Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers had an encounter with Orca whales while on boat patrol on Tuesday, May 26, on the Tillamook Bay. Read more

After several weeks of steep declines, what we are paying at the gasoline pumps is on the way up. Read more

A weak ridge of high pressure is moving into the area, but the westerly flow aloft is pushing clouds across the region also. This means we will stay mostly cloudy today, but dry, and breezy also with winds becoming westerly 8-12 gusting to 20.  The skies begin to clear tonight as the high pr… Read more

Organizers of Memorial Day at Sunset Heights Memorial Park established a Facebook page, Tillamook County Memorial Day, for a livestream that took place Memorial Day, May 25. U.S. Navy Captain John M. Kirby was the guest speaker for the event. Read more

Gov. Kate Brown has directed approximately one million KN95 masks and 5,000 gallons of hand sanitizer for farmworkers and agricultural producers. This critical personal protective equipment (PPE) is available at no cost to the agricultural community to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Read more

As Oregon grocers prepare to restart accepting empty beverage container returns, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) is announcing additional adjustments in retailer redemption requirements. The move will modify the required hours for Bottle Bill returns in order to provide retailers… Read more

The Tillamook Board of County Commissioners voted on Wednesday, May 13, to open Steiner and Three Rivers boat launches in addition to the four county boat launches that were opened last week: Nehalem Bay, Memaloose, Netarts Bay and Pacific City at Sunset Drive. The boat launches will be open… Read more

 Tillamook Narcotics Team (TNT) Detectives conducted a traffic stop at 3:48 p.m. on May 13 with a vehicle on North Main Avenue near Goodspeed Road after observing the vehicle frequent a drug house near the area.  TNT Detectives contacted two individuals in the vehicle Chelsey Snook, 30 of Ti… Read more

The entire community is invited to join Tillamook High School (THS) for the senior procession Friday, May 29. Students will leave the high school at 6:30 p.m., travel down Miller, turn west on 11th, travel north on Pacific, and then east on Third Street to end at the Fairgrounds (location of… Read more

Jackpocket, the first third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, announced Wednesday, May 20, its launch in Oregon. Oregonians can now use Jackpocket’s mobile app to place ticket orders for well-known jackpot games, including Powerball, Mega … Read more

Gov. Kate Brown ordered on Friday, May 22, flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, until noon. Oregonians are asked to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day. Read more

The Garibaldi Museum will be opening to the public on Saturday, May 30, 2020. They will, however, be open only by appointment and only on weekends until it is deemed safe for our visitors and staff to open further. We will be observing social distancing and ask for individuals or family grou… Read more

The Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) announced on May 5 that more than 351,000 students receiving free meals from Oregon schools will get additional food benefits for groceries during the school closure. Households will receive food benefits equ… Read more

The Coast Guard urges the public to be prepared when operating a paddle craft on the water this Memorial Day weekend as summer kicks off across the Pacific Northwest. As stay-at-home restrictions are eased and air temperatures rise, in our rush to get outside and enjoy the beautiful Pacific … Read more

The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s temporary rules change allowing Oregon gas retailers to provide self-service on a voluntary basis ends at midnight, Saturday, May 23. Read more

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette (GICW) reopens five retail stores at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, and the adjacent donation-drop areas: Read more

The suspect apprehended in a historic Coast Guard drug seizure off the Oregon Coast in 2019 was sentenced to prison today. Read more

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a time for Oregonians to get outside, travel to their favorite vacation destinations and welcome the return of summer. On Thursday, May 21, Gov. Kate Brown was joined by a bipartisan group of 26 mayors from across the state in urging all Oregonians, espe… Read more

Starting Thursday, May 21, the Oregon Employment Department is providing unemployment benefits through the CARES Act Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program. PEUC is a 13-week extension of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits for claimants who have run out of regular benefits. Read more

The Oregon State Marine Board offers a different message this year heading into Memorial Day weekend, and it’s not just about safety. It’s about courteous behavior and recognizing that everyone on the water impacts each other. Read more

Public health measures implemented in March to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19 are having an unprecedented economic impact on Oregon and the United States. April provides the first full month of data measuring the initial impact on businesses and the unemployed. Read more

The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced Tuesday, May 19, Oregon’s 2021 Regional Teachers of the Year. From the very beginning of this global pandemic, teachers have stepped up in countless, innovative ways to ensure students are safe, healthy and… Read more

The City of Tillamook recognizes the extreme circumstances under which the Tillamook High School graduating class of 2020 has found themselves in. The mayor and city council would like to publicly acknowledge those circumstances and provide encouragement for the efforts of the class to succe… Read more