The Register-Guard By Matt Cooper Lane County officials discussed hiring freezes, four-day workweeks and other options Tuesday during a special budget meeting on solving a $10 million decline in county government revenue expected to arrive next year and grow over time. But they made no decisions in their drawn-out effort ... read more »

The Register-Guardhttp By Matt Cooper The Lane County commissioners voted 3-2 Wednesday to reopen the shuttered Lane County Ice Center at the fairgrounds almost immediately, despite concerns about maintenance that has been neglected for years. As part of the reopening plan, the board adopted stiff fee increases to users of ... read more »

The Register-Guard - By Matt Cooper Monday, Aug 2, 2010, page A5 With Lane County government soon to grapple with what officials characterize as a severe budget crisis, employees are suggesting cutting costs with unpaid days off, four-day workweeks, fee increases for lodging inmates at the county jail, hiring freezes ... read more »

The Register-Guardhttp: - By Matt Cooper Sunday, Aug 8, 2010, page B4 The lead sentence in the newspaper story cut to the chase: “Lane County, like its thousands of citizens, is finding it increasingly difficult to achieve a balanced budget.” The county was vexed by inflation and hamstrung by a ... read more »

The Register-Guard - By Matt Cooper Call it a buzzer-beating slap shot that saves Lane County from leaving its troubled skating rink on ice. Supporters of the Lane County Ice Center have raised enough money to cover stopgap repairs and the rink is expected to reopen in early September, an ... read more »