The Lunch & Learn webinar series is a fun opportunity for people to better understand and interpret data. In each session we explore topics and data relevant to Oregon in ways that will be useful [...]
By JULIE UFNER, CHRIS MARKLUND, NACo | CountyNews View orignal source here. Jun. 27, 2016 Both the House and the Senate appropriations committees have passed their versions of the FY17 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies [...]
The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) invites the public to submit written comments and/or to attend public hearings on proposed amendments to the: Grande Ronde Program Rules (OAR Chapter 690, Division 508) Malheur Program [...]
photo credit: creative commons - Renewable energy at The Laurels Farm Contributed by: Mark Nystrom, AOC Energy, Environment & Land Use Policy Manager June 27, 2016 The Joint Interim Committee on Department [...]
Contributed by: Mark Nystrom, AOC Energy, Environment & Land Use Policy Manager June 24, 2016 The Association of Oregon Counties Solid Waste Subcommittee met at Metro in Portland on June 24th. The Subcommittee discussed the [...]
The Department of Interior has informed NACo that FY15 PILT payments to counties totaling $452 million are now being distributed. You may view the Department of the Interior’s Press Release announcing the payments here. Some counties [...]
Commissioner Wheeler Giving Testimony Before Veterans Committee on May 25, 2016 Video Testimony of Commissioner Wheeler Before Veterans Committee on May 25, 2016 Under the leadership of Commissioner Jennifer Wheeler, Polk County has [...]
Lake County Commissioner Ken Kestner, Lake County County Veteran Service Officer Charlie Pike, and AOC Staff Andy Smith, attending the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) Quarterly Advisory Committee [...]
Contributed by: Andy Smith, AOC Veterans Policy Manager June 20, 2016 Full News Story Here The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs has hired a coordinator for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans — a position it [...]
Contributed by: Daniel Hauser, AOC County Road Program Transportation Policy Analyst Date: June 17, 2016 The Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization (JCTPM) has held their first two meetings in Salem and Portland. In [...]