Oregon’s Congressional Dems Clock over Six Dozen August Recess Town Halls, the Lone Republican, Zero
By the time Oregon’s seven Congressional Democrats return to work in Washington D.C. on Sept. 2 following their...
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Lincoln School Gets a New Traffic Garden, It Helps Students Gain Skills Before Hitting Real Roads
The Corvallis School District has installed the first-ever traffic garden in Corvallis at Lincoln Elementary School. Wait, what’s...
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OSU Sought to Reduce Whale Entanglements, They’ve Now Won National Recognition for That
A collaborative research and outreach effort led by Oregon State University to protect whales and sustain Oregon’s commercial...
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Corvallis Advocate’s ‘If it looks cattywampus tell us’ Service Notice
Hey everyone, if you see something on our website that looks sort of cattywampus or odd, could you...
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Local Unemployment Rate Hits 4%, It’s 5% Statewide
Benton County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.0% in July. When seasonally adjusted, that means employment decreased 130...
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Oregon Drivers Could See Major Fee Hikes, Lawmakers Hear Mixed Reviews
Julie Murray is one of nearly 500 people who work for the Oregon Department of Transportation who will...
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Oregon Offers Businesses Property Tax Incentives, they Cost Schools $275 Million Last Year
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has donated more than $2 million to Central Oregon’s Crook County School...
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Commentary: States Trying Partisan Redistricting can Learn from Oregon’s 2021 Adventure
Oregon is not one of the states currently wrapped in turmoil over congressional districting, which is an activity...
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OSU Veterinary Students Bring Services to Mexico, Here’s Why that Matters in the U.S.
There’s a big difference between reading about common injuries in farm animals and treating a horse’s wound in...
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So Far, More Children on Oregon’s Abuse Radar are Dying in 2025 Than Before
More than 20 children known to Oregon’s child welfare agency have died in 2025, surpassing the number of...
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No, Oregon’s Top Election Official Denies Federal Request for Sensitive Voter Data
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Thursday flatly rejected a demand from the U.S. Justice Department to...
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Community Asks: Help Greenbelt’s Pavillion Build, Take a Future Pathways Survey, Brighten Lights Downtown
Greenbelt Land Trust will be building a pavilion at Bald Hill Farm in early September with the Timber Framers...
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Commentary: Bleak House, Oregon Wildfire Lawsuits, and What a Lawmaker Could Do
In his 1852 novel “Bleak House,” set in a grimy, smoggy and hidebound London of the 1830s, Charles...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Aug. 22-29
Friday, August 22 Personal Mythology. LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 25th St, Corvallis. 8 am – 5 pm....
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Preview: This Thursday’s Corvallis Arts Walk, Frolic, Fun and Depth
Forecasts call for a comfortably warm and sunny afternoon and early evening for this month’s Corvallis Arts Walk,...
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So Far, Oregon has Sued Trump 36 Times this Term
As of Aug. 15 — less than eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency — the state of...
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Kotek says Oregon will Follow Sanctuary Law Despite Federal Threats
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday pushed back against claims from the federal government that the state is...
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