Author: Jason Fouts

  • Union County Begins Regulated Fire Season

    June 26, 2017 Union County Begins Regulated Fire Season Union County will begin regulated annual fire season on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. outside of city limits. County Officials caution that even though heavy snow was received this past winter and the county experienced a cool, wet spring, as fuels cure there will…

  • Fruit Fly Expected

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO: Union County News Media, Commercial Cherry Orchard Managers, & Home Gardeners/Orchardists FROM: Darrin L. Walenta, OSU Extension Agent Union Co. RE: 2017 – First Adult Western Cherry Fruit Fly Expected to Begin Emergence on June 6! All cherry trees owners should be aware that the emergence of the first adult western…

  • Budget Committee Meetings 2017-2018

    NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS A public meeting of the Budget Committee of Union County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 will be held at the Joseph Annex Conference Room, 1106 K Avenue, La Grande. The meeting will take place on the 7th…

  • 2019 Union County Weed List

    UNION COUNTY WEED CONTROL Brian Clapp Weed Supervisor bclapp@union-county.org Union County wants to help YOU control your noxious weeds! Thanks to the Weed Levy, the Union County Weed Control Department is offering up to a $500 reimbursement for treating noxious weeds on your property. This is a 50/50 Cost Share program for qualified applicants, and…

  • Blue Mountains Forest Plans Conference Call

    Coming soon: Public conference call with Forest Service staff April 19, 2017 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Dial: 1-888-844-9904, enter Access Code 2651088#) Forest Service staff will discuss the topics covered in the March Newsletter and answer your questions. Please email questions by April 13 to bluemtnplanrevision@fs.fed.us, and we will do our best to respond to your questions…

  • Roadside Vegetation Spraying

    Roadside Vegetation Spraying Union County will begin our roadside spraying program in the month of March to control vegetation and noxious weeds that are encroaching on road shoulders and right of ways. In most locations, spraying will extend four to eight feet from pavement edges. Property owners who do not want herbicides applied near their…

  • Request for Proposal – Annex Generator

    PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Union County Joseph Annex Generator Union County Computer Services is soliciting proposals for a 50KW Generator to supply emergency power to the Union County Joseph Annex Building. Request for Proposal – Annex Generator Jason Fouts Union County Computer Services 1108 K Avenue La Grande, OR 97850

  • Notice of Hearing – Conditional Use

    NOTICE OF HEARING UNION COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDITIONAL USE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Union County Planning Commission, meeting in regular session, Monday, October 24, 2016, 7:00 p.m., Daniel Chaplin Building Conference Room, 1001 4th Street, La Grande, will consider a Conditional Use application submitted by Wallowa County Grain Growers, Mike Haywood- agent, to establish…

  • Regulated-Use Closure

    Regulated-Use Closure Terminated on Lands Protected by Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Season Still in Effect

  • Notice of Hearing – Good Road Legalization

    NOTICE OF HEARING UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS GOOD ROAD LEGALIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Union County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on September 21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., in the Joseph Building Annex Conference Room, 1106 “K” Ave., to review an application to legalize a portion of Good Road. Legalization…