News/Press Release

Marion and Polk County Commissioners to Select Senate District 10 Replacement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 18th, 2019

Salem, OR - The Marion and Polk County Commissioners will interview three nominees to fill the current vacancy for State Senator for Senate District 10. The three nominees will participate in a panel interview on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interviews will take place in the Senator Hearing Room at Courthouse Square located at 555 Court Street NE, in Salem. Members of the public are welcome to attend. 

Polk County Board of Commissioners adopted Order 20-09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 9th, 2020

At the regularly scheduled Wednesday meeting, the Polk County Board of Commissioners adopted Order 20-09, directing the Polk County Environmental Health Division to accept and issue, without a payment. a 2021 Annual Restaurant License for any completed application submitted by a restaurant that maintained a valid Polk County issued Annual 2020 Restaurant License on March 17th, 2020.

Commissioners Encourage Local Leaders to Join Them In Supporting the OSCC Business Reopening Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 23rd, 2020

Board of Commissioners approves broadband grant recipients

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 20th, 2022

In the fall of 2021, a committee for broadband recommendations requested grant proposals from local providers to improve the rural broadband service in Polk County.

Polk County Public Safety Leadership Joins to Express Deep Dismay with Governor's Juvenile Clemency Order

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 23rd, 2021

SALEM, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Forestry issued a call for projects today for $5 million in grants funded by Senate Bill 762.

October 29, 2021. Polk County has partnered with Willamette Workforce Partnership to distribute a second round of COVID-19 business relief grants to provide vital economic support to Polk County businesses needing assistance in overcoming the temporary loss of revenue due to COVID-19. If a business received a grant in the first round it will not be eligible. Funding for the grant is provided by the Federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES).