The Tillamook County Fire Defense Board in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Forestry will enter into a countywide total burn ban of all burning, including burn barrels and all open debris…
Northwest Oregon Fire Protection- Fire Season Update 7/7/21- No Changes; 6 acre fire in Tillamook State Forest
OIOpublisher From Mike Cafferata, Forest Grove District Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry – July 7, 2021: We are looking at the weather and the fire danger and are choosing to keep everything…
World Class Jazz and Two Days of Stone Carving: It’s the Bay City Arts Center’s Grand Reopening Weekend, July 9-11!
The Bay City Arts Center (BCAC) is joining in Oregon’s “great reopening” with a weekend of world class jazz and do-it-yourself stone sculpture this Friday, July 9th through Sunday, July 11th. The…
OBITUARY: Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen – Jan. 8, 2001 – June 20, 2021
Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen, or affectionately known as Jackie, was Clatsop County’s first baby born of the year on January 8th, 2001, to Julia and Gerry Elligsen at the Seaside Hospital. She…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather, COVID-19 Cases Increase, Vaccine Available 07/07/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 9:30am Weather We have a weak trough of low pressure moving northeastward off the coast headed towards Washington that has thickened…
POETRY: A DAY OF INDEPENDENCE; Videos from Clovers Day & Garibaldi Porch Parade
EDITOR’S NOTE: It was an event-filled weekend – here’s video from Clovers Day and the Garibaldi Porch Parade by Don Backman, accompanied by a poem from our favorite Pioneer poet, Virginia Carrell…
International Police Museum celebrates new location in Wheeler
By Mallory Gruben, Tillamook Chamber Communications Manager WHEELER — During his 40 years of policing, retired Rockaway Beach Police Chief Ed Wortman had the opportunity to travel the US and the world…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Career Success Starts When You Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
by Michelle Jenck, Adventist Health Tillamook Director of Community Well-Being As the saying goes, if you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life. Sarah Patterson did not set…
Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Recaps Independence Day Weekend
July 5, 2021 – TCSO and the public safety community at large in Tillamook County are breathing a collective sigh of relief following a very busy Independence Day weekend which saw tens…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update 07/06/21 – Weather & Fire Restrictions
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 11:30am Weather We have a weak ridge of high pressure moving across today ahead of an upper level trough of low pressure that…