By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Friends and Neighbors, If you are reading this after Monday, January 13, the 83rd Assembly of the Oregon Legislature is now underway. Opening day includes…
50% Increase in Transient Taxes Doesn’t Add Up
OIOpublisher To whom it may concern, As a local resident and owner of a short-term rental in unincorporated Tillamook County, I strongly believe that implementing a 50% increase in transient taxes would…
Neah-Kah-Nie High School Robotics Team Hits Highest Score of Season, Ranked 14th in State
NKN Robotics Team Undecided is in 5th place in the Silicon Forest League, the 14th ranked team in the State of Oregon, and earned our highest score of 258 at Saturdays Meet…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 1/13/25: It’s a Full Moon Kinda Day … Fair Skies, Frosty Mornings
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Good news, the high pressure ridge over the area continues to give us fair skies but with radiational cooling, we saw some chilly…
ASTROLOGY: Full Moon in Cancer, January 13 2025 at 2:30pm; Create safe space
By Madame Dana Zia The full Moon in Cancer is filled with stormy emotions that most of us are struggling with. There are a lot of intense global events going on right…
Short-Term Rental Owner Speaks Out Against Tillamook County’s Proposed Increase in STR Tax
Yet ANOTHER tax sprung upon short term rental owners in unincorporated Tillamook county. This time a 50% increase in TLT making a total of 15%, now the highest in all of Oregon….
DREW’S REVIEWS: Superman – Champion of the Oppressed
By Andrew Jenck Images credited to Warner Bros. Discovery The following essay contains spoilers for My Adventures with Superman. However, the series may still be emotionally investing should you watch the show…
MONDAY MUSICAL CLUB: Originals & Remixes – Free Concert Jan. 13th
Monday Musical Club of Tillamook will be presenting a concert Monday, January 13th @ 7 PM. The concert will be held at Living Water Fellowship, 1000 Main Avenue, Unit 12, Tillamook. “Originals…
GEEZER TRIBE: The other spring break
EDITOR’S NOTE: Regular readers I’m sure wondered where Geezer Tribe was last week and if you know Linda you know that she doesn’t “miss a deadline.” Even when I told her that…
OREGON COAST VISITORS ASSOCIATION: Myth-busting about Short-Term Rentals (STRs) on the Oregon Coast
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County Board of Commissioners will be putting a measure on the May ballot to increase the Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) in unincorporated Tillamook County from 10% to 15%. There…