April marks Alcohol Awareness Month, a time to educate ourselves and our communities about the risks of alcohol misuse and its widespread impact on health and well-being. It is important for people…
THE OCEANSIDER: State Surprises Oceanside Emergency Volunteers, Oceanside Protection Society with $60,000 in Emergency “Resilience” Equipment and Supplies
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider The volunteers who coordinate Oceanside’s emergency readiness efforts received a surprise phone call from county and state emergency management officials this week. Despite having initially denied Oceanside’s Emergency Resilience Hub…
OBITUARY: Frieda Farr – July 3, 1946 – March 19, 2025
Frieda was born to Gottfried and Anna Frank in Kitzingen, Germany. She was the youngest of 3 children when she immigrated to the United States in 1952. The family settled in Tualatin,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: The Gut Microbiome – Tiny Organisms with Big Impact on Health
By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC Little universes of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites live in and on your body. Known as microbiomes, these tiny worlds impact your overall well-being positively by working together…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: Boiling the Frog and Blaming the Thermostat
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Advisory: Frost Advisory until 08:00AM Sunday
* WHAT…Temperatures as low as 32 to 36 will result in frost formation. * WHERE…Central and Southern Willamette Valley, Northern and Central Coast Range Valleys and Mountains of Oregon, Foothills of the Northern and…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER WEEK IN REVIEW 4/10/25
Tillamook rallies for HANDS OFF We visit the Nehalem Food Pantry, United Paws shares the CAT TIP of the week, Our White Clover Grange celebrates Spring Gardenfest and Gordon McCraw’s Weekend Weather…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN –#12 “The Citizen Artist” April 12; Transcript from April 5th “A Practicing Citizen”
Join us Saturday, April 12 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are…
Transient Lodging Tax Proposed Increase
I have heard information both for and against the proposed increase to our Transient Lodging Tax. I understand this is the first request for an increase in the 10-year history of the…
OREGON DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ): DEQ works to resolve cyberattack
(April 11, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.) – DEQ continues to work with the Department of Administrative Services Enterprise Information Services and Microsoft cybersecurity team to address cybersecurity issues. Key information: There continues…
