$1M Coming to Corvallis, Benton County for Homelessness Response
House Bill 4123 has awarded the City of Corvallis and Benton County $1 million for a coordinated homelessness...
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Corvallis Among Airports to Receive $17.5 Million
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a hefty chunk of funding coming to select rural Oregon...
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Benton County Fair – Volunteer, Attend for Free
The Benton County Fair is nearly here, and one local group wants to give you a free ticket...
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Corvallis Social Justice: Land Acknowledgements in Activist Circles, Helping Unhoused Neighbors Beat the Heat, “Bodyland”
Last Tuesday’s Corvallis Advocate CitySpeak took a deeper look at Indigenous land acknowledgments, with a particular emphasis on...
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Benton County Identifies Precautions, Resources for Heatwave
The National Weather Service recently issued a heat advisory for the South Willamette Valley starting July 25 through...
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Virgin Islands Fishing Restrictions are Conservation Success, OSU Study Finds
A more than 30-year marine conservation effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands helped aid the recovery of a...
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Corvallis Business: City Treasury Report, Local Event Upticks, Food Trail Outreach, New Contractor Laws, Young Pros Meet
The City of Corvallis June Treasury Report was released. Highlights include that our liquid investments are still outnumbered...
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Community Feedback Sought for Witham Hill Park Management Plan
A public in-person meeting has been scheduled to share the Witham Hill Natural Park Management Plan final draft...
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August Concert, Movie Events at Corvallis Parks
A couple of outdoor summer events involving film and music will be hosted in Corvallis parks next month. ...
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Healthcare in Oregon Becoming More Expensive, According to OHA
Oregonians are increasingly paying a bigger share of their income for health care, the latest state report on...
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From Bad to Verse: Pod Cast, Long Sentence, Text Riles
Pod Cast My scientific article On whales has been impeded The journal called it incomplete There were cetaceans...
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Bill to Expand National Recreation Area Up for Full Senate Vote
On Friday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act (Smith...
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Long Covid Continues to Affect Job, Wage Losses in Oregon
Oregon is nearing a full recovery of jobs lost during the pandemic, according to the Oregon Department of...
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Bird Flu Infects Another Oregon Poultry Farm
Another backyard poultry farm in Deschutes County has lost its flock to bird flu. State agricultural officials said...
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OSU Student’s Invention Opens New Future for River Travel
On Thursday, July 21, Jonathan Cordisco, a Senior in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University, stood on the...
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OR Feds Step Up Against Cyanide Devices on Public Land
Oregon made a legislative hat-trick on Thursday with Rep. Peter DeFazio, Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkeley...
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Monarch Butterflies: Endangered or Not?
With numbers estimated to have decreased by 22% to 72%, the monarch butterfly made the list of endangered...
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Corvallis Parents: Day Camp Options, ABC House Superhero Run, from Seeing Art to Making Art and Graphic Novels, and Where Exactly is Waldo
We get it. You’re busy and having the kids at home all day makes life even busier somehow....
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