Joel Medina has been fired from his position as Fire Chief of Columbia River Fire & Rescue (CRFR) effective immediately, following a vote by the CRFR Board of Directors at
Here are the unofficial results from the Lane County Board of Elections midnight Wednesday posting:
#20-318 - Mohawk Valley Law Enforcement District
The early results show Mohawk Valley residents voting narrowly against adding a full-time resident deputy to their region from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
Unofficial election results show 637 people, or about 56%, voting against adding the deputy position, and 573 people, 47%, voting for.
Lane County Sheriff Cliff Harrold said he thinks the measure would provide improved service for residents of the valley, but he didn t rule out that the outcome could change given how close the votes are. I think it would have, or would if it still happens, provide a good level of service for folks out there, Harrold said. But if it s something the community has decided, Nope we re fine with the level of service we have today, that s how our system is set up. I like that we live in a land where the people get to make those
Lane Community College s Board of Education has four seats up for reelection this May, with a total of five candidates vying for two contested seats.
Zone 1, which primarily represents western Lane County including west Eugene and Florence, and Zone 5, which makes up downtown and south Eugene, are both contested. Whoever is elected to Zone 1 will win a four-year term on the board. The winner of Zone 5 will serve for a two-year unexpired term.
The seats for Zone 3 and Zone 4 are uncontested with incumbent Mike Eyster for Zone 3 and newcomer Austin Folnagy for Zone 4.Each seat has a four-year term.
All of the candidates for the contested board seats are newcomers and shared their reasons for running, backgrounds and goals for the college in interviews with The Register-Guard.
care law? 27% say repeal it. entirely, and 27%, only repeal parts of it, 19%, of the voters, say expand it and 17%, say leave it alone. julie: what is congress planning to do, then about the health care law? republicans are making it clear they want to do away with it entirely and even democrats on the campaign trail are telling voters they would like to fix certain parts of the bill. how will the election outcome affect what lawmakers do with it? republican congressman congressman engel joins us, from new york and, if democrats are not acknowledging, many while they are campaigning, there are problems, half a dozen of them, to say the lease wit with the hh care law, does it need to be gutted or do we rework bad legislative point and if so,
julie: welcome back, a brand new hour inside america s election headquarters. gregg: the midterm election, 16 days away and at stake here this is balance of power on capitol hill, republicans looking to chip away at the democrats majorities in the house and the u.s. senate, and, maybe even win both chambers out right. julie: fox news bringing you team coverage, fair and balanced. as always, we have steve centanni, handicapping the senate races in washington and mike emmanuel is awaiting the president s arrival en clin col, ohio, mike, huge, hugely important not only to those running in november but to the president himself and we know ohio is critical in the presidential election and what about this year, mike? reporter: well, julie, it gives you an indication this is the president s 7th visit to the state of ohio this, year, and, 11th since taking office, and gives you sense of how important he considers the state of ohio and the governor, strickland, is