DEQ Settles with Railroad Over Marys River Bridge Collapse, Fertilizer Spill
Portland & Western Railroad has paid $62,400 to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to settle up over...
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No Longer Lagging, Oregon’s Economic Growth is Catching Up with the Nation’s
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth in Oregon has underperformed the nation’s. Now, the gap between the two...
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City Employees Approve Strike, City Officials Essentially Silent
On Friday, Aug. 28, the union representing about 70% of Corvallis’ city employees voted to authorize a strike....
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Nope, Oregon Won’t Investigate these Six Reports of Alleged Federal Misconduct Against Protesters
Oregon’s attorney general has closed the door on several potential criminal investigations into federal agents that were spurred...
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OSU Touts New Parking Tools for Fall
Let’s talk about getting to campus. Not the glamorous kind of transportation story — no ribbon-cuttings, no mayors...
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Commentary: Our “10-Year Plan to End Homelessness” Is Old Enough to Vote, Here’s How we Can do Better
In 2007, the City of Corvallis and Benton County set out to write a “10-year plan to end...
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Corvallis-to-the-Sea Hiking Trail Fully Reopens, It’s the Whole 60 Miles
The whole Corvallis-to-the-Sea, or C2C, trail has now officially reopened. Unofficially, hikers had options that weren’t fun before...
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Corvallis’ 2026 Mayor and Council Candidates… and the Budding Sportswriter
Let’s talk about competition. Real competition. Not the manufactured, will-they-make-the-play-in kind you get from a Tuesday night in...
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Samaritan Takeover by Larger System Mostly Approved, Two Smaller Hurdles Remain
Marty Cahill has spent the better part of two years talking about survival — the delicate, unglamorous math...
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US Justice Department Sues Oregon over In-state Tuition for Immigrants
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington over laws that allow immigrants in the country...
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Kotek and Drazan and Their Complicated Histories With Data Centers
For months, Oregon’s incumbent Gov. Tina Kotek and her Republican challenger, State Sen. Christine Drazan, of Canby, have...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 8/28-9/4
Friday, August 28 CALYX Inc: A Herstory of Radical Resilience. Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 10 am...
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Corvallis’ Muddy Creek Charter School, a Free Nature Focused Alternative Elementary That’s Set to Grow
Muddy Creek Charter School has been an elementary school fixture in the community for many decades, opening its...
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Three OSU Faculty Win Fulbrights
Three Oregon State University faculty were named Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2026-27, receiving opportunities to research and learn...
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Trump Admin Plans to Rescind Protections for Nearly 45 Million Wild Acres, Here’s How you Can Respond
The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for...
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Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing, a State Law Keeps the Details Secret
Oregon’s spending on low-income housing has exploded in the past five years. The state has given developers an...
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Places for Pause: Hatfield’s Blue Whale Skeleton and Postcards from the Future
There’s something about the possibility of walking under such a great beast’s bones that gives me the willies...
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Homeless Shelter Cuts Loom, Benton County and Corvallis Leaders Set to Meet
Benton County is on track to lose the majority of its emergency shelter beds over the coming year...
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