On the evening of Wednesday, July 2nd, Charlene Marie Rogers aged 53 passed away peacefully in her husband’s arms at their Pacific City home. Charlene had many qualities. She was a very…
Bay City Completes Installation of Valves to Protect Water Supply During Earthquake
OIOpublisher Photos & Story by Don Backman The City of Bay City announced that is has completed the installation of two seismic valves on two of the city’s water reservoir tanks. “This…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: The Walkout Cult Isn’t Defending Liberty—It’s Burning It Down
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
Tillamook County Joins National John Lewis Day of Action – “Good Trouble Lives On” in Tillamook & Nehalem on July 17th
On Thursday, July 17, community members in Tillamook County will join Americans at thousands of events nationwide to honor the legacy of Congressman John Lewis and fight back against the growing attacks…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: The Interim Lifestyle and an ODOT Update
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been including State Representative Gomberg’s weekly newsletters in the Pioneer since his district used to include a portion of Tillamook County. With re-districting, District 10 no longer includes a…
GORDON’S WEEKLY WEATHER UPDATE 7/14/25: Little Cooler Today, then Warmer Temperatures Return
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well Tillamook, it looks like your string of afternoon temperatures hitting 70 or above comes to an end today. The ridge that gave…
What does Freedom mean to me?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Given the state of federal government, I took a prompt that NPR sent out to readers “What does Freedom Mean to You?” and sent it to Pioneer contributors. We’ll share…
BOOK REVIEW: No Straight Road Takes You There – Essays for Uneven Terrain by Rebecca Solnit
By Jim Heffernan When I heard Rebecca Solnit had a new book of essays, I had to have it. This book is a collection of 21 essays from the last five years…
OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION: OR 6 Hazard Tree Removal – JULY 14-17 & JULY 21-24
Please use caution – we’re cutting trees on OR 6 between mileposts 29 and 30: July 14 through July 17. July 21 through July 24. We’re removing hazard trees, or trees that may be damaged due…
WORDS OF WISDOM: What Grieving People Need You to Know …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an anonymous post that’s been shared on social media and because I have several important people in my life who have lost loved ones to suicide, I wanted…