
Seven years after their last attempt to win voter approval for a new jail, Benton County officials are assembling a more ambitious and much more expensive expansion project for which property taxpayers eventually will get the bill — if it is carried out.
Tags: Benton commissioners, Benton County, Benton courthouse, Benton jail, Benton sheriff, jail expansion
Speed limit approved for NA’s Scenic Drive
Scenic Drive, a rural road in North Albany, has never had a speed limit other than the basic rule, which meant 55 mph, but that will change soon.
Tags: Benton County, North Albany, Oak Grover Drive, ODOT, Scenic Drive, Spring Hill Drive, traffic speed