Bills Strengthening Oregon’s Mental Health System Signed Into Law August 12, 2025Kate Gekeler, a La Grande resident and mother of two, graduated this spring from the inaugural class of...3 mins read
Like Oregon, Benton County Child Care Availability Increases for Preschoolers, Less for Infants August 12, 2025Two years ago, state analysts said half of Oregon’s 36 counties lacked sufficient infrastructure and capacity to care...3 mins read
OSU Research: A Rare Mineral Means Vibrant New Pigments August 12, 2025Oregon State University pigment researchers are using a rare mineral discovered in Norway more than a century ago...3 mins read
The Arts Center this Month: An Amalgam of Oregon Artists, Plus Time and Light August 8, 2025The Arts Center’s biennial juried exhibition of art from all around Oregon continues, but catch it now, because...3 mins read
Former Corvallis City Forester Joins Statewide OSU Urban Forestry Effort August 8, 2025The quality and presence of trees in a city can significantly affect how people feel about the city....4 mins read
Oregon’s Rep. Cliff Bentz Outspent Every House Member on Trump’s Inaugural Weekend August 8, 2025President Donald Trump’s January inauguration became a pared-down affair due to freezing weather, but that didn’t stop the...6 mins read
SPECIAL REPORT: How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map August 8, 2025This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season...12 mins read
Kotek Approves Willamette Falls Trust Funds, After Considering Veto August 8, 2025The decision comes one week after she issued a notice that she was considering vetoing the plan, alongside...2 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Aug. 8 to 15 August 8, 2025Friday, August 8 Personal Mythology. LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 25th St, Corvallis. 8 am – 5 pm....25 mins read
INTERVIEW: Rep. Val Hoyle on Budgets, Epstein Democracy, Israel and BDS August 6, 2025Did you know your tax dollars are paying off the student loans of new ICE agent recruits, but...1 min read
Oregon Launches It’s New Recycling Program, Wholesalers Sue August 6, 2025The $8 trillion wholesale product distribution industry is challenging a four-year-old Oregon recycling law weeks after the law...3 mins read
Oregon AG Sues Feds Over New Medicaid Limits on Planned Parenthood August 6, 2025Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the federal government over a provision in Congressional Republicans’ massive tax...1 min read
Invasive Jumping Worms Disrupt Oregon Soils and Ecosystems, OSU Offers Advice August 6, 2025Jumping worms, a damaging invasive species that first arrived in the United States in the 1920s as fishing...3 mins read
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