on September 11 at 2 pm to discuss what new quarterly water rates will be should voters approve the November Referendum to return to quarterly…
Tillamook PUD Inspection and Treatment of Wood Power Poles Program
(September 9, 2024) – Tillamook PUD has contracted with National Wood Treating Co. to perform detailed inspections and treatments on wood power poles throughout the Tillamook PUD electric system. The power poles…
Tillamook County Search and Rescue Team Locates Missing Hunter Sept. 8th
On September 7, 2024, an 82 year old bow hunter did not return to a predetermined location with his hunting party after pursuing a bull elk west of the Jones Creek Equestrian…
OBITUARY: Barbara Lee Kennedy – July 13, 1931- September 5, 2024
Barbara L. (Edmunds, Reddekopp) Kennedy passed away September 5th, 2024 in Canby, OR, with family by her side. A funeral will be held at the Cloverdale Baptist Church, 2:30pm Sunday, September 15th…
