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Public health director asks Columbia County to sign letter opposing state funding cuts

Columbia County Board of Commissioners · January 21, 2026
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Jamie Anderson, the county’s public health director, asked commissioners to consider adding the county’s name to a draft advocacy letter urging state lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Ways and Means not to cut public‑health funding; commissioners asked staff to customize the draft and return next week.

Jamie Anderson, Columbia County’s public health director, asked the board to consider signing a draft advocacy letter, prepared by the Oregon Coalition of Local Health Schools, asking state lawmakers to avoid cuts to public‑health funding. Anderson said the letter would be sent to legislators on…

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