On Friday, February 3, 2023, at approximately 12:04 P.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 26 at milepost 41. Preliminary investigation revealed a green…
Rockaway Beach Gathers Community Ideas for Lake Lytle as City Plans to Take Over Management, Maintenance of Park; Survey, Workshop Feb. 22nd
OIOpublisher Lake Lytle Park “in the heart of Rockaway” is owned by Tillamook County. The City of Rockaway Beach plans to negotiate a long-term lease to take over maintenance and management of…
BOOK REVIEW: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Jim Heffernan “For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material…
Beach Debris Becomes Art: Denise Harrington and Heart of CARTM Survey a Beach, Create Art
By Don Backman “We need to lay out four transects in 100 meters of beach,” Denise Harrington told the group gathered around the edge of the bank at the edge of Manhattan…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 2/3/23 – Rain, Breezy Conditions Return
Friday, February 3, 2023 The ridge has moved east as a trough of low pressure moved northeastward across the area bringing some rain with a front today. This marked the beginning of…
OP/ED: Keep Our Schools Equitably Diverse
By Brian Cameron I know the 24 hour news cycle can be exhausting but if I have your attention for a moment I’d ask you to think all the way back to…
$550,000 awarded in tourism facilities and marketing grants
In December and January, the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association has processed $550,000 in grants funded by the transient lodging tax collected by Tillamook County. The lodging tax is paid by visitors who…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 2/2/23; Groundhog Day Predictions
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, February 2, 2023 Well, see if this pattern sounds familiar. We have a trough of low pressure to the west along the…
OBITUARY: JOHN WALTER “WALT” RIGTERINK – May 11, 1932 – Jan. 21, 2023
John Walter (Walt) Rigterink, 90, of Tillamook, OR, passed away suddenly at home on January 21, 2023. Walt was born on May 11,1932 in New Haven, CT to Albert Rigterink and Harriett Notier…
Hope Chest Celebrates Milestone – Donates Over $2 million to Local Charities; Search Continues for New North County Location
By Laura Swanson NOTE: The current Nehalem location is being sold, and the charity is looking for a new location in the three village area. Both locations are open and operating; please…