Tillamook County News

Rent is paid through July for the 285 Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook county residents who were told that they would lose their Section 8 housing assistance on July 1. The Northwest Oregon Housing Authority board voted Thursday to use reserve revenue funds to pay for the residents' July assistance vouchers.

The 285 Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook county residents who were told they would lose housing assistance could be safe from eviction for at least one more month, if the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority board votes tomorrow to use reserve funds to pay residents' July rent.

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A measure to establish Oregon's first two fishing-free marine reserves off the Oregon coast is on its way to Gov.

Oregon electric provider deploys more cost-effective ArcFM GIS products and licenses from Telvent's Smart Grid Solution suite Telvent , - June 18, 2009 - the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, announced today that Tillamook People's Utility District in Oregon is one of the first utilities to take advantage of Telvent's Enterprise ...

A woman who works as a 911 dispatcher was forced to make her own emergency call after a man invaded her home and attacked her Tuesday.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. - A prosecutor says plea bargaining is under way in the case of an accident that killed two people at the Sand Lake Recreation Area in Tillamook County.

The future of law enforcement in Curry County will be in the people's hands. All the current Sheriff, Juvenile Director, and District Attorney can do is lay out the facts to those wanting to listen.

While there is no shortage of finger pointing after a decision by a Clatsop County nonprofit housing authority to cut federal rental assistance to 285 northwest Oregon residents, few solutions have been pitched to replace the jeopardized subsidy.

What purpose should Oregon's public forests serve? That question is at the heart of a controversial proposal before the state Board of Forestry today in Salem.

The Oregon Board of Forestry voted Wednesday to increase logging on Clatsop and Tillamook state forests in the northwest part of the state.

Fabrizio Asaro and Bob, his 2-year-old Pekingese-pug mix, hang out in Pacific City with Peter Christiansen and an unidentified friend.

HILLSBORO - A 45-year-old father found dead with his two children along a hiking trail is believed to have shot them before killing himself, police said.

James Gumm took his two young children to the Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve in Hillsboro on Friday morning and shot them at close range, killing them, before turning the gun on himself, police said on Saturday.

Police arrested a Tillamook-area man Thursday on charges of possessing over a dozen different types of drugs.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. - Tillamook County narcotics officers arrested 34-year-old Darrell Tow on drug and weapons charges and said they confiscated more than a dozen types of drugs.

A construction worker was found dead on a gravel road east of Tillamook on Monday afternoon.

The body of a woman found in the surf in Neskowin Tuesday morning has been identified as Peggy Todd, 67, of Neskowin, according to Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson.

An elderly woman was found dead in the surf near Proposal Rock this morning, according to Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson.

Crews continued their search Wednesday evening for a 78-year-old woman who didn't return home after a visit to Tillamook Pharmacy.