On the trail, Governor candidate Mandela Barnes makes campaign stop at We Grow, talks costs, challenges, opportunities

Total projected expenses for the Taylor County Forestry and Recreation department are set to be down 2.2% in 2027 under a preliminary budget approved by committee members on September 4. The departmental budget goes next to the county’s finance committee, which looks at it in relation to all the other department budgets. This is the first year of a significant change in the budgeting process....

There will soon be a vacancy on the Medford School Board. Board member Corey Dassow has announced his intention to resign from his school board seat after the September 28 board meeting. Dassow was elected to the Medford School Board in 2022 and reelected by a comfortable margin in 2025. In January 2025, Dassow was appointed as Taylor County Sheriff to replace Sheriff Larry Woebbeking who re...