Bard in the Quad Celebrates 20th Season with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The first documented staging of a Shakespeare play at Oregon State University was in 1895, a student-run production...
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Portland’s U.S. Forest Service Office Works on Wildfire Prevention, Feds want to Close It
U.S. Forest Service offices in Portland charged with wildfire prevention, scientific research, forestland management and conservation across the...
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Wyden and Merkley Split on Weapons Sales to Israel
Oregon’s two U.S. senators, both Democrats, are typically in lockstep on major votes in Congress. But they’ve diverged...
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Oregon’s Juvenile Justice System Gets New Leader Following Scrutiny Over Sexual Abuse Investigations
Oregon’s juvenile justice system has a new leader following Gov. Tina Kotek’s firing of its former director over...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, Aug. 1-8
Friday, August 1 Personal Mythology. LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 25th St, Corvallis. 8 am – 5 pm....
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OSU Hires Alumnus Jason Podrabsky to Head Integrative Biology
Oregon State University’s College of Science has announced that Jason Podrabsky, an OSU alumnus with deep roots in...
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Oregon Secures 40 Day Pause on New Head Start Immigration Rules
A group of Democratic states that sued the federal government over an unprecedented shift in federal policy to bar...
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Oregon Prisoners Vote, a New Report says They’re Being Gerrymandered
Voters in eastern Oregon, Salem and other largely rural areas with prisons have a greater say in the...
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Reader View: Bjorn Beer Against City Council Israeli Divestment
There is nothing I can say about Gaza that hasn’t been said perfectly by the former Israeli Prime...
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Final Landfill Rejection Expected Tonight, Hearing Moved to Online Only
Instead of meeting in-person tonight, July 29, the Benton County Planning Commission will meet virtually to formally adopt their decision...
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Oregon’s LGBTQ Foster Kid Protections in Limbo After Federal Court Ruling
A federal appeals court granted a Malheur County woman’s request to halt Oregon’s policy requiring adoptive parents embrace...
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Kotek’s Looks to Bridge Transportation Budget Gap with Hikes to Gas and Transportation Taxes, DMV Fees
Gov. Tina Kotek’s plan to prevent layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation and local governments around the...
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Analysis: Merkley will Win Reelection, but It’ll be Close
Next year, the top of Oregon’s general election ballot will be anchored by the contest for U.S. Senate....
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Corvallis City Council Steps Toward Israeli Divestment, BDS
The BDS movement didn’t look like it was on Monday’s Corvallis City Council agenda, but that didn’t stop...
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State Agency Feels it has to Warn Employers that Threats to Call ICE are Illegal
Para leer esta historia en español, haga clic aquí. Threatening to call federal immigration authorities on employees after they...
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Gov. Kotek Made a Deal with Nvidia to Get AI Education in Oregon Schools, What Does it Mean?
Months after Oregon signed an agreement with the computer chip company Nvidia to educate K-12 and college students...
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City Council Okays Controversial $10,000 Spend on City Manager Evaluation
On Monday, July 21, the Corvallis City Council voted to spend $10,382 towards an evaluation of City Manager...
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Governor Protects Small Farm Stands, Halts New Rules, for Now
Today, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Department of Land Conservation and Development, or DLCD, to pause farm stand...
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