City of Island
Recent News About City of Island
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November: Seven registered sex offenders living in Union County
The same number of sex offenders living in Union County in November compared to the previous month, according to the Oregon Sex Offender Registry.
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September: Seven registered sex offenders living in Union County
Union County is home to one more registered sex offenders in September compared to the previous month, according to the Oregon Sex Offender Registry.
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Registered sex offenders: Seven living in Union County in Q3
Union County is home to one less registered sex offender in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter, according to the Oregon Sex Offender Registry.
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Housing-choice vouchers offered in Union County in 2021
There were 916 people who used housing choice vouchers in Union County in 2021, according to the U.S. Census.
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Registered sex offenders: Six living in Union County in August
The Oregon Sex Offender Registry shows unchanged number of registered sex offenders living in Union County in August, compared to the previous month.
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Median age of Union County residents is 40
Union County residents have a median age of 40-years-old as of 2020, according to US Census Data.
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Union County sees 0.2% rise in population from 2020 to 2021
Union County had the 23rd largest population in Oregon in 2021.
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18% of households in Island received food stamps in 2020
Island ranked 177th in Oregon for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Paint promotion event starting June 29 at local participating Union County Ace Hardware stores
Find deals on Clark+Kensington and Royal paint at local participating Union County Ace Hardware stores from June 29 to July 11.
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Stock up early for Fourth of July parties in Union County during June 25 sale at your participating local Ace Hardware stores
Participating Union County Ace Hardware stores are offering free delivery and assembly on all grills $399 and up, as part of the celebration.
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Participating Union County Ace Hardware stores having sale to help you prepare for Fourth of July celebrations
Fourth of July sale starting June 29 to get you stocked up in time for the holiday.
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On Father's Day this year, shelf the tie and get your dad something he really needs at your Union County Ace Hardware!
Your participating Union County Ace has great gifts for dad this year.
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36 percent of people 25 or older have an associate's degree or higher in Island
36 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Island in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Electoral Interference: Democrats in Union see 2% change in votes after private funding given to voting officials
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris earned 28% of the vote in Union.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Island in 2020
Of the 1,108 people living in Island in 2020, 54.7 percent (606) were women and 45.3 percent (502) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the East Oregon News.
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Census Bureau: 2.9% of people in Union County identified as multi-racial in 2019
Of the 26,337 citizens living in Union County in 2019, 97.1 percent said they were only one race, while 2.9 percent said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in January.
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Census Bureau: 78 percent of people in Union County were old enough to vote in 2019
Of the 26,337 citizens living in Union County in 2019, 20,537 were old enough to vote as of Jan. 26, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Census Bureau: 2.4% of people in Island identified as multi-racial in 2019
Of the 1,022 citizens living in Island in 2019, 97.6 percent said they were only one race, while 2.4 percent said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in January.
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Census Bureau: 80.8 percent of people in Island were old enough to vote in 2019
Of the 1,022 citizens living in Island in 2019, 826 were old enough to vote as of Jan. 26, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Voting officials in Union County received grant from Facebook-funded progressives ahead of contentious 2020 US election
Grants from a progressive group funded by Facebook were used by voting officials in Union County to strategically target voters, according to the Centre for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL).