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There is risk and danger for fishermen crossing the bar at Tillamook Bay. Don Backman tries to capture the treacherous commute with his camera.

There is risk and danger for fishermen crossing the bar at Tillamook Bay. Don Backman tries to capture the treacherous commute with his camera.

Local, grass root emergency volunteer groups across Tillamook County are working to teach residents how to prepare themselves and their communities for natural disasters.

(August 12, 2022) NEWPORT, Ore – ODFW is advising recreational crabbers and clammers of a raw sewage spill in Netarts Bay that occurred Aug. 5 near the Netarts boat launch. [...]

By Don Backman This is the first article in a series about hiking. Since it is the off season, and officially winter, it seemed best to start with the obvious question: Why would anyone in their right mind wander around in the hills in the cold wind and rain in Tillamook County? The beach is understandable, but the hills? Isn’t it nasty and wet? Don’t you get all muddy? It’s cold outside. Won’t you freeze to death? Sorry, that bit is actually about November elk hunting. A friend...