Author: Chynna Greene (KGW) TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon now has additional resources if a disaster were to strike. The state just set up its first evacuation assembly point, a short-term location for people to gather during emergencies like wildfires, ...
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Residents in and around the City of Tillamook are being told to avoid drinking tap water due to a “potential contamination event.” The Oceanside Water District said on July 18, a person’s vehicle was found near their ...
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KGW) – Millions of unusual pickle looking sea creatures have washed up on the Oregon coast and are now blanketing some beaches. The creatures that resemble translucent pickles are called Pyrosomes. Each one is actually made up of ...
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Parts of Oregon are cleaning up after heavy rains swept through the state, the town of Tillamook residents are dealing with flooding. A rushing Wilson River flooded from this weekend’s storm. The result: widespread flooding throughout ...
Gold Beach, Ore. – Seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has reached the West Coast of the United States for the first time. The Statesman Journal reports Cesium-134 was measured in seawater samples taken from Gold Beach and Tillamook ...
Tillamook County, Ore. – A motorhome traveling on Highway 101 in Tillamook drifted off the road and crashed into a house Tuesday afternoon. Oregon State Police said at around 4:00, a 1956 30-foot motorhome traveling southbound drifted off the highway ...
Tillamook County, Ore. — The United States Coast Guard is searching for a teenage girl who witnesses say fell off a cliff and into the ocean at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, north of Lincoln City, Oregon. Oregon State Police ...
Portland, Ore. — (KGW) Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency Thursday night in 13 counties. Multnomah Washington Clackamas Columbia Marion Polk Tillamook Yamhill Linn Lincoln Lane Clatsop Benton A storm brought record rainfall, causing significant flooding and ...
Tillamook, Ore. — (KGW) Police are warning people that an inmate escaped from the Tillamook Youth Correction Facility on Saturday and he should be considered dangerous. Joshua Garvin, 22, escaped from the facility sometime after noon, according to Ann Snyder of ...