Is your county above 500,000 in population? Then join this event with NACo's Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC)! Learn and see how our Nation's Urban Counties are innovating to meet their most pressing challenges. [...]
The AOC C3 (Connect. Communicate. Collaborate.) Summer Summit at the Bend Riverhouse is just around the corner! Our new registration system is working well and the feedback we've received is that the new system is [...]
During the recently completed Oregon Legislative Assembly, 2,804 bills were introduced, slightly less than than the 3000 average of several past sessions. Of those 2,804 bills, the policy staff at the Association of Oregon Counties tracked [...]
AOC Legal Counsel Rob Bovett recently generated a number of materials related to marijuana legislation, many of which are continuously being updated and supplemented. As of July 20, 2015, the following materials are available to AOC members [...]
The following items really don't have much to do with either Transportation or Community and Economic Development, but the editors of Oregon Trails could spin them that way with a straight face. OK, we [...]
The State of Oregon has a unique, one-time funding opportunity for projects that advance statewide radio communications in Oregon. The State Radio Project (SRP) set aside $2.3 million for interoperability projects through the Statewide Interoperability [...]
Last week, ODFW advanced temporary rules restricting fishing in inland waters for salmon, steelhead, and trout as well as sturgeon (to be addressed in a separate temporary rule following additional coordination with Washington State). The [...]
The Founder and Director of the Veterans Writing Project, Ron Capps, is coming to Portland to work with veterans interested in writing about their military experiences. A two-day workshop will be held August 8 and [...]
Pelicans on the Deschutes River. Photo from the renowned camera phone artist Mike McArthur.
2015-16 NACo Officers l-r- 1st VP Brian Desloge, President Sallie Clark, 2nd VP Roy Charles Brooks, Immediate Past President Riki Hokama, NACo Exec. Dir. Matt Chase. The 2015 NACo Annual Conference is in [...]