Union County Placed on Two-week Pause by Governor Brown Union County COVID-19 cases continue to increase and have exceeded the 60 cases in 14 days benchmark put forth by the Governor last week. As such, Governor Brown has placed … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Emergency Services
Regulated Use Fire Season Ends October 15
Union County Ends Regulated Use Fire Season for 2020 The Union County Regulated Use Fire Season will cease at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2020. The Union County Board of Commissioners had previously extended the annual fire season through … Continue reading →
County Extends Regulated Use Fire Season
Union County Extends Regulated Use Fire Season Union County Board of Commissioners voted in an emergency session today to extend the annual Regulated Use Fire Season to October 15, 2020 at the recommendation of the Union County Fire Defense Board. … Continue reading →
Union County Begins Regulated Fire Season
Union County Begins Regulated Fire Season Annual regulated use fire season outside of city limits began July 1, 2020. County Officials caution that even though the weather has been unseasonably cool, conditions can change rapidly causing fine fuels such as … Continue reading →
Voluntary Return to Phase 1
Voluntary Return to Phase 1 June 17, 2020 The Union County Incident Management Team (IMT) issued a recommendation to the Union County Board of Commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting this morning requesting citizens voluntarily return to Phase 1 regulations. … Continue reading →
Union County Receives Approval for Phase 2
June 4, 2020 Union County Receives Approval for Phase 2 Union County received approval today from Governor Kate Brown to proceed to Phase 2 of Reopening. This will go into effect on Friday, June 5. The letter may be read … Continue reading →
Union County Incident Management Team Transition
Union County Incident Management Team Transition Contact: NE Oregon JIC (541)963-1098 June 2, 2020 16:00 La Grande, Oregon – Today, the Union County Incident Management Team transferred command of the Union County coronavirus response to the Center for Human Development, … Continue reading →
Union County Submits Request for Phase 2
Union County Submits Request for Phase 2 A letter was submitted to Governor Kate Brown on Friday, May 29 formally requesting advancement to Phase 2 Reopening. All required benchmarks for Phase 1 have been completed and maintained by the county. … Continue reading →
Commissioners to Consider Union County Reopening Plan
Commissioners to Consider Union County Reopening Plan April 30, 2020 UPDATED: The Emergency Commission Meeting scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2020 at 2 PM will recess until 3 PM when discussion will begin. Union County Board of Commissioners will be … Continue reading →
Union County Actively Working to Develop Reopening Plan
Union County Actively Working to Develop Reopening Plan On April 14, Governor Kate Brown announced her framework for reopening Oregon: a plan to restart public life and business while maintaining healthy Oregon communities. The framework stated that there are requirements … Continue reading →