by OptimistPrime | Jun 28, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
HEPPNER — Morrow County no longer has a country administrator.Country commissioners at a packed public meeting Tuesday, June 28, voted 2-1 to immediately terminate the employment of Darrell Green, who has held the county administrator job for four-and-half years.The...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 17, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
BOARDMAN — Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has increased the penalty against the Port of Morrow from $1.3 million to a little more than $2.1 million.State environmental regulators levied the initial fines in January, accusing the port of excessively...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 10, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
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by OptimistPrime | Jun 9, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
BOARDMAN — Morrow County commissioners have declared a local state of emergency related to water quality.“Our legacy will be what we are doing now,” Commissioner Jim Doherty said Thursday, June 9, in a special meeting with one agenda item: the emergency...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 9, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
The Morrow Board of Commissioners plans to declare a local state of emergency related to water quality. The declaration will be made at a meeting today, June 9, at 3 p.m.The declaration empowers Morrow commissioners to act as an emergency management agency, work...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 9, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
IRRIGON — It’s time to go back to the drawing board, according to Dirk Dirksen, Morrow School District superintendent.A $138 million bond to modernize and improve the district’s schools was on the May 17 primary ballot, and it failed by roughly 37% to 63% — 884 votes...
