Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with tillamook www.salem-news.com 2010 Tillamook County Major Crime Team detectives arrested two suspects related to a Saturday night disturbance at the Alderbrook Golf Course Restaurant and Bar north of Tillamook that resulted in the stabbing of 3 adults. The victims received non-life threatening wounds and are being treated at hospitals in Tillamook and Portland. Their names are withheld at this time and may be released Monday after additional follow-up investigation and interviews. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/stabbing-tillamook.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/stabbing-tillamook.php Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:07:00 PDT Tillamook Passage is historical fiction that journeys back to the early days of the coastal Indians. This new novel for young adults and up is the latest book in an adventure series by award-winning author Brian Ratty. The novel’s storyline is spun around the 1787 passage of the ship, Lady Washington, under the command of Captain Robert Gray, and his discovery of the Tillamook Indians and their large, pristine bay. http://salem-news.com/articles/july182011/tillamook-passage.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july182011/tillamook-passage.php Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:29:00 PDT Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public's help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for the illegal killing of three elk, and the waste of two of them, in the Trask Unit near Tillamook. A reward of up to $1000 is being offered by the Oregon Hunter's Association for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. http://salem-news.com/articles/november222010/tillamook-poaching.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november222010/tillamook-poaching.php Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:33:00 PST The Coast Guard assisted the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Department in locating a missing 73-year-old man near Nehalem, Oregon, Sunday. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Oregon, received a report that Lawrence Smith was missing at approximately 4 p.m., and launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew at 4:07 p.m. to conduct a search in the vicinity of Nehalem. http://salem-news.com/articles/november072010/tillamook-missing-person.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november072010/tillamook-missing-person.php Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:14:00 PST The Oregon Air National Guard will conduct Veterans Day flyovers for various ceremonies at locations throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. F-15 Eagle fighter jets from the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland and the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field are scheduled to conduct flyovers at the following locations and approximate times: All passes will be approximately 1,000 feet above ground level and 350 knots airspeed. Flights could be cancelled or times changed due to inclement weather or operational contingencies. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052010/veterans-day-flyovers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052010/veterans-day-flyovers.php Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:25:00 PDT Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers, with the assistance of the Tillamook County Medical Examiner, will be continuing an investigation following the death of man found slumped in the driver's seat of his work vehicle at the entrance to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. There is no indication of foul play. http://salem-news.com/articles/october182010/tillamook-death-investigation.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october182010/tillamook-death-investigation.php Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:12:00 PDT Police say eight people were transported to hospitals in Tillamook and Portland for injuries sustained in a Sunday afternoon fire on a Raz Transportation tour bus on Highway 101 north of Tillamook. Police say a 71-year old female from Wisconsin was taken by LifeFlight to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland for burn and smoke inhalation injuries. http://salem-news.com/articles/september132010/bus-fire.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september132010/bus-fire.php Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:01:00 PDT Police say a Forest Grove man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 6 about 22 miles east of Tillamook. Oregon State Police say 61-year old Daniel Everett Shaw of Forest Grove, lost control negotiating a left curve, slid into an embankment and was thrown off the motorcycle into a ten foot ditch. http://salem-news.com/articles/september132010/motorcycle-tillamook.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september132010/motorcycle-tillamook.php Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:05:00 PDT I think we all suffer from a kind of blindness from familiarity. We see and live in our surroundings so long and our minds are so focused on immediate needs and tasks that we don't really see what's there. Since the dawn of time artists have been "showing" us what has been under our noses all along by taking the familiar and emphasizing some aspect of it to reawaken our eyes. http://salem-news.com/articles/june152010/your0city-usa-gb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june152010/your0city-usa-gb.php Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:05:00 PDT Oregon State Police, with the assistance of Tillamook County Medical Examiner and Tillamook County Sheriff's Office, are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a deceased male on a rocky section of beach near the base of a cliff in Cape Lookout State Park. There is no indication that the death is the result of a crime and positive identification is pending according to OSP Sergeant Todd Hoodenpyl. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072010/body_cape.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072010/body_cape.php Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:02:00 PST Police are hoping a photo may lead to the location of a missing fisherman, 62-year old Robert Shaw of Washougal, Washington, who failed to return to Wheeler, Oregon in his 12-foot fishing vessel after a Thursday fishing trip, his wife said. Shaw reportedly went fishing alone on his 12-foot boat Thursday in the area of the lower Nehalem Bay in northern Tillamook County. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112009/missing_man_10-11-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112009/missing_man_10-11-09.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:24:00 PDT The Coast Guard suspended the search for an overdue 65-year-old fisherman who was reported missing in Oregon's Nehalem Bay Friday. The Coast Guard searched for the fisherman approximately five hours before suspending the search pending any new information that would assist in locating the man. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/uscg_search_10-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/uscg_search_10-9-09.php Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:02:00 PDT The Coast Guard, Rockaway Beach, Oregon Police and Fire, the Tillamook Sheriff's department, Nehalem Fire and Tillamook County EMS responded to a report of six people in distress after the 21-foot boat they were in capsized at the entrance to Nehalem Bay, Monday. A Coast Guard official reports that around 12:55 p.m., their rescue station at Tillamook Bay received a call from Tillamook County 911 relaying a report from a Good Samaritan of a capsized boat at the entrance of Nehalem Bay. The Coast Guard crews at Tillamook Bay launched two rescue boat crews to the Nehalem Bay entrance and a beach crew to the Nehalem Bay South jetty to assist local police, fire and sheriff crews who were also responding. http://salem-news.com/articles/september072009/uscg_9-7-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september072009/uscg_9-7-09.php Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:49:00 PDT Oregon's homeless rate has increased at least 35 percent in the past year, and now Oregon families who depend on federal Section 8 vouchers to pay their rent are wondering if they'll continue to receive them, or be among the homeless - and with good reason. Last week, the Housing Authority for Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties told 285 families that their rental assistance will end as of July 1st. http://salem-news.com/articles/june092009/federal_aid_ds_6-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june092009/federal_aid_ds_6-9-09.php Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:58:00 PDT Citizens of Oregon enjoy an enviable sense of security with the fire agencies listed below. They were recognized this weekend at an honorary awards ceremony. The list of award recipients at this year's Oregon Meritorious Awards from the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association, also goes far beyond the services, and recognizes the help they receive from police, civilians and even a Portland, Oregon TV news crew. http://salem-news.com/articles/may312009/fire_awards_09_3-31-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may312009/fire_awards_09_3-31-09.php Sun, 31 May 2009 18:12:00 PDT The U.S. Coast Guard has released video of a tragic capsizing that took place early last Friday morning in Oregon's Tillamook Bay. The heart wrenching scenes were recorded by a Coast Guard volunteer named Sherry Newman. In one clip, we see the fishing vessel Network struck by a large wave while the crew was struggling to make headway in the tremendous surf, very close to the end of the north jetty at the mouth of Tillamook Bay. The Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat that responded to aid the Network stayed very close during the ordeal. It seems amazing that the Coast Guard boat was actually there as the tragedy occurred. It speaks to the extreme conditions that overtook the fishing vessel. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032008/uscg_network_vid_12-3-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032008/uscg_network_vid_12-3-08.php Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:30:00 PST The search for two men near the north jetty of Tillamook Bay, Oregon, was suspended Friday at 4:31 PM, Coast Guard officials report. They say the two men were part of a crew from the 42-foot crab boat Network from Garibaldi, Oregon, that capsized and broke up at 7:42 AM. Coast Guard crews including two 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from Station Tillamook Bay, and three HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews from Air Station Astoria, searched 15 square miles for seven hours in order to locate the men. The capsizing was initially reported by a Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Tillamook Bay that witnessed the event. One of the three men aboard the vessel was able to swim to shore where he was taken to the Tillamook hospital by fire crews from Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi. Contrary to previous reports, none of the men were wearing lifejackets. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282008/till_bay_capsize_11-28-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282008/till_bay_capsize_11-28-08.php Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:59:00 PST The Coast Guard says they responded to a capsized fishing vessel near the north jetty at Tillamook, Oregon this morning. A Coast Guard 47-foot smallboat crew from Station Tillamook Bay, reported the capsizing of the 40-foot fishing vessel Network and immediately responded to the area. The Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay confirmed there were three people on board the vessel. One of the three men managed to swim to shore and was picked up by Coast Guard and fire crews from Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi, Oregon. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282008/till_capsize_11-28-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282008/till_capsize_11-28-08.php Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:35:00 PST Police say a Tillamook-area man was injured Saturday morning while duck hunting when his shotgun discharged after it may have been contacted by his dog and struck him in the leg as he was outside his boat. http://salem-news.com/articles/november222008/till_boat_shot_11-22-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november222008/till_boat_shot_11-22-08.php Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:58:00 PST The Coast Guard reports assisting the Tillamook County, Oregon Fire Department in saving seven people who were stranded after their cars were swept off the road by flooding near Fawcett Creek, Oregon, Wednesday night. The Coast Guard Group at Astoria received a request for assistance at 9:00 PM from the Tillamook County Fire Department to help rescue a mother and her two infants who were stranded in their car after being swept off of the road by strong flooding. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay launched a swift water rescue crew and Coast Guard Air Station Astoria launched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132008/uscg_rescue_11-13-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132008/uscg_rescue_11-13-08.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:58:00 PST A Louisiana woman died Friday afternoon when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a sport utility vehicle that crossed the center line of Highway 101 near Tillamook. A Toyota Highlander driven by 43-year old Jesse James Moore, from Tillamook, was northbound on Highway 101 at about 3:24 PM near milepost 67 when it crossed the center line and collided nearly head-on with a southbound Chrysler 300 four-door rental car driven by 74-year old Shirley Scarce, from Lafayette, Louisiana, according to Oregon State Police collision reconstructionist Senior Trooper James Pierce. http://salem-news.com/articles/september122008/fatal_091208.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september122008/fatal_091208.php Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:18:00 PDT I always thought old airplanes were cool, but I became very interested the giant WWII B-17 bombers while researching a historic crash site at Cape Lookout in Tillamook County, Oregon in the early 1990's. It was sixty five years ago on this date, that this four-engine plane and her crew of 10 U.S. Army aviators were lost in the fog, flying close to the ocean as they tried to find a landmark. The sole survivor of the crash, 2nd Lt. Wilbur Perez, was the plane's bombardier. http://salem-news.com/articles/august022008/perez_doc_8-2-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august022008/perez_doc_8-2-08.php Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:04:00 PDT One of the worst things any surfer who goes to Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City can imagine, happened today. Just before 10:00 AM, a 14-year old boy surfing in large waves at PC was run down by a double ended dory fishing boat, police say. The boy survived, but his left arm was amputated in the collision. http://salem-news.com/articles/july062008/surfer_hurt-7-6-07.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july062008/surfer_hurt-7-6-07.php Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:22:00 PDT Police say a Gresham-area man reported missing to Portland Police Friday night was found deceased Saturday night along Highway 18 in the Van Duzer Corridor of Tillamook County. The public is asked for their assistance to help find the victim's missing vehicle and information related to this investigation. Lt. Gregg Hastings with Oregon State Police says investigators working in conjunction with Portland Police Bureau, Tillamook County District Attorney's Office, and Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office report no obvious signs of a cause of death and an autopsy is scheduled Monday. Saturday at approximately 10:00 PM, Oregon State Police responded to a report that a man walking his dog in a wide turnout on Highway 18 near milepost 11 found a body over the edge of the highway, spokesman Gregg Hastings said. http://salem-news.com/articles/june152008/gresham_man_death_6-15-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june152008/gresham_man_death_6-15-08.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:28:00 PDT Two suspects were arrested Wednesday night by Oregon State Police (OSP) detectives and troopers related to last weekend's multi-injury hit-and-run crash on Highway 6 near Tillamook. Sergeant Lane Hendrickson with OSP says using leads developed with the public's help, their investigation led to the arrest of two suspects at the Greyhound bus station in Salem last night at approximately 9:45 PM. http://salem-news.com/articles/march272008/hot_run_arrests_3-2708.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march272008/hot_run_arrests_3-2708.php Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:08:00 PDT The Tillamook County Sheriff is reporting that the 45-year old man who was reported missing last night, and was the object of an intensive search today, has been found. Oregon US Civil Air Patrol aircraft involved in the search have secured from their search operations and are returning to their respective bases in Salem and Brookings. http://salem-news.com/articles/february152008/cap_response_2-15-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february152008/cap_response_2-15-08.php Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:01:00 PST A multi-agency investigation led by Oregon State Police detectives is investigating the discovery of a partially decomposed body reported found Sunday afternoon in a remote, wooded area south of Highway 6 in the Browns Camp area. http://salem-news.com/articles/march122007/bodyfound_031207.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march122007/bodyfound_031207.php Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:42:00 PDT The Cape Mears lighthouse at 34 feet is one of the shortest on the west coast. The lighthouse is located is on a high rocky cliff placing the light 217 feet above the ocean. On January 1st, 1890, Cape Meares was lit by Anthony Miller (the first principal keeper) and his two assistants. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302007/capemears_013007.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302007/capemears_013007.php Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:42:00 PST The Salvation Army has emergency canteens and personnel standing by for deployment in response to the biggest flood crisis in the Tillamook area since 1996. Roughly 50 families have been displaced and are receiving help from neighbors and local bed and breakfast establishments. Cars, mobile homes, and buildings have sustained significant damage, with some mobile homes being swept away. One dairy farmer and his family, stranded by the water, watched helplessly as their heifers succumbed to the floodwaters. Farmers from around the area are already responding, helping to round up the remaining cattle. A neighbor in a motor boat has rescued the family who will be sheltered by local Salvation Army personnel. http://salem-news.com/articles/november092006/tillamookfloods_110906.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november092006/tillamookfloods_110906.php Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:58:00 PST Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, one of the busiest day-use state parks on the north Oregon coast, will be closed Monday through Wednesday while contractors pave its parking area. An expansion project has restricted parking in the park since Sept. 18th. Those restrictions are expected to continue until mid-November. http://salem-news.com/articles/october152006/cape_meares_repairs_101506.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152006/cape_meares_repairs_101506.php Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:06:00 PDT