County DAs Funded Effort To Overturn Criminal Justice Reforms June 19, 2019Documents received by reporters at Willamette Week revealed that 19 District Attorneys across Oregon, including those from Benton...1 min read
Oregon Reps Push To Keep Forestry Centers Open June 19, 2019Two of Oregon’s U.S. House members are trying to prevent the closure of local Job Corps Civilian Conservation...1 min read
Death Penalty Reform Adds Exemption For Killing Police June 18, 2019 A bill to narrow one of the only crimes in Oregon still punishable by death will likely...1 min read
After Years of Allegations, Legislature Creates Independent Conduct Office June 18, 2019Over a year after long-standing tensions regarding harassment and unwanted touching came to a head in the Oregon...1 min read
Senators: Immigration Housing Rule Worsens Homelessness June 17, 2019Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development...1 min read
OSU Launches Hemp Research Center June 17, 2019Oregon State University is launching the Global Hemp Innovation Center to help build the intellectual infrastructure for the...1 min read
CHS Students Protest Changes to Dual Immersion Program June 16, 2019Dozens of Corvallis High School students walked out of afternoon classes on Thursday, June 14 in protest of...1 min read
Campaign Finance Reform Fails After Reaching Senate June 16, 2019A bill to cap individual contributions to political campaigns passed in the House will not move forward in...1 min read
Albany Business Owner Charged With Fraud, Tax Evasion and Theft June 15, 2019Robert Lund, 62, of Lebanon, was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday, June 13 on six federal...1 min read
OSU: Personal Info From 636 Students and Family Potentially Exposed June 15, 2019Oregon State University announced on Friday, June 14 that the personal information of 636 students and their families...1 min read
Affordable Housing & Conservation At Odds Over Land Use June 14, 2019Affordable housing advocates like Habitat for Humanity demonstrated outside the Capitol building in Salem on Wednesday, June 12,...1 min read
Business Tax For Schools May See Vote in January ‘20 June 14, 2019This spring, Democrats proposed a $2 billion education bill funded by a new tax on business. After Republicans...1 min read
Oregon Considers Paid Family & Medical Leave June 13, 2019A bill in the state legislature could give many Oregon workers 12 weeks of paid leave to address...1 min read
Cap & Trade Plan Pushed Back Over Last-Minute Changes June 13, 2019Less than a week after a pair of bills that would establish a statewide cap-and-trade system in Oregon...1 min read
Campaign Finance Reform Passes, Questions Remain June 12, 2019The Oregon House passed a hotly contested set of bills which impose caps on individual contributions to political...1 min read
City Council Candidate Runs for State House in Portland June 12, 2019Paige Kreisman, who ran unsuccessfully for Corvallis City Councilor in Ward 2 last fall, has announced she will...1 min read
Moving Out? Lessening Your Landfill Impact June 11, 2019Summer Move Out Guide Tips on Lessening Your Landfill Impact A throwaway culture is spreading on college campuses...2 mins read
City Water Infrastructure Project Begins August June 11, 2019Corvallis is replacing two major drinking water pipelines this summer, which have been identified as vulnerable to seismic...1 min read
