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1 week ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
After agreeing to sunset their agency and roll it into the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in March, members of the Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency preliminarily approved a memorandum of understanding for that move on May 27.
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1 week ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and representatives from Senator Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden’s offices gathered at the Sunset Transit Center in Beaverton on May 23, for the inaugural departure of the North Coast Express.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Braver Angels, an organization seeking to bridge the partisan divide in the United States, hosted a town hall to discuss the urban rural divide at the main branch of the Tillamook County Library on May 17. At the meeting, residents were invited to share their views on the split and said that they felt there were lower expectations for rural areas that were leading to an uneven distribution of funding for social services to the disadvantage of their residents.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Barring a shift in ballots with missing or unverified signatures, the vote on a measure raising Tillamook County’s transient lodging tax will head to a hand recount once election results are certified on June 16.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Sean Lewis assumed the role of Tillamook City Manager on May 12, taking over from interim City Manager Kevin Perkins following a multi-month recruitment process. Lewis brings 16 years of government experience in Utah to the role in Tillamook and told the Headlight Herald that he plans to gauge community and council priorities before working with the council to craft solutions in a methodical manner. “I follow the Shel Silverstein model; we eat the elephant one bite at a time,” Lewis said.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón completed her official duties with a poetry reading at Nestucca K-8 cohosted by the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology and Nestucca School District. Several hundred attended the event and were treated to a dozen poems, free Tillamook ice cream sandwiches and an opportunity to have a book of poetry signed by Limón. The event kicked off with Forest Grove High School’s award-winning mariachi band Mariachi Tradición performing while guests found their seats.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Garibaldi Fire Chief Jay Marugg resigned, effective immediately, at the city’s regular council meeting on May 19, citing the removal of a firefighter position from the department as the cause. Marugg said that his attempts to find a solution to avoid the cut during the budgeting process were rebuffed by City Manager Jake Boone. Marugg argued that the department brought in enough revenue to pay for the position and said that ending his 30-year career had been a difficult decision.
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2 weeks ago | 
northcoastcitizen.com | Will Chappell
Garibaldi Fire Chief Jay Marugg resigned, effective immediately, at the city’s regular council meeting on May 19, citing the removal of a firefighter position from the department as the cause. Marugg said that his attempts to find a solution to avoid the cut during the budgeting process were rebuffed by City Manager Jake Boone. Marugg argued that the department brought in enough revenue to pay for the position and said that ending his 30-year career had been a difficult decision.
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2 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
Over the past nine years, students at Nestucca High School have painted some 30 murals around the school’s common areas, with instruction and assistance from art teacher Syndney Leja. Most recently, seniors Alyssa Manzonie and Daisy Camacho finished a series of 13 murals honoring each of the school’s sports programs, as well as the school’s mascot, in the hallway outside the school’s locker rooms.
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3 weeks ago | 
tillamookheadlightherald.com | Will Chappell
With five days left for ballots to arrive, the vote on whether to raise Tillamook County’s transient lodging tax from 10% to 14% was nip and tuck, with 20 more no votes counted as of the second round of results released on May 22. Support for measures seeking a bond for facilities improvements in the Tillamook School District and a levy to support operations in the Neah-Kah-Nie School District increased with 56.1% of votes tallied in support of the former and 59.3% for the latter.
