As the State Turns October 18, 2017Biggest Ever Poaching Bust is Biggest Ever Well, it really wasn’t the biggest ever, but in Trump’s America...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash October 18, 2017I don’t usually do a lot of good news because it’s boring, but the Corvallis School Board voted last...1 min read
As the State Turns October 11, 2017EMERGENCY UPDATE: CRATER LAKE WARNING Thanks to a feature story by Oregon Public Broadcasting, I am shocked… just...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash October 11, 2017Last week saw a rush of Corvallis’ lower income families heading out on the town to look and...1 min read
As the State Turns October 4, 2017Welcome to another fine edition of As the State Turns, ladies and germs. I’ll be your host with...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash: Heaven’s to Betsy, it’s a dong! October 4, 2017On the 28th, some Corvallisite man-child apparently stole some of his parents’ checks for a bit of ye...1 min read
As the State Turns September 27, 2017Elite h@x0rs Target Oregon The room is dark, a void cut up only by the whir of small...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash September 27, 2017Corvallis Police Department and associated entities are about to go all whoopas* on the homeless and other ne’er-do-wells....1 min read
As the State Turns: Rain, Soda, and Beer September 20, 2017Goodbye Wildfires, Hello Landslides?Tired of all this smoke yet? I thought so. The good news is that there’s...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash: Low Exposure September 20, 2017Last week the residents of Linn and Benton counties were greeted with weather that included air, wind, humidity of...1 min read
As the State Turns… And How September 13, 2017Hurricane IrmaProbably the best part of this column is writing about current events that will be over, in...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash Special Report: Irma Strikes September 13, 2017Early last weekend Lebanon was a sight to behold. Cars backed up all the way down Highway 20 to...1 min read
As the State Turns: Puppy Stranglers, Crab Smugglers and More September 6, 2017Fast Times at Puppy Stranglin’ High Hearing about an animal being abused in Oregon is like hearing about,...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash September 6, 2017Partnering with Mid Valley Harvest, the Kiger Island Blues blueberry farm had a great idea: to use their...1 min read
As the State Turns August 30, 2017Eclipse Anti-Climax Garbage, fire, defecation. Decapitation, for that matter. Apparently, the mass influx of eclipse visitors left very...3 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash August 30, 2017A good old fashioned blob (bigger than The Blob, but less than an Exxon blob, let’s just say over...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash: Crusade De Eclipse August 23, 2017A gang war broke out in Corvallis last weekend when t-shirt peddlers and lemonade stand kingpins went head to...1 min read
As the State Turns August 16, 2017You Know OPB, Sometimes I Worry About You While digesting my daily state news, I came across this...4 mins read