City Council Authorizes Office Leases, Cost Estimated at About $2 Million Yearly October 9, 2026·1 min read
A Wealth Tax for Oregon? Top Unions Announce Plans for a 2028 Statewide Ballot Measure October 9, 2026·4 mins read
These Two Rail Projects Cost Oregonians Over $70 Million, They’re Still Mostly Idle October 9, 2026It’s been nearly 10 years since the Oregon Legislature approved a $5.3 billion package of taxes and fees... Read More4 mins read
Visiting the Future, This Veggie Farm is Planting for a Hotter-Drier Willamette Valley October 7, 2026Tubs of red, orange and yellow tomatoes lined the edge of a research plot as dozens of visitors... Read More6 mins read
Is it Salem or Trump that’s More Frustrating, A Few Competitive Oregon Districts will Answer that Question October 7, 2026A handful of competitive Oregon House and Senate races will determine whether voters are more frustrated with Republican... Read More7 mins read
Commentary: Two Ways to See Oct. 7, And How They’ll Influence the Israeli Election October 7, 2026There are two ways to look at the Oct. 7 attacks, and which way you do will determine,... Read More7 mins read
Commentary: From Val Hoyle on the Third Anniversary of Oct. 7 October 7, 2026Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle released a statement on the third anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack... Read More1 min read
Measure 2-160 Interview: Voters Like this School Tax, It’s Up for a Renewal October 7, 2026Measure 2-160 technically adds a tax benefitting Corvallis schools, but really, it just continues a tax everyone is... Read More1 min read
Oregon GOP PAC Hires a Firm Used by Elon Musk to Canvass Swing Districts October 5, 2026A political action committee focused on electing Oregon Republicans to the statehouse is spending hundreds of thousands on... Read More2 mins read
Luhui Whitebear Examines the Legacy of Anti-Indigenous Rhetoric in the Fabric of the Nation, Thursday October 5, 2026Language holds power. It puts forth the words that define our lived realities, shape our futures, and tell... Read More1 min read
Corvallis City Council Candidates’ Debate: Highly Skilled Hopefuls in Ward 1 October 2, 2026Two candidates are vying to replace always uber-prepared Ward 1 City Councilor Jan Napack, and appropriately her would-be... Read More1 min read
Court Documents Show Microsoft and Open AI Know They’re Killing the News Industry October 2, 2026Would you call large language models training on an internet’s worth of content “an astonishing theft of unprecedented...2 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 10/2-10/9 October 2, 2026Friday, Oct 2 Get There Challenge. A friendly, two-week competition to promote greener, more active, and more affordable...43 mins read
It’s Official, AFSCME Tells City Officials They Plan to Strike Come October 14 October 1, 2026AFSCME has made it official. Yesterday, the City of Corvallis acknowledged the union had served them with a...1 min read
Corvallis Based Gateway of Willamette CEO Linda Thomas Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud Charges, Gets Reduced Sentence October 1, 2026Like we reported in June, a Corvallis woman who ran a local day support program for Medicaid recipients...1 min read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: A Contest of Two Differing Visions in Ward 2 October 1, 2026No spoilers here, we’ll just say the Ward 2 debate is largely about experience and experience being questioned,...1 min read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: Ideas and Tough Choices for Ward 7 Voters October 1, 2026Three candidates are competing for the open Ward 7 council seat, the only council race on the Nov....1 min read
Corvallis Schools’ Report Cards are In, A Deep Dive into Which are Good, or Not so Good September 30, 2026On paper, the Corvallis School District looks like one of Oregon’s academic bright spots;11th out of 141 districts...7 mins read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: Two Well Versed and Very Different Candidates in Ward 6 September 30, 2026In a wide-ranging debate running about an hour, Brennan Colberg and Greg Shiffer, candidates for Ward 6 on...1 min read
Oregon’s GOP lawmakers Revisit Cap-and-Invest 7 Years After They Walked Out Over It September 30, 2026Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss the potential to collaborate...6 mins read
A Christian Ranch Promises Refuge to People in Crisis, Former Residents Say they Were Harmed Instead September 30, 2026Michelle Caswell still recalls the nights when her boss prayed beside her bed, kneeling so close she could...17 mins read
Osborn Aquatic Scores $500,000 Grant Towards Reopening September 29, 2026The Osborn Aquatic Center just got a big step closer to reopening. The Oregon Tourism Commission, better known...2 mins read
Knowing Where to Send Aid Means Better Conflict Mapping, Two OSU Researchers Just Won a National Award for That September 29, 2026 The American Geophysical Union has awarded the 2026 Open Science Recognition Prize to the Decentralized Damage Mapping...3 mins read
New Federal Law Puts an End to CBD and Hemp Products in Oregon, says Businesses September 29, 2026Pet tinctures and topicals are the most popular products sold at Oregon CBD Company, a small business located...4 mins read
Commentary: AI Rankles Hoyle and DeSpain Rematch September 29, 2026If you’re a candidate complaining about an opponent’s stance on an issue, it helps to have a firm...4 mins read
OSU Chemistry Breakthrough, And Maybe a Greener Future for Semiconductors and Atomic Energy September 25, 2026Oregon State University scientists have patented a better and more eco-friendly process for separating two metals that are...2 mins read
Is Our Local Housing Market Turning Human, Well Yes, Kinda September 25, 2026As we head into fall, the housing landscape across Corvallis, Albany, and Lebanon is moving away from the...5 mins read
Oregon Lawmakers Poised to Ban Flock Cameras in 2027 September 25, 2026Oregon lawmakers took action earlier this year to regulate the use of an increasingly bipartisan focus of anti-surveillance...4 mins read
After Four Decades, Corvallis Engineer and Oregon National Guard Major General Retires September 25, 2026Maj. Gen. William J. Edwards, whose career spanned from engineering work in Corvallis to the senior ranks of...5 mins read
