Cascade Falls Quilts of Tillamook has donated a queen-sized quilt to the Garibaldi Maritime Museum to raffle as a benefit. The navy-and-white quilt, constructed by Gloria Guyer, is titled “Ship’s Wheel and…
Zucchini Season: One plant is more than enough … or just make Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
It is that time of year – zucchini coming out our you-know-where … we know that one plant will produce plenty for our small household, but we always plant two, because, well,…
OSWALD WEST, NORTH COAST BEACHES – Saturday August 22nd – PARKING LOTS FULL at 10 am
By Laura Swanson Good Morning Sunshine! With coffee and double dark chocolate zucchini muffins (I’ll post that recipe next), we decided to check out the parking lots at Oswald West this morning….
Oregon reports 259 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths; Transmission slowing, safety measures must continue; Testing supplies increased
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County residents are doing the right things – keeping infection rates low. According to Gordon McCraw, “It takes all of us, the businesses and citizens doing the right thing,…
Beaches, Rivers Bombarded by Barroom Behavior Blamed on COVID Closures; Local Officials, State Organizations Team Up with Quick Response, Some Solutions to Address Immediate Concerns, Planning for Long-term
By Laura Swanson According to Tillamook County Board of Commissioners, “Our email boxes are overflowing with photos, statements and stories about trash, parking, illegal camping, human waste, and more.” We are having…
AGENCIES TAKING MEASURES TO CONTROL PARKING CONGESTION, TRASH AT OREGON STATE PARKS ON NORTH COAST
Salem, Ore – Visitor traffic on Oregon’s north coast has spiked to extraordinarily high levels in August, causing problems with parking congestion and trash. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is working…
NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Challenges at the E Board and Parkocalypse at the Beach
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 On Monday I joined a seventh Emergency Board meeting to disburse what is likely the last of 1.6 billion from federal CARES dollars intended to…
Governor Announces Updates to the County Watch List
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced that two counties—Marion and Wasco—have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from the County Watch List. Meanwhile, Jackson…
Oregon reports 301 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths; Tillamook County adds NO new cases, total cases at 36
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 412, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday August 20th. OHA reported 301 new confirmed and presumptive cases of…
Talking Trash – A Letter to Visitors
Dear visitors, I am the coordinator at the Manzanita Visitors Center. I love my job for many reasons, chief of which is that I get to interact with travelers from everywhere around…