by Web Editor | Feb 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation Thursday that would reinstate timber payments for rural counties for three years. The bill, called the Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act, would provide funding at 2011...
by Web Editor | Feb 9, 2015 | News, News/PR
Montana timber counties recently lost lots of federal revenue. Local officials say public services are going to suffer as a result. “It’s very scary. We’re pretty bare bones out here the way it is,” said Mineral County Commissioner Duane...