Ralph Riggs Files For Presiding Commissioner of Howell County

Ralph Riggs announced his candidacy for the office of Howell County Presiding Commissioner on April 6.

“I am excited to announce my candidacy for the office of Presiding Commissioner. My three decades as a local business owner and being involved in county government for over 33 years presents a unique background that I believe is perfectly suited to execute the duties of this office."

For the past 35 years, Riggs has owned and operated Riggs & Associates Land Surveyors, and just recently joined his brother, Ray, to open Riggs Brothers Surveying. For four years he managed the midwest office of FGS Surveyors, a multi-state land surveying firm. He has been the elected Howell County Surveyor for the past 33 years and for the past 12 years has chaired the Howell County 911 Emergency Services Board. He also served as a board member of the Junction Hill School Board and was a board member of the Howell-Oregon Public Water Supply District. 

On the state level, he is a past president of the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors, a past president of the Missouri Association of Professional County Surveyors and a past chairman of the Missouri Land Survey Advisory Committee. 

Riggs, a 5th generation Howell County resident, and his wife Lisa have three children; Stephanie, a loan assistant at West Plains Bank and Trust Co.; Ryan and wife Shayla, youth pastors at Fairland Assembly of God Church in Fairland, Oklahoma; and Regan, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia, and five grandchildren.