Counties

Coos County Commissioner John Sweet and Washington County Chair Kathryn Harrington join us to share more about their respective budget challenges and how they’re thinking about potential cuts to programs and services for their residents.

As Oregon faces increasing problems with drug use and overdoses, out of all the counties in the state, Jackson County has sent the second-largest number of suspected fentanyl pills to the state crime lab for analysis this year.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling means that surplus funds from the sale of foreclosed homes are unconstitutional. We'll hear from a lawyer apart of a class action lawsuit against some Oregon counties.

The Eastern Oregon Film Festival kicks off this weekend. Douglas County is considering dramatic changes to its county government. And a PSU chemistry professor is innovating art restoration.

We travel to financially-troubled Josephine County — where sheriff's deputies patrol only 10 hours a day — to hear about life in a region with limited law enforcement.