Updates to fishing, crabbing, clamming and wildlife viewing Best bets for weekend fishing We just stocked millions of trout this year, and some are for you! Check the trout stocking schedule and maps for locations near…
OBITUARY: Lorraine Melba Eckhardt – April 14, 1929 – July 14, 2025
OIOpublisher Lorraine Melba Eckhardt was born to Rexford and Ethel Rowland April 14th, 1929 in Tillamook, Oregon. She passed away peacefully July 14th, 2025 at her home in Tillamook, Oregon. Lorraine was…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Public Broadcasting Needs You
On July 18, the Republican controlled Congress passed a bill that eliminates two years of previously approved federal-funding for Public Broadcasting. Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) lost $5 million – nine percent of…
OREGON STATE POLICE: FATAL CRASH – HIT AND RUN – TILLAMOOK COUNTY JULY 12, 2025
(TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. 23 July 2025) – On Saturday, July 12, 2025, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle hit-and-run fatal crash on Highway 18 in Tillamook County near…
DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (DLCD) UPDATE: Farm Stands Rulemaking in Beginning Phase, Community Feedback Sought
SALEM – DLCD’s current rulemaking on Farm Stands is addressing topic we know are important to Oregonians – for small and medium-sized working farmers trying to make ends meet, for the communities…
Rockaway Beach Music Festival brings two days of music to Oregon Coast Aug. 16 & 17
With the ocean as a backdrop, the Rockaway Beach Music Festival is bringing the cool vibes this summer with a free, two-day long music festival hosted at the Rockaway Beach Wayside August…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS – ROAD CLOSURES: NETARTS, BAYVIEW AVE. JULY 23-24; TILLAMOOK, MAROLF LOOP & BROOKFIELD AVE. – July 23-24
Sealcoating by Rex Olson Paving Company will be taking place on the south 300 ft of Bayview Ave. in Netarts tomorrow, Wednesday July 23, 2025, beginning in the late morning thru Thursday…
On Immigration
Dear Tillamook, I spent 10 years attending a private Christian school. Among the ideologies we were taught was the understanding that we were a great country precisely because of immigrants. I understood…
Governor Calls for Special Session Aug. 29th to Address Transportation System Emergency
Legislature will return to Salem next month to restore essential transportation services and staff Salem, OR — Governor Tina Kotek announced today that she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session…
Big Changes Ahead for North County Food Bank – New Location Coming Soon
North County Food Bank will end service at their current location on September 30. We must vacate the building so Nehalem Bay Health District can start the process of tearing it down. We…