EDITOR’S NOTE: Everyone is missing someone during this holiday season; for many it’s been a difficult year of loss, and our recent community losses are about holding space for each other. Thank…
Community Tributes to Lee Blackmon; Gathering Spaces Offered, Support, Counselors Available
OIOpublisher There are so many Lee stories … it seems everyone has one (or twenty). On social media there have been hundreds of comments and tributes. Lee Blackmon truly was an angel…
Cape Foulweather to Cape Falcon opens Dec. 31 to commercial Dungeness crab fishing
NEWPORT, Ore. – Beginning Dec. 31, Cape Foulweather (just south of Depoe Bay) to Cape Falcon (Oswald State Park) opens to commercial Dungeness crab fishing. Pre-season testing shows crab meat yield remains…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Advisory: Dense Fog Advisory until 12:00PM Thursday
* WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…In Oregon, North Oregon Coast and Lower Columbia. In Washington, Willapa Hills, South Washington Coast and I- 5 Corridor in Cowlitz…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 12/20/23 – Rain to return; Holiday travel plans – Know before you go, check TripCheck
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer And today’s weather picture looks like this, we have a low pressure area spinning down off central California while a weak high pressure…
North County Community in Mourning – Tragic Loss of Local Hero – Animal Haven by the Sea Founder Lee Blackmon
It is with a heavy heart that we inform the community that a local hero, Lee Blackmon of Animal Haven by the Sea passed away yesterday December 18th. We are respecting the…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 12/19/23 – Looking Like a Wet Christmas …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer A low pressure area raced up the coast and to the north this morning and gave us a brief shot of moderate rain…
UNITED PAWS: Cat of the Week – Miss Piggie
Hi. I’m a pretty calico girl about 8 years old. Several weeks ago, I was dumped out along Miami Foley Road in Tillamook County. I was so scared. Over the next several…
THE OCEANSIDER: ONA Invites Applications for Oceanside Zoning and STR Committees
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider As reported in The Oceansider several weeks ago, the Tillamook County Department of Community Development and County Commissioners will soon be considering changes to two ordinances that are critical to…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Getting Wonky About Schools
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Neighbors and Friends, Early last Monday I drove up to Portland to join the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit. The theme was “Thinking Big to Achieve Shared…