Heart of Cartm organization recognizes that caring for the land and creating art together isn’t just for one weekend. A tiny seed planted in 1999 is now a 24-year-old event reaching well beyond its original container. Rockaway Roastery, Hoffman Center for the Arts, COVE Gallery & Studio,…
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Each March, health professionals, community members, state entities, and the National Council on Problem Gambling come together to observe Problem Gambling Awareness Month.
Tillamook County’s libraries are in the process of developing a new strategic plan that will guide their operations and programming over the next five years.
Sometimes it is judicious to look back on something, ponder its modest roots, and celebrate the upward journey, before moving forward.
The Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation has received a 100K endowment from the Loren E. Parks Trust that will support healthcare pathways students. The Loren E. Parks Trust Endowed Scholarship will be used to support Healthcare Pathways students – such as EMS, Medical Assisting, Phleb…
Oregon State Parks will host Spring Whale Watch Week in person along the Oregon Coast Tuesday, March 28 through Sunday, April 2.
The Tillamook Forest Center is re-opening to the public starting March 17, offering opportunities to connect with and learn about Oregon’s fascinating state forests.
TLC, a Division of Fibre Federal Credit Union, serves 11 counties in Oregon and Washington with financial services and community support projects.
The Neah-Kah-Nie School Board is pleased to announce and welcome Dr. Tyler Reed as the new superintendent of the school district effective July 1st, 2023.
If you’d been lucky enough to live in Portland in July of 1848, you would have been able to say, literally, that your ship had come in.
We’ve all heard that we should be eating fresh fruits and vegetables as key portions of our daily meals – but at what cost? With food prices on the rise, preparing nutritious, well-rounded meals can seem like an extra strain not only on our available time but also on our wallets. Luckily, th…
It is scholarship season and we are pleased to assist in educational expenses for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Tillamook PUD is currently accepting applications for the 2023 College Work Program.
The Tillamook High School (THS) Alumni Scholarship Fund, Inc. is currently accepting applications for the 2023 THS graduate scholarship and the THS Postgraduate scholarship.
On March 4, 2023, the Kiwanis Club of Tillamook will be celebrating one hundred years of service in Tillamook County. The Tillamook club was chartered on December 15,1922. The original copy of that charter is mounted on the podium that is used at club meetings.
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1904, Stephen A.D. Puter had just arrived at the office of U.S. Marshal Jack Matthews. He was expecting some friends to come by … and bail him out of jail.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (WEBS) works to build a community of environmental stewards around Netarts Bay watershed and the areas between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout.
February was a busy month. We celebrated Oregon’s 164th birthday on the 14th, and the first big pieces of legislation are working their way through the process.
Registration for spring term courses at Tillamook Bay Community College is now open. Spring term will begin on April 3, and registration will be open until April 2.
In the 1850s, treaties were developed with the tribes of the north Oregon coast amid settlement of the territory.
View the online version of our 2023 Tillamook County Almanac here!
View the online version of our Spring 2023 Our Time publication here!
Forget Wordle or spin class. The latest craze in mental and physical fitness is shape training — if you’re a harbor seal at the Oregon Zoo, that is. Care staff in the zoo’s marine life area are working with harbor seals Tongass, Atty and Kaya on recognizing specific shapes both above and bel…
February is all about love since the major holiday is Valentine’s Day. The focus is often about showing that special someone how you feel about them. But what about the relationship you have with yourself? How much love and kindness do you show yourself?
The Waves Motel has a mesmerizing view of Ecola Creek as it meets the sea, along with an amazing view of Chapman Point, Ecola Point, and Tillamook Head to the north.
Eager to provide access to high-quality care on the northern Oregon coast, Adventist Health Tillamook announces that another seasoned and compassionate provider has joined the staff at their Medical Office – Manzanita location, on the corner of Highway 101 and Neah-Kah-Nie Creek Road.
The Neah-Kah-Nie School District has been accepted into a program that will send $95,000 to the district annually for the next seven years to help promote post-secondary education.
In the 1850s, treaties were developed with the tribes of the north Oregon coast amid settlement of the territory.
Oregonians consider their public beaches to be sacred; and everyone who enjoys Oregon’s public beaches can thank the determination of two charismatic, visionary Oregon governors.
When we think of healthy relationships, especially around Valentine’s Day, our thoughts often go to dating or marriage. We know it isn’t always hearts and roses when it comes to relationships. It can be a lot of hard work and it doesn’t always work. It might surprise us to know that the heal…
I want to thank Joe Warren and the Tillamook Herald/Cannon Beach Gazette/North Coast Citizen for allowing me to publish this monthly column. With just three weeks under my belt as your representative, I have learned how fast things move at the Capitol. I won’t be able to include everything y…
More than 130 children’s organizations recently called on President Biden to declare a national emergency in response to America’s youth mental health crisis.
Hosted by the Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce with Instruction from Visit Tillamook Coast, we are offering two community grant writing workshops to encourage Rockaway Beach and Tillamook County residents to utilize these funds.
It is with sadness, and gratitude, that the Board of Directors announces the departure of Peter Starkey as Executive Director of CARE. Peter has accepted a new opportunity as Executive Director of FolkTime in Portland, his last day will be February 16th.
In an event promoting heart health awareness, Adventist Health Tillamook would like to invite the community for an artist reception and community celebration of the heart at the North County Recreation District community center.
North County’s Hope Chest Thrift Shops have now donated more than $2 million to a variety of local charitable organizations since their founding over 20 years ago.
Need a prescription to beat the “winter blues”? Tillamook Association for the Performing Art’s newest play, “Love, Lies and the Doctor’s Dilemma” is just what the doctor ordered! Sponsored by Grocery Outlet of Tillamook, and directed by Ann Harper, this hilarious show is open now and runs th…
There is a local treasure for seafood lovers in downtown Cannon Beach that sells high quality seafood fresh from the ocean. Jay and Cindy Beckman, owners of Ecola Seafood, serve up wild, local seafood sourced fresh from their very own boats, along with other local fisherman.
Each year, approximately 14,000 women in the United States receive a cervical cancer diagnosis. But many cervical cancers are preventable with proper screening and vaccination.
Early in the morning, on January 1st, our dear friend and cousin, Gary Linn of Netarts, passed away leaving a huge hole in our hearts. Gary’s loves were his family and the ocean. He worked hard and fished harder.
In the fall of 2016, Jack Stevenson set off on a motorcycle trip along the Oregon coast in search of a restaurant that fit his style and vision. Growing up in Carmel, Monterrey and San Diego, he knew he wanted to be on the coast near the ocean. Upon arriving in Cannon Beach, he knew he had f…
We all recall the January 2020 Pie Day as one of the last in-person events we attended that year … NOW IT’S BACK!! The 13th Annual North County Pie Day is coming on Saturday, January 21st. Once again, this fun and fantastic event will take place at the White Clover Grange in Nehalem (365…
The new year has begun, and being an odd year means the Oregon State Legislature will have its long session to produce the state budget for the next two years. This budget will include our state allocation for the 17 community colleges, including TBCC. About 40% of our annual budget comes fr…
Tillamook PUD is accepting applications now for the 2023 Community Support Grant Program.
View the online version of our 2022 Readers' Choice Winners publication here!
What brings you joy and fulfillment? Is it your family, job, faith, or a volunteer activity? Or maybe it is a hobby like music, art, woodworking, gardening, yoga, or hiking. It might surprise us to know that what gives our life meaning can also help us live longer. When we do tasks and activ…
Tillamook County Library is developing its strategic plan for the next 5 years. Between January and March, the library will be conducting community engagement work to hear what members of the public would like to see from their library in the coming years.
The Manzanita Transfer Station, located at 34995 Necarney City Rd, has been home to an open burn site, a landfill, and has operated as a municipal solid waste (MSW) transfer station and recycling facility since 1981, under DEQ Solid Waste Disposal Site Permit #342. The quantities of material…
Would you like to learn more about gardening on the Oregon Coast? Would you like to get to know people with similar interests and then share what you learn with others? If you answered yes then you may want to enroll in the OSU Master Gardener™ training.
