Local Election Update: Charter Overhaul and School Levy Winning, Mayor and Ward 7 Head to Ranked-Choice Count November 4, 2026·3 mins read
Peter & The Wolf with Live Piano and Narration, Free at the Library , Saturday November 4, 2026·1 min read
Yeah, They Crushed It, OSU Researchers Make a Strong Showing at International Marine Mammal Conference November 2, 2026Nearly 50 researchers and staff from Oregon State University attended this year’s Biennial Conference on the Biology of... Read More4 mins read
City Council Meets Tonight, Signs Point to Embrace of a Lame-Duck Status November 2, 2026The Corvallis City Council has seemingly embraced their lame-duck status, already having punted major decisions on budgets and... Read More1 min read
Oregon Business Council Frames State’s Land Use Laws as Outdated, Seeks Overhauls November 2, 2026Oregon should open up a “phantom supply” of land in the state for economic development by creating a... Read More3 mins read
Lorena’s Law, Corvallis Lawyer Defends the Rights of, Well, Everybody October 30, 2026Attorney Lorena Reynolds makes headlines defending the rights of transgender folks in court and advocating for protesters and... Read More8 mins read
The Last Envelope: Red Door Landlord Michelle Schoning’s Real Estate License Revoked October 30, 2026The Oregon Real Estate Agency tried, by its own account, nearly everything. It sent the notice by certified... Read More4 mins read
Satire: Don, Mariah, and the Tracks of Their Tiers October 30, 2026Let us tell you a story about a couple of hard-luck cases named Don and Mariah. Don found... Read More3 mins read
What are Corvallis’ Unopposed City Council Candidates Thinking, We Interviewed Them October 28, 2026Four of nine Corvallis’ City Council wards are uncontested this election cycle, and they have not been getting... Read More1 min read
Commentary: Bre Irish’s Mailer Throws Mud, It Lands Back on Her October 28, 2026Increasingly, Corvallis has adopted elements of national political theater. Bre Irish, a candidate for Corvallis City Council Ward... Read More4 mins read
Western States Lose a Third of Their Glacial Cover Since 1950, And That Includes Oregon October 28, 2026Six western states, including Oregon, have lost more than one-third of their glacial cover since 1950 and more... Read More2 mins read
Early Election Results, Mayoral and a Council Ward Unsettled, 2-159 and 2-160 Winning November 3, 2026Democrats led every partisan race on the ballot in Benton County in the first unofficial results released shortly...2 mins read
The Corvallis Advocate 2026 Voters’ Guide, In Case You Haven’t Voted Yet November 1, 2026For every election, we offer candidates’ debates for locally contested seats and sometimes those extend to ballot measures...1 min read
Voter Turnout Stays High in Benton County, State Turnout Increases, Dem Turnout Especially High October 30, 2026With four days left before the Nov. 3 general election, 41.04% of Benton County’s active voters have returned...2 mins read
After Kotek Data Center Moratorium, ODOT Puts a Hold on Broadband and Fiber Projects Along Highways October 28, 2026Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s recent directive barring data centers on state lands is creating roadblocks for telecommunications companies...2 mins read
So Far, Benton County Outpaces Statewide Voter Turnout by Double October 28, 2026So far, according to local election officials, 19,754 of Benton County’s 61,338 eligible voters have cast their vote....2 mins read
Along Soap Creek, a Letitia Carson Legacy Project Brings Land and Community Together October 26, 2026One by one, visitors stepped beneath branches draped with lichen and into a shaded passage along Soap Creek....6 mins read
SPECIAL REPORT: Kotek v. Drazan, It’s a Longtime Rivalry Seeking New Audiences October 26, 2026In her second quest to defeat Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, has gone straight into...9 mins read
Did You Know Benton County has a Free Law Library, and It’s Open to the Public October 26, 2026Trouble with a landlord. A dispute over a fence line. A court form you can’t find, or a...1 min read
Muahahaha! Corvallis’ Halloween Happenings! October 26, 2026Ghosts, goblins and good times are taking over Corvallis this Halloween season. There’s a little something for everyone....1 min read
Prof. Ripple’s Annual Report: Earth’s Climate System Increasingly Unstable, but Signs of Positive Change Emerge October 23, 2026The seventh annual report by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists says the Earth’s climate...4 mins read
Hoyle Secures Another $204 Million for Port of Coos Bay Transportation Project October 23, 2026On Monday, Representative Val Hoyle announced another $204 million in funding for the Port of Coos Bay. This...2 mins read
Oregon Regulators Erred, So Insurers Denied Doula Claims, Which They’ll Now Pay October 23, 2026Oregonians who were denied coverage for doula services since the beginning of this year could see their claims...2 mins read
Reader View: Terry Weiss Warns About 2-159 and Steve Clark October 23, 2026It’s too easy to write off local elections as less important than the “big” ones. Yet local elections...3 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Oct. 23-30 October 23, 2026Friday, Oct 23 Andrea Alonge. Guistina Gallery, LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St, Corvallis. 8 am –...39 mins read
The Strike is Over, City Employees Returning to Work October 22, 2026Stephen Whitener says the strike is over, and a new five-year contract has been ratified, the vote was...2 mins read
The District Closed Schools, Did they Count on Samaritan Building Over 50 Acres of Housing? October 21, 2026Teachers often throw story problems at students in math class, but the Corvallis School District faces one of...4 mins read
No, The City Council Did Not Give Mark Shepard a Raise on Monday October 21, 2026There have been widespread reports that the Corvallis City Council gave City Manager Mark Shepard a raise on...1 min read
State will Increase Payments to Oregon Health Plan Provider Organizations October 21, 2026Next year, Oregon will pay an average of nearly $630 per member every month to the organizations arranging...1 min read
