City Charter Debate: Two Long-Serving Councilors Disagree, Respectfully
This debate looks at Measure 2-159; it would amend the Corvallis City Charter; reducing the number of city...
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These Two Rail Projects Cost Oregonians Over $70 Million, They’re Still Mostly Idle
It’s been nearly 10 years since the Oregon Legislature approved a $5.3 billion package of taxes and fees...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Oct. 9-16
Friday, Oct 9 Get There Challenge. A friendly, two-week competition to promote greener, more active, and more affordable...
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Visiting the Future, This Veggie Farm is Planting for a Hotter-Drier Willamette Valley
Tubs of red, orange and yellow tomatoes lined the edge of a research plot as dozens of visitors...
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Is it Salem or Trump that’s More Frustrating, A Few Competitive Oregon Districts will Answer that Question
A handful of competitive Oregon House and Senate races will determine whether voters are more frustrated with Republican...
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Commentary: Two Ways to See Oct. 7, And How They’ll Influence the Israeli Election
There are two ways to look at the Oct. 7 attacks, and which way you do will determine,...
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Commentary: From Val Hoyle on the Third Anniversary of Oct. 7
Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle released a statement on the third anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack...
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Measure 2-160 Interview: Voters Like this School Tax, It’s Up for a Renewal
Measure 2-160 technically adds a tax benefitting Corvallis schools, but really, it just continues a tax everyone is...
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Gubernatorial Debate Fact-checked, Did Kotek and Drazan not Think a Reporter Would Watch
Both leading candidates for Oregon governor were feeling the heat of the race as they attacked each other’s...
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Oregon GOP PAC Hires a Firm Used by Elon Musk to Canvass Swing Districts
A political action committee focused on electing Oregon Republicans to the statehouse is spending hundreds of thousands on...
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Luhui Whitebear Examines the Legacy of Anti-Indigenous Rhetoric in the Fabric of the Nation, Thursday
Language holds power. It puts forth the words that define our lived realities, shape our futures, and tell...
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Locally-Made Horror Flicks Celebrate Halloween Month at Darkside Cinema
Corvallis filmmakers Joe Sherlock and John Bowker will be screening a locally-made horror movie every Monday in October...
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The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for a ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’
MCDERMITT CALDERA, Ore.—On a cold and overcast spring morning, Katie Fite stood in one of the country’s last...
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Corvallis City Council Candidates’ Debate: Highly Skilled Hopefuls in Ward 1
Two candidates are vying to replace always uber-prepared Ward 1 City Councilor Jan Napack, and appropriately her would-be...
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Corvallis City Council Candidates’ Debate: The Hopefuls are a Picture of Contrasts in Ward 4
With first-termer Ava Olson declining to seek reelection, candidates Paul Berg and Evrek Smith throw their hats in...
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Gubernatorial Debate Attacks Amid a Close Race, It was Donors, Digs and Donald Trump
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and her repeat challenger state Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, exchanged their fiercest swipes yet...
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Court Documents Show Microsoft and Open AI Know They’re Killing the News Industry
Would you call large language models training on an internet’s worth of content “an astonishing theft of unprecedented...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 10/2-10/9
Friday, Oct 2 Get There Challenge. A friendly, two-week competition to promote greener, more active, and more affordable...
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