Linn-Benton Backwash August 17, 2016If you were between the ages of 7 and 35 in 1990, you know all about being squashed...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash August 10, 2016Do you feel like the intersection of Seven Mile Lane and Highway 34 needs a light? Congratulations, you’re...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash August 3, 2016Former Oregon State University student Tyler Lazell Warren was convicted of first degree rape, sexual assault, and burglary...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash July 20, 2016Last week a man from Lebanon was busted for setting a bunch of dumpsters on fire in Corvallis....1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash July 13, 2016As most of you know by now, a Burger King was charbroiled last weekend. Obviously I’m not going...2 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash July 6, 2016Panic, fires, black smoke… zombies. That guy at Safeway who takes his shirt off and does pull-ups on...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash June 29, 2016Lebanon takes a lot of crap in this column, mostly tongue-in-cheek, but this week there’s not much to...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash June 22, 2016Last weekend the new Burgerville held a “soft opening,” during which they served burgers that seem awesome and...2 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash June 15, 2016Recently some students at Linus Pauling Middle School engaged in a Civil War re-enactment. I’m sure it was...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash June 8, 2016This morning I was treated to an advertisement on a local website for an event called Older Americans...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash June 1, 2016When I was two, I pooped on the couch. It happens. But little did I know, 32 years...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash May 25, 2016Benton County Weather Update: It will rain eventually. You will still not use an umbrella, because what the...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash: A Fistful of Albany May 18, 2016On May 15 Corvallis Advocate Associate Editor Johnny Beaver woke up and was still really, really tired. He...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash: Pancake and Hair Dye, Coupon and Slurpee May 11, 2016Last week a cheetah named Pancake was hanging out at Lincoln Elementary in Corvallis. There was a dog...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash: City Sinners and Other Non-News May 4, 2016Good news, everyone: OSU Moms… er, excuse me, “Moms & Family” weekend is over. Everyone, just take a...2 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash April 27, 2016School District Stuff This week I received in the mail a message from the Corvallis School District called...2 mins read
Linn-Benton Backwash April 20, 2016Finally at the tail end of my three-year research program, Corvallis is hereby presented with a list of...1 min read
Linn-Benton Backwash: OSU Norovirus Prologue April 13, 2016It was a sunny Oregon morning, 19 minutes shy of 11 a.m. The birds were chirping, the yuppie-hippy...1 min read