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Bureau of Land Management issues fire restrictions for Northwest Oregon district
Fire restrictions are in effect for all Bureau of Land Management public lands throughout the Northwest Oregon District. BLM leaders encourage all visitors to be aware of active restrictions and closures as warmer, drier weather sets in around the Pacific Northwest. These fire restrictions help reduce the risk of human-caused fires. The BLM Oregon/Washington statewide Fire Restrictions went into effect May 24th, prohibiting fireworks, exploding targets or metallic targets, steel component ammunition (core or jacket), tracer or incendiary devices, and sky lanterns. ...
City of Rockaway Beach announces strategic planning partnership with the community and visitors
The City of Rockaway Beach is building a plan with the help of the community to guide the organization in serving all Rockaway Beach residents and visitors over the next five years. Rockaway Beach strives to ensure the city is a safe, accessible, and welcoming place for all who live, work, play, and visit the city. The City is engaging the community, businesses, local community-based organizations, City staff, and visitors in this engagement effort to result in a plan that will serve as a five-year roadmap for the organization in planning for the future. ...
Oregon Democrats praise Biden, welcome his decision to drop out
Minutes within the announcement that President Joe Biden is withdrawing from the presidential campaign, Democratic leaders in Oregon reacted to the news. Comments came from U.S. congressional members, candidates for congress, the governor and local leaders in emailed statements and on social media. They sounded a chorus of praise for Biden’s leadership and legacy and stressed their commitment to defeating former President Donald Trump in November. U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer...
Action needed to close equity gaps with Oregon's suicide rate
The Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan (YSIPP) annual report shows the risk of youth suicide continues to be a concern in Oregon, particularly for youth of color. The report contains new analysis of 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) death by suicide data. By the numbers In 2022,...
Boaters reminded of duties after an incident
The Oregon State Marine Board wants to remind boaters that it’s state law to help and render aid in cases where another boat is swamped, capsizes or is involved in another incident with property damage or personal injury. It’s also about being a “good neighbor” on the water. Failure to fulfill the duties of the boat operator (ORS 830.475) could result in a Class A misdemeanor citation. In cases where the boat operator leaves the scene of a boat accident where there is personal injury...
Merkley Monthly: Improving access to rural health care
Rural health care is an urgent challenge in Oregon. Approximately 35 percent of Oregonians live in rural and frontier communities compared to just 15 percent of the U.S. population. But, too often, we rely on one-size-fits-all approaches that don’t work well in rural communities. So, here’s what I’m doing to help improve access to health care on Oregon’s coast and across the state. I worked across the aisle to create...
Oregon Coast Visitors Association funds sustainable storytelling
The Oregon Coast Visitors Association (OCVA)'s annual Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) is an annual program supporting Oregon coastal tourism partners. “The effort is to help the long-term resiliency of tourism on the coast by responding to destination development or management projects in critical moments of need,” Oregon Coast Visitors Association Industry Communications Coordinator Lynnee Jacks said. The 2023 funds are focused on Sustainable Storytelling on the Oregon Coast. According to...
Emergency radio system bond specifics detailed
County commissioners were briefed on the financial details of a bond to upgrade the county’s emergency radio system for which they plan to seek voter support in November on July 10. Lauren MacMillan, a consultant from Piper Sandler, the company that has been helping the county prepare the bond question, detailed the property tax assessments that would be needed to support the project. Covering $24 million of the project’s projected $26 million budget will require a property tax assessment of between 20 and 46 cents...
Oregon’s Employment sees little change in June
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1% in June and 4.2% in May and has been in a tight range between 4.0% and 4.2% since October 2023. Gains and losses In June, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 600 jobs, following a gain of 4,000 jobs in May. June’s gains were largest in health care...
Letter: The smallest of actions can have far-reaching consequences
Small things can often have significant ripple effects in society, and when left unchecked, they can sometimes pave the way to greater chaos. This truth holds especially where seemingly insignificant actions or oversights can eventually erode the rule of law. The recent hot weather and the Mills Bridge Boat Ramp is an example. Anyone who drives Highway 6 during the hot Independence Day Holiday has seen dozens of vehicles parked along the river at Mills Bridge Boat Ramp. This is a designated handicapped parking area...
Tillamook Safeway included on list of stores to be sold
Tillamook’s Safeway location was included on a list of 579 stores across the nation and 62 across Oregon proposed for sale as part of a planned merger between parent company Albertsons Company and Kroger. Stores would be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC, a New Hampshire based company that operates an extensive grocery supply operation, as well as grocery stores in the Midwest, South and Northeast. Attempts to merge the...
Letter: Issues with Tillamook County’s emergency radio system
As the sole 9-1-1 dispatch center in Tillamook County, we handle every call from residents and visitors dialing 9-1-1. These calls vary widely, from routine medical issues to major highway auto accidents, to off-road incidents like crashes or accidents in Tillamook State Forest, Sand Lake, beach rescues, search and rescues throughout our county, as well as boat accidents and water rescues along our extensive coastline. Unfortunately, the public safety radio communications system we rely on to dispatch ambulance crews with Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics,...
Summer EBT is available for a limited time, thousands of families may be eligible but must apply
Having enough to eat is crucial for good health and well-being. Yet hunger is a persistent problem across the country and here in Oregon. Feeding America reports that 1 in 6 children in Oregon face hunger. To help children get the food they need to thrive, the Oregon State Legislature approved the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to offer Summer EBT this year. With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),...
Budget committee discusses deficit solutions
Facing a projected $14.5-million deficit in the budget over the next five years, the Tillamook County budget committee held the first of six monthly meetings to discuss possible solutions on July 10. Tillamook County Commissioner Doug Olson shared a list of more than 50 potential revenue-boosting or cost-cutting options to address the shortfalls that are being caused, in part, by cuts to the county’s state forest timber revenues. The meeting...
Statement released on managing invasive barred owls to protect at-risk spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing its final environmental impact statement analyzing proposed barred owl management alternatives to protect northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls. The Service’s preferred alternative is the implementation of a proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy, which would result in the annual removal of less than one-half of 1% of the current North American barred owl population. Northern spotted owl populations are rapidly declining due to competition with invasive barred owls and...
Instead of leaving soil naked, coat it with cover crops
No one wants to go through the winter with no clothes, not even the soil that grows our plants. So, jacket up the soil in cover crops. If you’re not acquainted with cover crops, here’s the rundown: These hardworking plants can add organic matter and aerate the soil, protect it from compaction caused by rain, suppress weeds and reduce erosion – some even add nitrogen to the soil, according to Brooke Edmunds, an Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturist. ...
Red Tide returns to Bay City Arts Center for an electrifying concert on July 26
Get ready to rock with Red Tide, the legendary 90’s heavy alternative rock band from Tillamook, as they take the stage once again at the Bay City Arts Center on Friday, July 26th at 7pm. This highly anticipated concert follows their sold-out performance last year, which left Tillamook County craving more of their iconic sound. Drew DeRieux (guitarist/singer), Mike Reeves (drummer/singer), and Brandon Affolter (bassist) formed Red Tide in 1995 and quickly became a staple in the Portland music scene and a sought-after coastal party...
TAPA & Tillamook Vision Center Presents “LOVE LETTERS” July 17 & 28
Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) and Tillamook Vision Center are pleased to present the production of the Pulitzer Prize nominated LOVE LETTERS, written by A.R. Gurney as a Special Engagement to Tillamook and County theater lovers with two live performances only on Saturday, July 27 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, July 28 at 2:00 pm at TAPA’s Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook, OR. "You cannot stage a play more simply than this, and yet it’s about everything in life. First love, loss of...
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