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Happy Holidays and Good Will to All

Dec. 12, 2017

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The holidays come to county courthouses: Saline County, Ark. celebrates the holiday season at the courthouse, where county employees take about three months to decorate the courthouse and lawn with lights. Santa visits with local residents there during the holiday season. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Tourism Office

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Members of the National Guard perform a reconnaissance mission in Bay County (Mexico Beach), Fla. Hurricane Michael, packing 155-MPH winds, made landfall Oct. 10 and decimated counties in the Florida Panhandle. Photo courtesy of the National Guard

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Hurricane Michael leaves trail of destruction in Florida Panhandle counties

Six days after Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida, 26 people in four states have been declared dead and county officials are concerned about fires spreading from residents burning debris.
Environment

Boulder County’s Conservation Manager Darla Arians inside the county’s recycling center.
Photo by Xandra McMahon/CPR News

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China’s curb on recycling challenges counties

County recycling programs around the country have taken a hit — with recyclables bringing in about half of what they did in early 2017 — because of China’s crackdown on what recyclables they will accept.
About NACo

Bernie Hillenbrand stands in front of the Wisconsin state capitol in this undated family photo.

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Bernie Hillenbrand, first NACo executive director, dies at 93

Working out of an unused laundry facility and taking meetings in Washington, D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel, Bernard “Bernie” Hillenbrand took charge of NACo as its first full-time executive director in 1957.
Environment

The Keystone Dam in Oklahoma with all the gates open.

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Water bill ready for president’s signature

The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive water infrastructure package Oct. 10 to authorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by a vote of 99-1. The NACo-supported, bipartisan legislation now heads to the president’s desk for his signature.
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House, Senate reach agreement on opioid response

Following months of deliberation, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate recently reached agreement on a comprehensive opioid legislative package, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6).
Telecommunications & Technology

State-of-the-art combines include several computers. Photo by Lori Shaw

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Broadband serves as a rural lifeline and building block

Lori Shaw came home to Coalstrip, Mont. from Bozeman. She was in her mid 20s — a prized demographic for rural Rosebud County, and she didn’t know what she wanted to do with herself. She started a pet care business, visiting houses and caring for animals.
Telecommunications & Technology

A Garrett County, Md. farm. Photo courtesy of Visit Deep Creek

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Garrett County, Md. brings broadband to remote residents

Garrett County, Md. lies in the westernmost part of the state in the Allegheny Mountains and averages 46 people per square mile. It is an internet dead zone.
Telecommunications & Technology

Local veterans pause for a photo in the Virtual Living Room at the Jackson County, Ky. Library. Vets can meet with their doctors face to face via the internet without traveling long distances. Photo courtesy of Jackson County

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County teams with co-op to bring telemedicine to veterans

The Jackson County, Ky. library teamed up last year with a Veterans Administration hospital and the People’s Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) to bring telemedicine to its local veterans.
Telecommunications & Technology

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Election security: Building trust at the ballot box

With National Cybersecurity Awareness Month upon us and only weeks away from the 2018 elections, county officials can’t help but wonder: “How secure is our election system?” And let’s face it, there’s far more at stake than simply deciding upon a winning candidate — trust in government is behind every ballot.

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