By Dan Haag There’s no denying it. Christmas is rolling my way like an out-of-control, twinkle-light festooned locomotive. The signs are everywhere: stores are decorated festively, yards are populated by terrifyingly enormous…
Gordon’s Tillamook Weather Center – Forecast Now Available on the Pioneer! Monday Dec. 16
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: We are very excited to announced that the Pioneer will be publishing Tillamook County’s weather prognosticator Gordon McCraw’s weather forecasts as a public service. Thanks so much, Gordon for…
Enjoy the Sounds of the Season at the Tillamook Creamery, Week of 12/16
The holiday season is made festive with twinkling lights on trees and the sound of merry holiday music ringing through the air. Stop in at the Tillamook Creamery this season to enjoy…
MEMORY TRACKS: The Diary of a Depot – Chapter 10 – THE MARTES OCCUPATION
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last chapter of the Diary of a Depot. If you didn’t see all the chapters, links are below. The story of a family as told by their…
Holiday Self-Care: You are worth the time.
By Sydney J. Elliott, MFA, SydneyJElliott.com Ten or twenty years ago, I would have never imagined myself sitting cross legged in front of a makeshift altar of sorts. On it are pictures…
Tillamook County Tid-Bits – Take 2 – December 15, 2019
Here is Tillamook County Tid-Bits for the week … December 15, 2019 The holidays and grief, help and hope, wild waves, Rainy Day village community coffees, and the Tillamook Holiday Lights parade…
Ocean wind turbines on the horizon
By Gus Meyer Oregon’s coast is drawing the attention of ocean wind turbine installation planning for production of clean energy by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM). BOEM recently held a…
Community Gratitude Jars in North Tillamook County to Collect, Share Good in Our Communities
By Laura Swanson The first one appeared on social media at the beginning of the month, and now there are currently, five in place throughout North Tillamook County — in Manzanita, they…
Drew’s Reviews: KLAUS
By Andrew Jenck I mentioned in my Spider-Verse animation editorial of how I lament the loss of hand-drawn animation and without it the industry, while not ruined, has suffered a great loss…
“Sea, Salt and Soil: A Love Story” – Special Dinner at the Schooner Celebrates Local Bounty
By Mike Arseneault A fabulous get together December 13th celebrating Jacobsen’s Salt, the wines of Patricia Green Cellars at The Schooner on Netarts Bay. Thanks to our special guests, in particular, Ben…