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NoeHill/WikimediaCurry County commissioners floated the idea of leasing tens of thousands of acres of federal land for logging. The U.S. Forest Service said no. Commissioners now say that was all part of the plan. -
Tom Iraci/via U.S. Forest ServiceA budget crisis a century in the making is coming to a head as Oregon’s rural counties wait on Congress to approve funding they’ve long relied on.
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The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales. -
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. -
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… -
A federal appeals court Friday threw out a lower court ruling that required the Bureau of Land Management to increase timber sales in Southern… -
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…
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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… -
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… -
Things are looking up, at least a little, for the Josephine County Fairgrounds. Commissioners decided months ago that the fairgrounds had to be… -
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…
