Oregon Wild Starts Summer Webcast Series May 13, 2020Grassroots environmental advocacy group Oregon Wild will be holding a weekly webcast series on Wednesday evenings for the...1 min read
State Bans Dispersed Camping in Response to Waste Accumulation May 12, 2020The Oregon Department of Forestry announced that they banned dispersed camping starting Monday, May 11 due to problems...1 min read
Black Bear Shot After Attacking 72-year-old Man in Creswell, Oregon May 12, 2020 In what wildlife officials described as only the fifth bear-on-human attack in the last thirty years, a...1 min read
Mock Interviews: Benton County Contact Tracers, Part Two May 12, 2020 Imagine receiving a call tomorrow from the Benton County Health Department and being informed that you have been...5 mins read
CitySpeak: Local Business Recovery Livestream, May 19 May 12, 2020How can local businesses start on a path to economic recovery, and what are the current pieces in...1 min read
Q&A: Forest Ave Small Press and the Main Street Writers Movement May 12, 2020Begun in 2012, Portland’s Forest Avenue Press has created an inviting space for “Literary fiction on a Joyride.”...9 mins read
State Budget Cuts Hit ODF Heading into Wildfire Season May 11, 2020The Oregon Department of Forestry could face a considerable problem with funding this wildfire season. ODF has a...1 min read
Contact Tracers of Benton County, Part One May 11, 2020First in a three-piece series, today we focus on the current state of contact tracing in Benton County....7 mins read
Benton County Applying for Reopening Next Week, Ahead of Other Counties May 11, 2020As plans to reopen the state surface, some Oregon counties are closer to Governor Kate Brown’s reopening criteria...1 min read
Oregon Country Fair Cancelled, Virtual Gathering in The Works May 11, 2020With 50 years of history, the Oregon Country Fair is cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic....1 min read
OSU Scientist Says Green New Deal Should Include Oceans May 10, 2020CORVALLIS, Ore. – The world’s oceans play a critical role in climate regulation, mitigation and adaptation and should...3 mins read
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $9 Million in Funding to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Oregon May 10, 2020Testing capacity is critical to battling coronavirus WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden...2 mins read
Samaritan ICU Nurses Win Excellence Award May 9, 2020Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit won a gold level Beacon Award for Excellence from the...1 min read
OSU Researcher Shows People Can Interpret a Robot’s… Personality May 9, 2020CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers used a vacuum cleaner and the personalities of...1 min read
Majesticpiece Theatre: Derric the Seventh (Livestream) May 9, 2020DERRIC THE SEVENTH – A TragiComedy In One Act by Ralph Turley directed by Johanna Spencer May 9th...1 min read
Contact Tracers of Benton County, Series Starts Monday May 8, 2020Starting Monday, May 11, The Advocate brings you a three part series on the contact tracers of Benton...1 min read
Numbers Show Oregon Businesses Hit Hard, Unemployment Soars May 8, 2020 A new survey by Business Oregon, Travel Oregon and the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network revealed...1 min read
Writing Lesson Three May 8, 2020In part one and two of this three-part series, we’ve introduced readers to the basic elements of good...8 mins read
