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ELECTION UPDATE: Wilson Maintains Lead for Commissioner, Measho Beats Flinn for Judge, City Charter Amendments Pass Decisively

May 20, 2026
As of today’s 12:30 pm update from County election officials, challenger John Wilson has maintained his early lead...
1 min read

STATEWIDE PRIMARY UPDATE: Hoyle Wins Big, Kotek and Drazan Rematch, Measure 120 is Kaput

May 20, 2026
So, here is the update as of 1:15 pm, today. For Oregon’s Congressional District 4, where we Corvallisites...
1 min read

Coming Soon to OSU’s Hatfield, a Rare Blue Whale Skeleton

May 20, 2026
More than a decade after the body of a 70-foot blue whale washed up on the southern Oregon...
3 mins read

Thursday’s Corvallis Arts Walk: Social Conscience, Multiplying Mediums and Fae Folk

May 20, 2026
The Corvallis Arts Walk continues to, probably unintentionally, expand the mediums and dialectics on display – and if...
7 mins read

Wilson Leading for Commissioner, Measho Besting Flinn for Judge, City Charter Amendments Passing Handily

May 19, 2026
Challenger John Wilson is leading incumbent Pat Malone in the race for Benton County Commissioner, 4,857 to 4,641,...
1 min read

Statewide Primary Results: Hoyle Pulls Out a Big Lead, Drazan Headed for a Kotek Rematch, Measure 120 Soundly Defeated and More

May 19, 2026
For Oregon’s Congressional District 4, where we Corvallisites live, two term Democratic Representative Val Hoyle has pulled out...
1 min read

Benton County Officials Demand Answers from Coffin Butte Operator Over Fire Safety, Missing Data

May 18, 2026
Benton County officials are pressing Republic Services, the operator of the Coffin Butte Landfill north of Corvallis, with...
3 mins read

Annual Corvallis Ride of Silence Set for Wednesday, May 20

May 18, 2026
This year’s annual Corvallis Ride of Silence has been set for 6:30 pm, Wednesday, May 20. As in...
1 min read

Feds Drop the Ball on Antitrust, Oregon’s Attorney General Wants to Fill the Void

May 18, 2026
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the state’s Department of Justice will ask state lawmakers to double the...
2 mins read

Benton County Weighs Contributing Dollars to Newport’s Legal Fight with ICE

May 18, 2026
Benton County officials are weighing whether to chip in $5,000 to help fund the City of Newport’s ongoing...
3 mins read

Corvallis Prosecutors say Deborah Albin Didn’t Protect Her Now Deceased Baby, She says she was Surviving Abuse

May 18, 2026
In September 2023, Deborah Albin found herself sitting in jail in Corvallis, Oregon, listening as a prosecutor told...
20 mins read

ELECTION 2026: Low Countywide Turnout, Drop Box Instead of Mail, Advocate Endorsements, Flinn Report and More

May 15, 2026
Some of us, it turns out, have not yet voted. There are 61,222 registered voters in Benton County,...
4 mins read

Oregon Passed a Law that Could’ve Stopped the Corvallis Clinic Takeover, OHA has Never Used It

May 15, 2026
Dana Gibbon was 18 weeks pregnant with her first baby when her OB-GYN told her at an appointment...
11 mins read

First in the Nation, Kotek Signs Laws to Backfill Planned Parenthood Funding, Strengthen Shield Law

May 15, 2026
Oregon is officially the first state to create a long-term plan to replace Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood if Congress...
3 mins read

Reader View: Pat Malone to Mark Yeager, I Respectfully Disagree

May 15, 2026
Not surprisingly, I disagree with Mr. Yeager’s assessment of my record, which The Advocate published as a Reader...
2 mins read

Final Weekend for Corvallis High’s Clue: On Stage

May 15, 2026
Clue: On Stage is a hilarious, fast-paced whodunit that adapts the 1985 movie (itself based on the board...
1 min read

Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, May 15-22

May 15, 2026
Friday, May 15 Do It Yourself Combination Pots. Shonnard’s Nursery, 6600 SW Philomath Blvd, Corvallis. All Day. Cost:...
36 mins read

Samaritan Merger Moves, OHA Sets Last Minute Listening Sessions, and There’s Town Halls

May 12, 2026
Set for today at 12 pm, an OHA Listening Session about Samaritan Health. We received the press release...
4 mins read
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