Thursday morning, Sept. 15, was an exciting time at the Linn County Courthouse, as a highly anticipated new website went live, according to Linn County Administrative Officer Darrin Lane.

The site - www.co.linn.or.us – succeeds a former site that was between 20 and 30 years old.

Staff and the general public have asked for a more comprehensive, but easier to use website for a long time, Lane said.

Several months ago, Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved a contract with municipal website development firm Municode (now CivicPlus) that submitted a low bid of...