Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is delighted to feature resident artist Lydia Hess as our Artist of the Month for February. Her newest mixed‑media works, created for our “For The Love of…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Wrong Question
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…
“Moby Dick” Lives On
By Butch Freedman “Call me Ishmael.” (Or Butch, same, same.) I’ve always been fascinated with the great work of American literature by Herman Melville, perhaps the first great American novel. “Moby Dick”…
Oregon’s Jeff Merkley and the power of showing up
By Marc C. Johnson I came of age in a different political time. Hell, it was a different political universe. As a press secretary to a Democratic governor in a very conservative…
Join Senator Wyden for Town Hall in Tillamook Tomorrow Jan. 22
Please join U.S. Senator Ron Wyden for an in-person Tillamook County Town Hall on Thursday January 22 at 5:00 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officers Mess Hall. Please note: Similar…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Some Good News for a Good New Year
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 1/19/2026 I hope each of you had a safe and wonderful weekend and observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday was not simply a…
OBITUARY: Elsie Flora Purcell-Marx – September 11, 1941 – January 3, 2026
Elsie Purcell-Marx of Tillamook, Oregon, passed away January 3rd, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. Her final resting place will be with her late husband, Walter Purcell, at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland,…
NORTH COAST PINBALL CONTINUES COMMUNITY GIVING, 2025 DONATIONS TOTAL OVER $1,000
My dear friends, When I started writing this I was feeling disoriented and unsettled. It seems normal to feel this way, as these are disorienting and unsettling times. James Baldwin said, “not…
Bay to Basin Speaker Series by Tillamook Bay Watershed Council starts Jan. 21
Please join the Tillamook Bay Watershed Council for the start of our Bay to Basin speaker series. This FREE event will feature local Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Fish Habitat Restoration…
OBITUARY: Birgitt Eveline (née Klews) Jayred – November 14, 1946 – December 16, 2025
Birgitt Eveline (née Klews) Jayred, 79, of Tillamook, Oregon, died on December 16, 2025, at OHSU Hospital in Portland after a three-month battle with infection following complex spinal surgery. Born on November 14, 1946, in…
