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Hood River County Sheriff Layoffs

(Hood River, OR) -- Hood River County is laying off workers in its Sheriff's Department due to budget constraints. Sheriff Matt English says voters renewed a local public safety levy in November, but it isn't enough to cover the loss of money from the county general fund, and state and federal governments. Two positions are gone from Parole and Probation, which is 40-percent of that division. Marine Patrol will no longer have a full-time deputy assigned, and the agency's overtime budget is reduced by one-third. Sheriff English says search and rescue and emergency management divisions will also see cuts.

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