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Due to construction, many Health and Human Services staff and programs will be moving over the next several months. The first round of moves takes place the week of April 9-13, 2018.

The spring Development Forum, hosted by Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation, will be 8:30-10 a.m. April 19 at the Washington County Walnut Street Center, 1400 Walnut St., Hillsboro.

West Shore Drive, between Hankins and Sain Creek roads, will close April 10 for bridge repairs.

As winter hangs on, Washington County is extending the “carry chains or traction tires” requirement in snow zone areas through April 15.

The 16th annual Public Health Recognition Awards will be presented on April 3, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., in Room 103 of the Washington Street Conference Center, located on the first floor of the parking structure at 102 SW Washington Street in downtown Hillsboro.

An open house for pedestrian improvements to Bull Mountain Road between Nemarnik Drive and Grandview Lane will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at Mountainside High School, 12500 SW 175th Avenue.

Unofficial election-night results for the March Special Election available after 8 p.m

Elections officials are asking last-minute voters in Sherwood and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s service area to drop off their ballots well before 8 p.m. this Tuesday. Official ballot drop sites are located throughout the county.

The community is cordially invited to share in a brief program and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Law Enforcement Center which commemorates the completion of an important milestone in the County’s disaster preparedness efforts.

Board approved a plan to close and remove the 66-year-old Main Exhibit Hall at the Washington County Fair Complex due to a “severe life safety hazard” identified in a recent structural report.

The public is being asked to review and comment on the Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation (LUT) Draft 2018-19 Road Maintenance Program.

Contested races are underway for three Washington County Board of Commissioners positions to be decided by voters in the May 15, 2018 Primary Election.