OSU’s Bill Smart is Building a More Social Robot, Deploying them Nationwide August 5, 2025Humans give each other subtle cues when communicating — we look at each other to show we are...2 mins read
Biden Poured Dollars into Rural Oregon, Republicans Taking them Away, says Study August 5, 2025A Biden-era program to ensure 40% of new federal climate, housing, clean energy and clean water funding went...3 mins read
Kotek Mulls Veto for Willamette Falls Trust Funding, Three Other Bills August 5, 2025Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is considering vetoing a plan to allocate $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust,...2 mins read
Rated Fresh and Fun: An Edible Garden Tour Scheduled for Southwest Corvallis August 5, 2025Corvallisites are invited to an upcoming Edible Garden Tour, and like previous years, it’ll be free, and we...1 min read
Government: City Legal Costs Rise, And It’s not Ellis, County Trashes Landfill Expansion August 1, 2025It was a whole pile of nope, and the Benton County Planning Commission made it all formal and...4 mins read
Bard in the Quad Celebrates 20th Season with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” August 1, 2025The first documented staging of a Shakespeare play at Oregon State University was in 1895, a student-run production...7 mins read
Portland’s U.S. Forest Service Office Works on Wildfire Prevention, Feds want to Close It August 1, 2025U.S. Forest Service offices in Portland charged with wildfire prevention, scientific research, forestland management and conservation across the...4 mins read
Wyden and Merkley Split on Weapons Sales to Israel August 1, 2025Oregon’s two U.S. senators, both Democrats, are typically in lockstep on major votes in Congress. But they’ve diverged...4 mins read
Oregon’s Juvenile Justice System Gets New Leader Following Scrutiny Over Sexual Abuse Investigations August 1, 2025Oregon’s juvenile justice system has a new leader following Gov. Tina Kotek’s firing of its former director over...2 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Aug. 1-8 August 1, 2025Friday, August 1 Personal Mythology. LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 25th St, Corvallis. 8 am – 5 pm....29 mins read
OSU Hires Alumnus Jason Podrabsky to Head Integrative Biology July 30, 2025Oregon State University’s College of Science has announced that Jason Podrabsky, an OSU alumnus with deep roots in...5 mins read
Oregon Secures 40 Day Pause on New Head Start Immigration Rules July 30, 2025A group of Democratic states that sued the federal government over an unprecedented shift in federal policy to bar...2 mins read
Oregon Prisoners Vote, a New Report says They’re Being Gerrymandered July 30, 2025Voters in eastern Oregon, Salem and other largely rural areas with prisons have a greater say in the...5 mins read
Reader View: Bjorn Beer Against City Council Israeli Divestment July 30, 2025There is nothing I can say about Gaza that hasn’t been said perfectly by the former Israeli Prime...4 mins read
Final Landfill Rejection Expected Tonight, Hearing Moved to Online Only July 29, 2025Instead of meeting in-person tonight, July 29, the Benton County Planning Commission will meet virtually to formally adopt their decision...1 min read
Oregon’s LGBTQ Foster Kid Protections in Limbo After Federal Court Ruling July 29, 2025A federal appeals court granted a Malheur County woman’s request to halt Oregon’s policy requiring adoptive parents embrace...4 mins read
Kotek’s Looks to Bridge Transportation Budget Gap with Hikes to Gas and Transportation Taxes, DMV Fees July 29, 2025Gov. Tina Kotek’s plan to prevent layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation and local governments around the...3 mins read
Analysis: Merkley will Win Reelection, but It’ll be Close July 29, 2025Next year, the top of Oregon’s general election ballot will be anchored by the contest for U.S. Senate....3 mins read
