The Linn County Board of Commissioners has said no. Still, city officials say they want to bring everyone to the table for a chat and compromise.
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Tim Walter has a Plan A, Plan B and Plan C.
Neighbors and farmers had opposed the idea, fearing loss of prime farmland. Here's what the commissioners' reasoning was.
The community didn't have enough time to respond to a presentation from the toilet paper manufacturer who wants to move to the area, commissioners said.
The city that prides itself on linking agriculture and industry may very well swap agriculture for industry.
Govt-and-politics
It won't be perfectly quiet, and it wasn't easy getting to this point.
Homeless
Because the mid-Willamette counties are lumped with rural areas of Oregon, they are not among those prioritized for the money. That's got officials thinking of new ways to get access.
Local
The money, in part, goes toward transportation providers in Albany, Lebanon, Sweet Home and unincorporated areas of the county. But Albany isn't happy with its share.
Elections
Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker was elected to a fifth term in office via an apparent landslide victory in the Tuesday, Nov. 8 General Election.
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Eight children from Lourdes Public Charter School in Scio and their parents shared concerns regarding a potential mega chicken farm in their a…
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About 80 miles east of the Linn County Courthouse, an expanse of blue-green trees gives way to jagged Cascade peaks that burst clouds, channel…
The Linn County Board of Commissioners adopted Thursday morning a $224.6 million budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year.
Bend-based Family Assistance Resource Center will determine the design of the tents, which will eventually house the unhoused.
A multimillion-dollar expansion of the Linn County Circuit Courthouse is on hiatus while Linn County officials debate ways to fund the dream project.
Two are planned in Linn County and another is proposed just over the county line. Here are the farmers' beefs about the poultry.
Govt-and-politics
Linn County officials want these additional details before they hand the lot over.
In another twist in the continuing saga of the former Sweet Home mill, its new owner wants to postpone putting his name on the deed to the property.
In another twist in the continuing saga of the former Sweet Home mill, its new owner wants to postpone putting his name on the deed to the property.
They're less than the bids solicited last year.
The project to restore the longest covered bridge in Linn County will cost millions.
The Linn County Board of Commissioners hopes to pick a contractor next week for the multimillion-dollar project.
A couple hired a lawyer to argue that there wasn’t enough discussion about the impacts to water quality from the mining operations.
The county has been trying to unload this property for a long time. It will have to wait some more.
The big question is, where can the county set up more vaccine sites? A big problem is, vaccine hesitancy, one public official acknowledges.
Other local cities/counties in the Mid-Willamette Valley also stand to receive a portion. But how they can spend it isn't totally clear.