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It’s a pleasure to let you know the Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday, Aug. 29 meeting, voted unanimously to retain Municipal Advisory Councils (MACs) as an integral and vital part of the local governing process Most folks figured out that once again County officials created a problem where there was none with this red […]

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan to proceed with environmental review and extend the deadline for cannabis cultivators to move toward state licensure.

The First District Supervisor’s race is shaping up to be a crowded contest, with a fifth contender filing his intent to run yesterday.

Supervisors offered tax relief to cannabis cultivators and heard from department heads about the shortcomings of a software program used to calculate property tax.

The Sheriff's Search and Rescue team saved a woman whose fate was closely watched over the weekend.

The Board of Supervisors reviewed county funding needs during a budget workshop, in preparation for next month's mid-year budget review.

The Board of Supervisors decided not to spend $25,000 on an outside legal opinion about the cannabis equity grant program, and held firm against the First Amendment Coalition's plea to do away with an ordinance charging staff time for public records.

The Board of Supervisors discussed the health plan deficit, the growing costs of the jail construction project, and the value of county parks.

At the first meeting of the new year, the Board of Supervisors learned that new estimates for building the jail are more than $10 million higher than the original. The project expected to be done more than a year later than originally anticipated, largely due to delays at the state level, according to the contractor.

"Never, ever, ever have we ever found any of that in our water.”