New Water Rights Permits Would be Halted Under New Oregon Legislation
Oregon’s water basins are being overdrawn year after year, and a strategy to protect them for future generations...
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Guest Commentary: Insurer Co-Pay Policies Hurt Oregon Patients, Lawmakers Should Act
While you might not have heard of co-pay accumulator adjustments, they’re a policy that many cancer and HIV...
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From Bad to Verse: Schrodinger’s Vacuums, Sonnet for a Plumber, Logic Pretzel
Schrodinger’s Vacuums I have two vacuum cleaners One’s working collecting dust The other one isn’t working And also...
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Government: City Looks at Outside Review of Low-Income Housing Program, Weighs Business Right-of-Way Program – and Please Take This Climate Survey
Low Income Housing: The Corvallis City Council will continue discussions on a low-income housing tax exemption program at...
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OSU: International Women’s Day Slated for March 8
Oregon State University will celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, recognizing achievements by women within Oregon State...
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Governor Seeks $7.5 Million for Oregon Food Bank, Emergency Fed Funding Ended
As hundreds of thousands of Oregonians face a 40% decrease in their food budgets, Gov. Tina Kotek urged...
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Advocates Ask Biden to Protect Beavers, Oregon’s State Animal
A group of scientists, nonprofit organizations and advocates from Oregon and around the country have asked President Joe...
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Corvallis Weekend: Fun-Wonderful Happenings
FRIDAY Cinderella: The Broadway Version. CSD Theater, 1400 NW Buchanan, Corvallis. 7 p.m. $8-$15. The Broadway adaptation of the...
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Corvallis Parent: Spring Break Camp Openings, School District Learning to Talk, Cybersecurity Bill Could Help Schools
Spring break is just around the corner, March 27 to 31, and quite possibly you’re wondering what’s available...
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Corvallis Social Justice: Bystander Intervention & Transformative Justice Zine, Local Solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders, Transqueer Experience Exhibit & Events
Polypore, a Corvallis-based queercore/art punk/emo band comprised of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists and community activists, released...
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Guest Commentary: State Weighs Allowing Convictions to be Overturned Based on New Science
Sometimes the job of legislating involves weighing not just one interest or two but a whole group of...
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Corvallis Happenings: Thursday and Friday Evening
THURSDAY Winter Wildlife Field Days 2023. Lilly Park, SE Lilly Ave. & SE Bethel St., Corvallis. 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m....
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Government: Clean Audit for Downtown Corvallis Association, County Finalizes Wildfire Plan
DCA Audit Finished: When a quasi-governmental nonprofit decides to dissolve itself, the matter of assets on hand, what...
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Corvallis Science & Nature: Winter Wildlife Field Days, Bird Deaths, and Climate Feedbacks
March is for Winter Wildlife Field Days It may be hard to imagine with the snow and ice...
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Kotek Approves $1 Million in Grants for Small Businesses Seeking CHIPS Act Dollars
Oregon is aggressively pursuing opportunities to bring home a portion of the $52 billion for semiconductor manufacturing and...
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State Employees Living Outside Oregon Get Travel Expenses, SB 853 Largely Stops That
Public employee unions and state lawmakers have struck a deal on a proposal to stop state employees who...
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AROUND TOWN: Wednesday Evening to Thursday Evening
WEDNESDAY Build With the Beavs LEGO Program. Main Meeting Room, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis, OR. 4:00 p.m....
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Corvallis Business: HP Wants Local Tax Break, Gerding Achieves Safety Recognition, Party City Closing, How Business Sees State Government, Your Business Events Calendar
The statewide pursuit of CHIPS Act dollars turned local last week, with a Corvallis HP exec appearing in...
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