by Web Editor | Aug 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Congress not known for reaching agreements is set to vote on a possible solution to the budget problems plaguing Oregon’s timber counties. Oregon counties that contain large tracts of public land managed by the federal government traditionally shared in the...
by Web Editor | Jun 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation to extend federal subsidies for Oregon timber counties one more year, and to protect more wilderness and wild rivers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the two bills are part of his effort to solve the funding crisis for...
by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
Unprecedented action is needed to tackle unprecedented circumstances facing Oregon’s timber counties that are on the brink of insolvency, Gov. John Kitzhaber told a legislative committee Monday. Kitzhaber urged members of the House Rules Committee to support a plan...
by Web Editor | May 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
Eighteen Western Oregon counties will soon receive $2 million in federal timber payments that had been held up under the sequester law aimed at cutting federal spending, officials learned Thursday. Douglas County Commissioner Doug Robertson, who chairs the Association...
by Web Editor | Apr 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber this week sent a one-page response to the U.S. Forest Service chief questioning the federal government’s legal authority to seek the return of $3.6 million in payments to financially distressed Oregon timber counties. The federal...