/tags/timber-counties Timber counties en-US Copyright Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:56:26 GMT /politics-government/2021-03-08/wyden-gets-modified-county-payments-program-into-covid-19-relief-bill Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has once again secured nick-of-time aid payments for counties in the West whose economies are tied to resource extraction on federal lands. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:56:26 GMT /politics-government/2021-03-08/wyden-gets-modified-county-payments-program-into-covid-19-relief-bill Amelia Templeton /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-07/counties-timber-companies-sue-over-monument-expansion President Obama expanded the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in his final weeks in office. Supporters of the expansion did not get all they wanted, but… Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:27:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-07/counties-timber-companies-sue-over-monument-expansion Geoffrey Riley /environment/2015-06-12/court-reverses-ruling-requiring-more-logging A federal appeals court Friday threw out a lower court ruling that required the Bureau of Land Management to increase timber sales in Southern… Sat, 13 Jun 2015 01:21:59 GMT /environment/2015-06-12/court-reverses-ruling-requiring-more-logging Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-05/blm-o-c-and-forest-plans Some of the fiercest arguments over proper federal forest management in Oregon focus on the "O & C lands," forests once granted to the Oregon & California… Tue, 05 May 2015 17:10:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-05/blm-o-c-and-forest-plans Geoffrey Riley /environment-energy-and-transportation/2014-03-07/rough-and-ready-mill-to-re-open Nearly a year ago, the last commercial sawmill operating in southern Oregon’s Josephine County shut its doors, laying off 85 workers. Now, the Rough and… Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:01:17 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2014-03-07/rough-and-ready-mill-to-re-open Liam Moriarty /politics-government/2014-02-13/jackson-county-voters-to-decide-on-library-district The fate of the Jackson County library will go before voters in May.If passed, the proposal for a special tax district would create a property tax up to… Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:47:23 GMT /politics-government/2014-02-13/jackson-county-voters-to-decide-on-library-district /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-01-03/more-fair-days-ahead-for-josephine-county Things are looking up, at least a little, for the Josephine County Fairgrounds. Commissioners decided months ago that the fairgrounds had to be… Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:28:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-01-03/more-fair-days-ahead-for-josephine-county Geoffrey Riley /politics-government/2013-12-31/josephine-county-fairgrounds-get-reprieve The Josephine County Oregon Board of Commissioners has voted to keep the county fairgrounds open through the end of the fiscal year.The commissioners also… Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:17:04 GMT /politics-government/2013-12-31/josephine-county-fairgrounds-get-reprieve