Local Government

A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.

After weeks of public calls for action, Lane County Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday promising to welcome and protect all county residents, especially those who are marginalized.

In the next few weeks, Eugene City Council could consider an alternative to the fire fee in hopes of avoiding a budget crisis and a divisive election.

Lane County will soon decide whether to increase building fees by about 21% over the next three years in hopes of closing a budget gap in the county's land management division.

One week after she was removed as Waldport’s mayor, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies cited Heide Lambert for disorderly conduct Thursday when she came to a city council meeting and refused to leave the seat normally occupied by the city’s top elected official.

The Eugene City Council is considering whether to move the date of the upcoming fire fee referendum, try some other alternative, or let the election proceed as scheduled.

A petition to allow Eugene voters to decide whether they want to pay a fee to maintain fire, and other city services, has qualified to appear on the November ballot.

This May, voters will decide who represents them at school, fire and water districts.

A new grant project will expand broadband access to about 1,900 Lane and Douglas county households that have poor, or no internet connection next year.

The Lane County Elections Office has two weeks to validate the signatures to ensure that enough of them came from eligible voters.

A Eugene ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether they want to pay a new fire fee is mostly funded by commercial property owners and businesses.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners added a new member to their ranks in a unanimous vote Wednesday.