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Tillamook County’s board of commissioners voted to move forward with the creation of a central services department at their meeting on October 9. The new department will oversee human resources, information services, facilities and legal services for county departments going forward, as well as the board of commissioners’ office.

With a list of more than 50 revenue-boosting or cost-cutting measures reviewed and prioritized, the Tillamook County budget working group is approaching decisions about a path forward following their October 9 meeting.

Tillamook High School’s football team took a tough loss in their homecoming game on October 18, falling to the Scappoose Indians in a shootout, 47-27.

As negotiations over a new contract drag on and in the wake of a canceled mediation session, members of the Oregon School Employees Association picketed the Tillamook School Board’s monthly

(Left to right) Rockaway Beach mayoral candidates Rodney Breazile and Dane Winchester, and city council candidates Debra Reeves, Kristine Hayes, Stephanie Winchester and Justin McMahan at the forum on October 15.

After a first term in which he helped to secure funding for several infrastructure projects in district 32, State Representative Cyrus Javadi hopes to build on that momentum and take other steps to promote housing growth in a second term.

With a 45-7 home victory over the Milwaukie Mustangs on October 25, the Tillamook High School Cheesemakers football team secured at least a third-place finish in the Cowapa League and

Team captains participating in the coin flip before kickoff.

Tillamook County Library Director Donald Allgeier was selected to serve as the president of the American Library Association’s Core Division board on October 17, for a term that will begin in January.

Tillamook High School’s football team ended the regular season on a high note, with a 27-20 home win over the Seaside Seagulls on November 1 to take second place in