City of Corvallis Workers Take Another Big Step Toward Striking, Formally Declare an Impasse September 2, 2026·5 mins read
DEQ Settles with Railroad Over Marys River Bridge Collapse, Fertilizer Spill September 2, 2026·1 min read
No Longer Lagging, Oregon’s Economic Growth is Catching Up with the Nation’s September 2, 2026·4 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.... Read More4 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... Read More2 mins 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... Read More4 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... Read More1 min read
Corvallis-to-the-Sea Hiking Trail Fully Reopens, It’s the Whole 60 Miles August 28, 2026The whole Corvallis-to-the-Sea, or C2C, trail has now officially reopened. Unofficially, hikers had options that weren’t fun before... Read More1 min read
Samaritan Takeover by Larger System Mostly Approved, Two Smaller Hurdles Remain August 28, 2026Marty Cahill has spent the better part of two years talking about survival — the delicate, unglamorous math... Read More5 mins read
Corvallis’ 2026 Mayor and Council Candidates… and the Budding Sportswriter August 28, 2026Let’s talk about competition. Real competition. Not the manufactured, will-they-make-the-play-in kind you get from a Tuesday night in... Read More7 mins read
US Justice Department Sues Oregon over In-state Tuition for Immigrants August 28, 2026The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington over laws that allow immigrants in the country... Read More1 min read
Kotek and Drazan and Their Complicated Histories With Data Centers August 28, 2026For months, Oregon’s incumbent Gov. Tina Kotek and her Republican challenger, State Sen. Christine Drazan, of Canby, have... Read More5 mins read
Corvallis’ Muddy Creek Charter School, a Free Nature Focused Alternative Elementary That’s Set to Grow August 24, 2026Muddy Creek Charter School has been an elementary school fixture in the community for many decades, opening its...2 mins read
Three OSU Faculty Win Fulbrights August 24, 2026Three Oregon State University faculty were named Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2026-27, receiving opportunities to research and learn...3 mins read
Trump Admin Plans to Rescind Protections for Nearly 45 Million Wild Acres, Here’s How you Can Respond August 24, 2026The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for...4 mins read
Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing, a State Law Keeps the Details Secret August 24, 2026Oregon’s spending on low-income housing has exploded in the past five years. The state has given developers an...6 mins read
Places for Pause: Hatfield’s Blue Whale Skeleton and Postcards from the Future August 21, 2026There’s something about the possibility of walking under such a great beast’s bones that gives me the willies...9 mins read
Homeless Shelter Cuts Loom, Benton County and Corvallis Leaders Set to Meet August 21, 2026Benton County is on track to lose the majority of its emergency shelter beds over the coming year...5 mins read
Corvallis Journalists Discuss Role of Local News in Panel August 21, 2026Former Corvallis Gazette-Times Editor Penny Rosenberg once presided over a staff of five reporters. It dwindled to a...4 mins read
Oregon Weighs Capping Marketplace Insurance Enrollment as Rates Spike Upward August 21, 2026Oregon insurance regulators have approved premium hikes that could cost individuals and small businesses that buy health insurance...3 mins read
County Grant Helps Hobby Farmers Protect Both Livestock and Wildlife August 21, 2026Brooke Davis loves sharing her seven-acre hobby farm with animals. Horses, chickens, ducks, goats, pigeons, dogs and cats...2 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 8/21-28 August 21, 2026Friday, August 21 CALYX Inc: A Herstory of Radical Resilience. Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 10 am...26 mins read
OSU Already Morphs Discoveries Into Companies, Now they’re Accelerating that Ambition August 18, 2026The race to build faster, smaller and more efficient chips isn’t only happening inside billion-dollar fabrication plants. It’s...6 mins read
Local Journalists Discuss Misinformation and Elections this Wednesday August 18, 2026With November’s election approaching and the local journalism scene shifting, four area media figures are set to appear...1 min read
Oregon’s Measles Cases this Year Surpass Previous Peak Number August 18, 2026Oregon has officially surpassed the number of measles cases it had during its peak outbreak year two years...4 mins read
Tarweed Awakening Corvallis Starts Thursday: A Plant, A Person, A Place August 18, 2026Unique in the entire country according to organizers, you are invited to participate in a free four-day celebration...2 mins read
From One Judge to Another, Let’s Set the Stage Before the Interviews August 14, 2026Benton County’s circuit court bench is set for a changing of the guard next January, as Judge Joan...4 mins read
Retiring Judge Demarest Has Brought Order (And Heart) to the Bench August 14, 2026As Benton County Circuit Court Judge Joan Demarest prepares to retire, Jeri Wall remembered standing before her and...10 mins read
All Rise, the Honorable (New Judge) Measho Soon Presiding August 14, 2026When Yema Measho is sworn in as Benton County’s new circuit court judge Jan. 4, there will be...8 mins read
Corvallis School Board to Put Tax Levy Renewal on November’s Ballot August 14, 2026Once again, Corvallis voters are going to be asked to keep a familiar line item on their property...1 min read
