Materials Management Newsletter OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY January 2017 Oregon’s 2050 Vision for Materials Management: Oregonians in 2050 produce and use materials responsibly – conserving resources – protecting the environment – living well. This newsletter [...]
SAMHSA Selects Eight States for further CCBHC Work In March 2014, Congress passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (H.R. 4302). The legislation included provisions of the Excellence in Mental Health Act — an eight-state [...]
EQ is presenting information regarding the Woodsmoke Workgroup’s recommendations to the House Energy and Environment Committee on February 1st, 2017. After the presentation, the committee has scheduled a public hearing on two bills related to [...]
WASHINGTON – A Forest Service program that pumped millions of dollars into rural communities has expired leaving more than 700 counties and 4,000 school districts facing sharply reduced revenue-sharing timber harvest payments. The Secure Rural Schools program, [...]
A new app launching February 1 in Jackson County could end up saving lives. The app is called PulsePoint Respond and immediately alerts nearby CPR-trained subscribers when someone is having a heart attack in a [...]
Continuing education is only part of the focus Oregon's county assessors and their staffs, along with several county tax collectors convened in Salem January 23 to 26 for the 2017 Oregon State Association of County Assessors [...]
Senator Richard Devlin and Representative Nancy Nathanson, co-chairs of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, released their budget framework today to prepare for the upcoming legislative session. Public Safety programs will see a 3.1% reduction [...]
On January 19th, the co-chairs of the Joint Ways & Means Committee released their Existing Resources Budget Framework as a precursor to the co-chairs' recommended budget to be released after the February 22nd Revenue Forecast. Senator Richard [...]
Advocates have long maintained that removing Western juniper trees improves rangeland and can provide jobs in rural areas. A Spray, Ore., landowner was awarded the state’s first loan under a program intended to jump-start the [...]
County will be part of federally-funded pilot project Deschutes County will open a new behavioral health clinic this spring as part of a federally funded pilot project. DeAnn Carr, deputy director of behavioral health for [...]