Waste Wise Lane County—a part of the Lane County Waste Management Division—is asking residents to take a short community survey to help prevent dangerous battery fires and improve battery recycling, disposal, and storage practices.

A new seven-member task force will be responsible for creating the priorities and goals, measures of success, reporting standards, and other requirements for Lane County’s new housing land banking program.

The Lane County Board of Commissioners appointed a chair and vice chair during the opening minutes of its first regular meeting of 2026.

Lane County’s Transportation Advisory Committee (TrAC) has an open seat representing District 5 (East Lane).

Lane County Emergency Management is asking people to take a short survey to help local agencies better understand how households and communities are taking action at the household level to reduce wildfire risk.