Linn-Benton Backwash
When I was two, I pooped on the couch. It happens. But little did I know, 32 years...
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8 Days a Week…
Thursday, 26 Music in the Park, Philomath City Park Gazebo, 299 S 23rd St., Philomath. 6 p.m. Free...
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Entertainmental: June TV Premieropolis Part 1
As I do each month, here’s a preview of the interesting new and returning TV shows for the...
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Run, Jump, and Unicycle: Corvallis’ Alternative Sports
Do you like to throw things? Run around? Wear special clothing that would look horribly strange out of...
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Starfish Baby Boom
Two years ago, a marine illness decimated the West Coast’s sea star population. The first animals found to...
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Bird Hazing in the Columbia Basin
As spring turns into summer, juvenile salmon will once again begin their journey down the Columbia River towards...
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Award-Winning Teacher Starts Independent Kindergarten
Come this September, Kate McNutt will open her doors on Honeysuckle Drive to an independent kindergarten class. As...
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Holding Out for a Hero
You might recall our previous article on Rio Ramirez, a four-year-old boy who was diagnosed with aplastic anemia...
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Traveling Road Symposium and Vegan Eats
On Thursday, June 3, Elly Blue and Joe Biel will host Dinner and Bikes, a traveling road show...
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As the State Turns
Bullseye Glass Update You may recall that last February we reported that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality...
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The Double-Edged Blade Of Cleaning… Wait, What?
At the intersection of humankind’s boundless ingenuity and stupidity are the scientific achievements that end up burning us...
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Coming City Budget Time Bomb
Public employees can be some of the most unappreciated people in the world, often maligned or one mistake...
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Linn-Benton Backwash
Benton County Weather Update: It will rain eventually. You will still not use an umbrella, because what the...
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8 Days a Week…
Thursday, 19 Troubadour, Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath Blvd. 7 p.m. Free Goddamn! Yosi Mesbah is a dynamo...
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Entertainmental: The British Are Coming
I use this column pretty reliably each week to fill you in on the comings and goings of...
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Pollinator Gardens: Planting with a Purpose
After a chilly and wet winter, spring is finally here, and for many Oregonians that means getting outside...
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Beekeepers of Benton County: What You Can Do to Help
Honeybees are just one of over 20,000 species of bees worldwide which dutifully fertilize the world’s supply of...
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America and Honey Regulation
Not realizing that the FDA doesn’t have a strict honey regulation policy, most American consumers think nothing of...
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