The Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) will be holding its 2021 Annual Conference in person in Lane County November 16-18 at the Graduate Hotel. This year’s conference will feature the AOC President’s Initiative “Reconnect [...]
Amid a pandemic and several major emergencies including catastrophic wildfires, flooding, and windstorms, Oregonians have felt the struggles of isolation and the uncertainty of how individually, as local governments, the state, even nationally, how [...]
The Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) connections project is relaunching to an important phase in its work. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted a series of community based efforts to help address gaps and safety issues along [...]
Nine Oregon County Commissioners attended the National Association of Counties (NACo) annual Western Interstate Region (WIR) conference May 15-17 in Spokane, Washington. At the conference, commissioners worked with their colleagues from the 15 western states [...]
May 2 marked Oregon’s third biennial United for Justice Lobby Day. County Commissioners from across the state joined partners in advocating for the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) program funding. Since 2013, JRI has been remarkably [...]
On April 24, the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources unanimously passed the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) budget (Senate Bill 5527). Included in the budget was a $1.25 million allocation to [...]
N E W S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2019 AOC CONTACT: Megan Chuinard | 503-400-3235 NACo CONTACT: Paul Guequierre | 202-942-4271 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Melissa Cribbins, Coos [...]
Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) County Solutions is supporting three county commissioners, Melissa Cribbins (Coos County), Doug Hunt (Lincoln County), and Bill Baertlein (Tillamook County), in convening community based stakeholder groups in completing the Oregon [...]