The Tillamook OSU Extension Service is now accepting applications for a High School or Community College Student for a summer office Internship with 4-H Youth Development Program. Community College students must be enrolled minimum 6 credit hours per quarter. The position will entail 4-6 hours per week, from the beginning of June to end of August, during regular business hours…
Hoppy Easter! Easter Egg Hunts throughout County Saturday April 15
It’s Easter time! And the weather forecast for Saturday is looking partly to mostly sunny, so get your baskets ready … There are the Easter Egg hunts from north to south throughout Tillamook on Saturday April 15th, and join Nehalem Bay House for an EASTER PARTY: Manzanita – NEW LOCATION – NCRD’s Rex Champ Field, Hwy. 101 (by Lighthouse Pub) 10:30 am Easter…
Save the Date! “DR. HUCKLEBERRY” RETURNS May 13
The Tillamook County Historical Society (TCHS) is pleased to announce it has funded a reprinting of the Dr. Huckleberry memoir. With the permission of the Oregon Historical Society, TCHS member Karen Hirte has spent three years scanning text, upgrading photos and preparing the book for publication. “The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry: Tillamook County, Oregon,” has been out of print for…
Best-selling Author of “The Sound of Gravel” Reading & Discussion April 18
The Year of Wellness and the Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center are sponsoring this important community conversation about child sexual abuse with a reading by author Ruth Wariner on April 18th from 5:30 to 7 pm at Tillamook Bay Community College. Child sexual abuse is far more common than most people know. Wariner shares her story of childhood abuse, focusing…
First Tillamook County Science Fair at Piers End, Garibaldi
Here is just a sample of the incredible projects on display in the historic Piers End: Tonight the first Tillamook County Science Fair was held at the Old Coast Guard Boat House: Piers End. The 50 top projects from around the county were displayed there along with the students who carried them out sharing with the public that visits their poster….
Coast Guard rescues man stranded on rocky edge of Hug Point near Cannon Beach
WARRENTON, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued a man that was stranded on a rocky edge by the high tide at Hug Point near Cannon Beach, Monday afternoon. The man was hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and safely flown to Sector Columbia River base in Warrenton where he was treated and released by Warrenton paramedics. Watchstanders at Sector Columbia River…
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN OFFENSIVE LITTERING CASE IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY
On February 12th, 2017, Fish and Wildlife Troopers from the Tillamook OSP office received multiple complaints of an abandoned boat along scenic Highway 6 near milepost 31. The boat was overflowing with household trash and tires. Some of the trash was scattered down the embankment and into the Wilson River. All of the boats identifying numbers had been altered or…
Highway 101/6 Project Update
After extended discussion, and multiple schedule revisions, at this week’s ODOT project team meeting, the contractors and agency partners concluded that, in order to expedite the Pacific Avenue sidewalk work, additional crew resources would be put into grading and finishing the last conduit work on the west Pacific sidewalk between 2nd and 3rd this week so that the concrete can…
FIRST CAME OREGON’S BOTTLE BILL, THEN CAME CARTM
It is rare these days to see people tossing bottles or cans out car windows. Instead, recycling bottles and cans has become the norm and we can thank Oregon for that. In 1971 Oregon passed the first anti-litter bottle bill in the United States requiring refundable deposits on all beer and soft drink containers. Passage of similar bills in ten…
Tillamook OSU Extension Service to Celebrate Volunteers with Luncheon April 25th
The Tillamook OSU Extension Service would like to celebrate and recognize April as National Volunteer Month. To thank the many volunteers of Extension Programs for all their hard work they will be hosting an appreciation luncheon. Join the Tillamook Extension Service Staff on April 25th for a light drop in luncheon from 11:30am to 2pm. All Extension volunteers are welcome…
