The entrance to Stub Stewart State Park. Photo: Chas Hundley While so many traditions have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one that will return the day after Thanksgiving: Free parking at the 25 state parks that normally charge a $5 parking fee for day-use on Friday, November 27[Read More…]
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Last Free Fishing Weekend of 2020 is Thanksgiving Weekend
Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, November 27 & 28, the weekend after Thanksgiving Day. It will be the last of four free fishing dates in 2020. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to[Read More…]
Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing plans Veterans Day flyovers
Photo: 142nd Wing A flyover in support of various Veterans Day ceremonies by the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will be held Wednesday, November 11, including over North Plains at 11:25 a.m. and over Tillamook at 11:30 a.m., so keep your eye to the sky, as they may be[Read More…]
Oregon’s ‘Exploding Whale’ legend turns 50
A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body. Gabriel Barathieu – https://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7277953560/, CC BY-SA 2.0, November 9, 1970. The sperm whale, washed up on Heceta Beach near Florence, Oregon, was dead, and the plan was to blow it[Read More…]
Gales Creek School PTO Halloween party shifted to candy, mini pumpkin handout
The Gales Creek School. Photo: Chas Hundley A Halloween tradition of gathering for games, snacks, and camaraderie in Gales Creek will shift to a different format due to the coronavirus, the Gales Creek Parent Teacher Organization announced in a social media post on the Gales Creek Community Page on Facebook. [Read More…]
Free fishing weekend returns Saturday, Sunday, August 15 – 16
Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 OREGON – Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Saturday & Sunday, August 15 and 16. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no fishing licenses or tags, including a Combined Angling[Read More…]
Free fishing weekend returns Saturday & Sunday
Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon this Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no fishing licenses or tags, including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia[Read More…]
Two upcoming digital town halls will feature elected officials and public health officials
Chair Kathryn Harrington at her home office. Photo: Washington County Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. WASHINGTON COUNTY – Two online town halls featuring local politicians and health officials have been scheduled to[Read More…]
March events at the Tillamook Forest Center: Beavers, fairy and gnome homes
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK FOREST – Now open for the season, the Tillamook Forest Center will play host to a variety of public events this March in the heart of the Tillamook State Forest. Two opportunities to learn about one of the region’s most unique mammals[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center reopens Wednesday, March 4
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2020 season on Wednesday, March 4, according to the center’s website. The facility will receive a final winter cleaning from a volunteer crew on Saturday, February[Read More…]
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