Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “It’s a steamer! A steamer goes to the North Pole” “Santa’s coming!” Young children chatted excitedly to their parents as the steam engine arrived in…
Rockaway Beach Lights Up for the Holiday Season, Tree Lighting Nov. 25th
OIOpublisher By Robin Swain The City of Rockaway Beach and the Rockaway Beach Merchants Association were busy Santa helpers setting up for his arrival yesterday Friday November 25th. The tents went up…
United Paws Launches In-House Spay/Neuter Surgery Clinic – Photos & Video Tour
Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer The local not-for-profit United Paws of Tillamook is proud to announce the opening of an in-house high-volume spay/neuter surgery clinic created…
Sign-up NOW! 2023 OSU Master Gardener Training Classes Start in Jan.; Register by Dec. 16th
Registration is now open for 2023 OSU Master Gardener Training Classes. Classes will be held in person at the Tillamook County Extension Office weekly beginning January 5, 2023 thru April 2, 2023….
More Shop Local – Makers Market at Twist Wine Co., Pacific City, Sat. Nov. 26th
We are excited to host another Makers Market upstairs at TWIST Wine Company in Pacific city on Saturday, November 26, 2022 from noon – 4pm. Pick up gifts from local small producers…
Holiday Local Makers Pop-Up – Pine Grove Community House, Manzanita – Sat. Nov. 26th
What: Shop Local Saturday Gift Bazaar When: Saturday, November 26th 11am-3pm Where: The Pine Grove Community House 225 Laneda Ave. Manzanita OR 97130 Who: Local artists, farmers, makers selling hand crafted and…
BOOK REVIEW: Cheese War
By Jim Heffernan Cheese War is a book written mainly about a tumultuous time in Tillamook County between 1962 and 1968. It was written by a pair of sisters who lived through…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 11/25/22 – The “S” word is in the forecast …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Friday, November 25, 2022 Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the dry Thanksgiving Day weather, today the ridge of high pressure that gave us…
A wonderful garden-themed prayer for Thanksgiving
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ahhh social media – this delightful poem prayer popped up in my “memories” on Facebook. Shared at a North County Rotary Club meeting in 2011 by Judy Hathaway. It’s a…
6th Annual Tillamook County Giving Guide – Local Non-Profits Seek Year-end Donations
The arrival of the season of “Thanks” and “Giving” – and the 2022 Tillamook County Giving Guide has been sent to every mailbox in Tillamook County. If you didn’t receive one, look…