Will Chappell

More than 75 members of the South Tillamook County community gathered at the disused Beaver School on August 15, for an afternoon of storytelling about the building's past and a discussion of its future as a mixed-use development featuring 29 apartments, a library branch and community gymnasium.

A weekend of patchy weather did not deter the crowds from attending Bay City's fifth annual Pearl and Oyster Festival on August 22 and 23, at Al Griffin Memorial Park.

A group of more than 20 local elected and appointed officials gathered on August 18, for a tour of second-story apartment developments in downtown Tillamook organized by the Tillamook Area

Tillamook City Councilors voted in favor of the first reading of city code updates that would see a new two-tiered parking permit system instituted downtown in response to business owners' concerns at their August 17 meeting.

With their 15-year lease with the Port of Tillamook Bay set to expire at the end 2026, leaders from the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad have been in negotiations with representatives from the Port of Tillamook Bay for over a year, with substantial work remaining to finalize a deal.

After announcing their intent to award a $27.9-million contract to Motorola Solutions for the construction of a new emergency radio system for county first responders in late July, Tillamook County commissioners voted unanimously to finalize the contract at their meeting on August 19.

Work on a new $13.2-million, 3.2-mile water transmission line from the City of Tillamook’s water treatment plant near Clements Corner to the corner of Highway 101 and Long Prairie Road

Tillamook County leaders met on August 17, continuing discussions about which departments to relocate to the ex-Bureau of Land Management building on Third Street that the county purchased last year.

At the third meeting of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's Salmonberry Trail Executive Council on August 20, representatives from the Salmonberry Trail Foundation gave an update on trail fundraising and construction.

North Coast Land Conservancy and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff cohosted a tour of the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve off the coast of Oswald West State Park on August 18.