The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) advises you to throw out any mussels recreationally harvested since Saturday May 25 from the Washington border to Seal Rock State Park (the current mussel harvesting closure area) and…
Memorial Day 2024: More than just another “Holiday”
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: There were ceremonies throughout Tillamook County – I was at the Nehalem American Legion Cemetery and streamed the service live on Facebook (see below for links to videos.) The…
A Community Celebration of the New Nehalem Bay Health Center and PharmacyRick Estrin and The Night Cats Will Entertain at NCRD June 23
With the official groundbreaking coming this summer, the Nehalem Bay Health District is pleased to partner with the board and staff of the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy and the North…
UPDATE: Young Male Humpback 34 feet long; Video Shows Humpback Whale Beaching on Manzanita Beach, Near Nehalem Bay North Jetty May 26th
UPDATE: Additional information from Nehalem Bay State Park manager Ben Cox – A team from Portland State was out yesterday to collect some initial samples as part of a collaboration with NOAA,…
OBITUARY: Tom “Tommy” Reid Chambers – March 22nd, 1952 – May 13th, 2024
Tom was born to Harold “Johnny” and Ruby Chambers of Wheeler, Oregon on March 22nd, 1952, and was one of the first babies born at Tillamook Hospital, a fact that he was…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Throw out mussels harvested between Washington border, Seal Rock State Park
Health officials say at least 20 people sickened by naturally occurring biotoxin after gathering mussels from Short Beach near Oceanside, Hug Point, and near Seaside PORTLAND, Ore.—An outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Pausing to Reflect on Our Shared Values
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 With all the things that disturb and divide us these days, I want to believe that Memorial Day is a time that brings us all…
MYSTERIES FROM THE SEA: Tar Balls, Oiled Birds and Beached Whale – Report from Oregon DEQ Incident Response Team 5/27/24
Responders continue surveying and cleanup efforts for a tar-like oil washing up on shorelines and impacting wildlife since Sunday, May 19 from Long Beach, WA to south of Waldport, OR. To date, no source has been identified. However, analysis…
Where’s the Whale? North Oregon Coast Watch Whale Float by Rockaway Beach; Whale Beached North of Nehalem Jetty May 26th
The whale drama began on Saturday May 25th on local social media community pages as local Rockaway Beach residents noticed a large object offshore beyond the surf line. Several queries and guesses,…
Fish, clam and crab for free during Free Fishing Weekend June 1-2; Fishing Events at Hebo Lake, Trask Hatchery in Tillamook
Free fishing events in Clatskanie, Estacada, Eugene, Gaston, Hebo, Junction City, Lakeside, Portland, Tillamook, Toledo, Florence, and Ukiah SALEM, Ore.— Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend of June….