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Tillamook veterans’ memorial installed
A new veterans’ memorial was installed in downtown Tillamook on June 26, honoring veterans from World War I to the present day across the county. The project was the brainchild of late Tillamook City Councilor Doug Henson, who raised more than $200,000 in donations and in-kind contributions before Tillamook City Councilor Nick Torres took over for the final stages of the project when Henson became ill. Henson told the Herald...
A reading of the Declaration of Independence July 4 in Maxwell Library Park
Hear ye! Hear ye! A declaration from the Second Continental Congress! Thus will begin, on July 4 at 11:00 a.m., the reading of the Declaration of Independence from the stage in Maxwell Library Park, 1708 Third ST, adjacent to the Main Tillamook County Library. A group of 20 women and men will take turns reading the document that set the colonies on the road to freedom – a document that was approved unanimously on July 4, 1776, by the 56 men who made up the...
Women’s preventive health care across the lifespan
The term women’s health covers more than just pap smears and mammograms. This category of healthcare has a wide scope covering care for people with a uterus from menstruation to pregnancy and osteoporosis, along with all of the health screenings in between. Women’s health aims at improving health over the lifespan with treatments and screenings beginning in the teen years and spanning the rest of a person’s life. The terminology for the women’s health category is evolving to recognize transgender and non-binary people. The women’s health category is inclusive for all people based on anatomy, not gender identity. ...
New apartments open in Garibaldi
Residents are set to begin moving into the new Garibaldi Bayview Apartments at the east end of the city and seven lots prepared for home construction above the complex are on the market. The 3-acre project was shepherded by the development team of Paul Daniels and Ron Halter and marks the third complex they have partnered on in the city in the last decade. Friends since high school, the men...
Dangerous hot conditions' trigger precautions
The National Weather Service (NWS) has updated its Excessive Heat Warning in effect from noon Thursday to 11 p.m. Sunday. WHAT Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures 100 to 105 expected. There is a 25-35 percent chance that temperatures will exceed 110 degrees on Saturday, and a 10-15 percent chance that temperatures will exceed 110 degrees...
Local volunteer salmon hatcheries celebrate milestones
Dodging rain and hailstorms blowing through on the morning of June 15, the Nestucca Anglers celebrated by hosting their 25th Annual Salmon Fin Clip Day. The Rhoades Pond Rearing facility is operated by the dedicated volunteers from Nestucca Anglers Association that raise and release around 100,000 fall run Chinook Salmon annually. The salmon fry had their adipose fin removed to indicate they are hatchery fish and will be released by the ODFW Cedar Creek Hatchery staff later this summer. ...
July packed with family fun in Tillamook County
The month of July will see a full schedule of events across Tillamook County, starting with north county celebrations of the Fourth of July and continuing with festivals in Cloverdale, Pacific City and Garibaldi. On Independence Day, Rockaway Beach and Manzanita will take center stage, with each town hosting a parade, Rockaway Beach’s at 11 a.m. and Manzanita’s at 1 p.m. with a theme of Soar Fourth. The fun will...
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Oregon city, allows ban on homeless people sleeping outdoors
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday sided with a local ordinance in Oregon that effectively bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, and local governments will be allowed to enforce those laws. In a 6-3 decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the opinion that the enforcement of those local laws that regulate camping on public property does not constitute the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. “Homelessness is complex. Its...
Tillamook Bay Trails Coalition takes collaborative approach to recreation infrastructure
A group of governments and other organizations from around Tillamook Bay have come together to form the Tillamook Trails Coalition, with an eye towards coordinating efforts to enhance recreational opportunities in the area. Dan Haag, the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association’s director of trails, is spearheading the effort and said that the group is working to assess the local trail inventory and will soon be gathering community input. Haag came up...
Merkley Monthly: Tackling the housing affordability crisis
June is National Homeownership Month, but the housing affordability crisis is putting home ownership farther and farther out of reach for too many working families in Oregon and across America. When I was growing up, my parents, like many of their generation, were able to save enough money to buy a modest home for our family in Oregon. I still live in that same blue-collar neighborhood. But it’s a different story for my children’s generation. As prices to rent and buy skyrocket, young people are...
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