Downtown Becomes one Big Open Studio, Corvallis Arts Walk Happens Tomorrow September 16, 2026·5 mins read
Christine Drazan Pulls Narrow Lead in Governor’s Race; Looking at the Tea Leaves Underneath September 16, 2026·2 mins read
Key Oregon Data Center Report Raises More Questions than Answers, State Seeks Public Comment September 16, 2026·4 mins read
Corvallis Schools Seek Budget Committee Volunteers, Here’s How You Can Apply September 16, 2026·1 min read
Benton County Sheriff Deputy Sued for Excessive Force, Death of Frail 75-Year-Old September 14, 2026Dennis Sachet was 5 feet 4, 124 pounds, and by his own admission, in the wrong. He said... Read More3 mins read
An Oregon Anti-Terror Center Stokes Free Speech Concerns, This State Lawmaker Wants a Review September 14, 2026An Oregon Democrat with significant experience in public safety wants lawmakers to investigate the work of an Oregon-backed... Read More3 mins read
Arts Center Exhibit Considers Birds and Three Degrees of Climate Change, Starts Thursday, Sept. 17 September 14, 2026Exhibiting from September 17 to November 7 at The Arts Center, Natalie Niblack’s 66 Birds/3 Degrees and Return... Read More4 mins read
Oregon Set to Spend a Record $350 Million on Wildfires this Year September 14, 2026Oregon lawmakers approved nearly $123 million to help cover the costs of this year’s wildfire season, sending money... Read More2 mins read
After a 15 Year Effort, OSU’s PacWave Facility Opens September 11, 2026Oregon State University’s PacWave South, a one-of-a-kind research facility critical to advancing the development of the wave energy... Read More1 min read
Prescribed Grassland Training Burn Set for Bald Hill September 11, 2026The Oregon Department of Forestry, or ODF, is planning a training burn of up to 40 acres of restored... Read More1 min read
Oregon’s Lori Chavez-DeRemer was Apparently a Horrible Boss as U.S. Labor Secretary September 11, 2026Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the... Read More4 mins read
Lawmakers Approve Emergency Dollars for More Ballot Drop Boxes and Voter Tools September 11, 2026On Thursday, the state legislature’s Joint Emergency Board allocated $1.25 million to the Oregon Secretary of State to... Read More2 mins read
At The Darkside, Three Weirdo Wednesdays of Locally Made Oddball Comedies September 11, 2026Corvallis filmmaker Joe Sherlock has been helming independent features for three decades, mostly in the horror genre along... Read More1 min read
Corvallis City Employees’ Pay Battle Continues, Here’s the Projected Budget Impacts September 9, 2026The City of Corvallis and the union representing most of its employees have submitted their final contract offers...3 mins read
Crushing it, Downtown Corvallis Organization Submits Awesome Annual Numbers September 9, 2026Formed in 2023, the Downtown Corvallis Organization is looking to boost business in the city core and energize...3 mins read
Kotek Pauses Data Centers on State Land, Demonstrators Push for Her to Go Further September 9, 2026Roughly 100 people showed up outside the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday to call for a three-year pause...3 mins read
New GOP Tax Law Means Oregon Medicaid Spending will Increase $1.3 Billion the Next Four Years September 9, 2026Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its...3 mins read
We Didn’t Start the Fire: US Forest Service Chief Visits Corvallis, Encounters Protesters September 4, 2026U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz visited Oregon State University Sept. 2, but protestors let him know he...2 mins read
OSU Braces for International Enrollment Drop September 4, 2026OSU is currently home to about 1,900 international students, down from 2,400 in recent years. Ahead of the...4 mins read
Reader View: What We Lack is Housing, and Each Other September 4, 2026A response to Curtis Wright’s “Our ’10-Year Plan to End Homelessness’ Is Old Enough to Vote” I read...6 mins read
Sen. Merkley was a Pentagon Nuclear Weapons Analyst, Here’s What he Thinks of Trump’s Saudi Nuke Deal September 4, 2026The Trump administration has submitted a U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation proposal to Congress, and it turns out that...2 mins read
Ticket Alert: Naughty but Nerdy, It’s Teacher Comedy at The Majestic, Sept. 19 September 4, 2026It makes sense that some of our best local comedians are also teachers – the profession definitely requires...1 min read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 09/4-09/11 September 4, 2026Friday, Sept 4 CALYX Inc: A Herstory of Radical Resilience. Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 10 am...22 mins read
City of Corvallis Workers Take Another Big Step Toward Striking, Formally Declare an Impasse September 2, 2026Last week, workers for the City of Corvallis approved striking. Yesterday morning, union leaders took the next step...5 mins read
By the Numbers, Immigration Arrests in Oregon Soar Under Trump September 2, 2026Federal immigration agents have arrested more than 700 people in Oregon this year as of early August, according...1 min read
DEQ Settles with Railroad Over Marys River Bridge Collapse, Fertilizer Spill September 2, 2026Portland & Western Railroad has paid $62,400 to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to settle up over...1 min read
No Longer Lagging, Oregon’s Economic Growth is Catching Up with the Nation’s September 2, 2026Since the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth in Oregon has underperformed the nation’s. Now, the gap between the two...4 mins read
City Employees Approve Strike, City Officials Essentially Silent August 31, 2026On Friday, Aug. 28, the union representing about 70% of Corvallis’ city employees voted to authorize a strike....4 mins read
Nope, Oregon Won’t Investigate these Six Reports of Alleged Federal Misconduct Against Protesters August 31, 2026Oregon’s attorney general has closed the door on several potential criminal investigations into federal agents that were spurred...2 mins read
OSU Touts New Parking Tools for Fall August 31, 2026Let’s talk about getting to campus. Not the glamorous kind of transportation story — no ribbon-cuttings, no mayors...1 min read
Commentary: Our “10-Year Plan to End Homelessness” Is Old Enough to Vote, Here’s How we Can do Better August 31, 2026In 2007, the City of Corvallis and Benton County set out to write a “10-year plan to end...4 mins read
