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VALE
Malheur County citizens are reminded they have only two weeks to file for a director position in one of the school or special districts in which they reside, according to County Clerk Gayle Trotter.
Besides boards for Malheur County schools, there is also the college board, education service district, a number of rural fire boards, cemetery boards, rural road district, health districts, the Ontario Community Library District and the Ontario Recreation District.
Filing forms are available from the districts or from the County Clerkâs office in Vale.
Filing can be done by declaration with $10 filing fee or by nominating petition to include signatures from within the district being filed for. The clerkâs office will provide the number of signatures required.
VALE
Newly elected officials for Malheur County, including the assessor, commissioner No. 2 and sheriff, were sworn into office during a private ceremony on Monday morning.
The ceremony was officiated by Circuit Court Judge Lung Hung at 8 a.m.
Those being sworn in included incumbents County Assessor Dave Ingram and Sheriff Brian Wolfe, as well as Ron Jacobs, who voters tapped in the November 2020 General Election to serve as a commissioner on the Malheur County Court.
âDue to State and Local COVID-19 policies and restrictions, these were private ceremonies with only immediate family in attendance,â reads a news release from County Clerk Gayle Trotter.