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EDITOR’S NOTE: One the weekly Community Update Tillamook County Community Health Centers Deputy Director Rockie Phillips reported that Tillamook County’s test positivity rate is over 30%, and the county’s has a “high” transmission rate. The 3-day case count (6/24-6/26) – 29 cases; 7-day case count (6/20-6/26) – 79 cases; and for the month of June (6/1-6/26) – 204 cases. TCCHC posted this letter to Tillamook County employers as they are monitoring 15 workplaces for outbreaks with reminders about quarantines and masking. With the county’s high transmission rate, TCCHC encourages everyone to wear a mask indoors or in crowded outdoor locations, and to get vaccinated as COVID-19 continues to be spread throughout our community.

Approximately 80 people inside the state’s only federal prison have been on a hunger strike, protesting conditions inside the facility, according to Oregon’s federal public defender. “We heard last week that some incarcerated people had started a hunger strike, and the government confirmed (Monday) that about 80 people...

Annie Lommen is a force of nature who spreads joy everywhere she goes! At 93 years young she is still a bundle of energy, moving at a pace us “youngsters” can barely keep up with. Just the mention of her name brings a joyous smile to us north county “kids”. Her Carmel Corn brings a smile to everyone else.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore. –June 28, 2022) — Tillamook County Public Health Department was notified of one new COVID-19 related death that occurred in June 2022, raising the Tillamook County COVID-19 pandemic death toll to 66. Tillamook County’s 66th COVID-19 related death is a 84-year-old man from Tillamook County who...

Samaritan North Lincoln is the only hospital in Lincoln City. Healthcare workers there, who are members of the union S-E-I-U Local 49 union, recently voted overwhelmingly to approve a new labor contract. They started bargaining with hospital management in March but after months of stalled negotiations, workers rallied over Memorial...

About 80 inmates at the federal prison complex in Sheridan started a hunger strike in the past week in protest of extensive lockdowns in their cells and reports of limited medical care, inadequate meals and restricted access to computers to contact their lawyers and families. Several defense lawyers heard from...

Workers providing health care and services at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City voted to approve a new contract with hospital management, union officials announced Monday. The agreement covers 115 workers represented by the Service Employees Local 49, including emergency room technicians, certified nursing assistants, respiratory care practitioners, radiologic...

Kollene Dunn's abortion a few months after the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling saved her family, she said.

COVID-19 In the past week there were 31 new COVID-19 cases reported to the Oregon Health Authority from the Florence area (1761). Cases of the virus for more rural areas are being tabulated once a week by the OHA. There were 1941 cases reported for the state and 147 for Lane County yesterday. The OHA are also reporting that hospitalizations have surpassed the 400 mark at 402 with 59 individuals in ICU. Locally an employee tested positive at Shorewood Senior Living. The facility conducted tests on all staff and residents and arrived at two more positive tests on Tuesday. The facility is going to do another round of testing today. The positive tests were confirmed by Shorewood to be residents that were fully vaccinated and reportedly have mild symptoms and are being monitored closely.

(Lincoln City, Oregon) – It's rare but sometimes you can still find them: vacation rentals on the Oregon coast that still have an opening on the Fourth of July. In fact, the three listed here for Lincoln City are actually 50 percent off their normal rates. (Above: Sea Star North in Lincoln City has openings around July 4)

On a very sunny Saturday June 25th, Tillamook celebrated it’s dairy heritage with the 65th annual Dairy Parade – “Cheddar Days are Here Again.”. Here are just a few highlights and the video puts you right on the street for the music, dancers, Dairy and rodeo princesses, trucks and cars and much more!

The small enclave of Twin Rocks, located just south of Rockaway Beach, found its name in a prominent landmark. Once housing a post office and resort community, the neighborhood merged into Rockaway Beach in the 1950s. Its namesake pair of sea stacks, however, remain offshore. On some nights when the...