News Across Lane County
3/29/2010
Lane County Officials In DC To Lobby for Federal Timber Payments
By April Baer - Oregon Public Broadcasting News
March 3, 2010 4:50 p.m.
Two Lane County Commissioners are in Washington DC. They're lobbying to continue federal funding essential to Oregon’s timber country.
Pete Sorenson and Bill Fleenor met with the White House’s office of public engagement.
They wanted to remind
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3/29/2010
Fleenor Community Dialogue No. 162
Mar 23rd, 2010
by Shawn Penrod Siuslaw News
Commissioner talks with residents about city comprehensive plan and a dysfunctional federal government.
It might be his last year in office, but West Lane County Commissioner Bill Fleenor does not think he fits the role of a “lame duck,” although he admits
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3/3/2010
Local Officials Press for Federal Aid
County commissioners tell White House staff that an end to timber payments will bring major cutbacks
By Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010
Lane County commissioners met with White House staff Tuesday on the future of federal timber payments to Lane and 700 rural counties nationwide, underscoring the
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2/19/2010
County commissioners naysay city’s comp plan
Friday, Feb 19th, 2010
By Shawn Penrod Siuslaw News
Opponents of annexation say city is trying to create a ‘septic scare.’
The long saga of the adoption of Florence’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan by the City and Lane County continues with the county’s Board of Commissioners deciding Wednesday to send the
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