OSU Research: Feds Fund New Hemp “Genes to Field to Factory” Approach
Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center will receive $5.5 million during the next five years to research...
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Planned Parenthood Maps Out Long-term Oregon Strategy
Planned Parenthood in Oregon is restructuring its advocacy and public policy arm to set the stage for expanding...
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Can New Inmate Mail Restrictions Curb Drugs in Oregon’s Prisons? Here’s Both Sides
To combat the flow of drugs into prisons, the Oregon Department of Corrections is considering a change to...
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Anne Thwaits to fill in for Cory Grogan as Benton County’s Public Information Officer
On Monday, Anne Thwaits took over as Benton County’s Public Information Officer, or PIO. It’s an interim position,...
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Corvallis Housing Market Adapts to Interest Rate Shifts, Shows Continued Strength
In August 2024, the Corvallis real estate market continued to demonstrate resilience despite fluctuating economic conditions. The Federal...
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Corvallis’ Sen. Gelser Blouin Calls Project 2025 Proposals “Terrifying”
Toward the end of her life, Sara Gelser Blouin’s grandmother told stories about what it was like when...
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Feds Sending Oregon $43 Million to Repair Winter Road Damages Statewide
Oregon will receive nearly $43 million from the federal government to repair roads damaged by recent natural disasters,...
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Register to Vote! It’s National Voter Registration Day!
It’s National Voter Registration Day – which is a nonpartisan civic holiday started in 2012 that is dedicated...
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Oregon GOP Candidate for Attorney General Linked to Helping African Police Snatch Children from Families
As he seeks to become Oregon’s first Republican attorney general in more than three decades, Will Lathrop has...
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Champinefu Series: Popular Corvallis Indigenous Culture Celebration Releases 2024 Schedule
Corvallis’ eighth annual celebration of the cultural practices of Western Oregon’s indigenous people, the Champinefu Series, has released...
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County Farming Grants: Non-Lethal Wildlife Mitigation Dollars Available
The Benton County Agriculture and Wildlife Protection Program, or AWPP), now in its eighth year, is a grant...
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Guest Commentary: The Case for Continuing Taxes on Tips
Sadly, bad tax policy ideas can be contagious. The latest virus sprang from the Trump presidential campaign, hopped...
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Government: City Council to Talk Trash and Taxes, Receives Houseless Camping Report, County Drops Agenda Ball, Daytime Drop-in Center to Move
Some light housekeeping before we get started – at press time, the meeting agenda for next Tuesday’s Benton...
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Emotional Testimony, Historic Ruling: Federal Judge Starts Reigning in Oregon’s Foster Care System
They were shuffled from foster home to foster home, physically abused and emotionally scarred. On Thursday, they spoke...
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An Oregon Doctor Studied America’s Prevalence of Gun Deaths: It’s the Firearms, not Mental Illness
The prevalence of firearms in the U.S. – not mental illness – is driving the surge in gun...
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Sheriff’s Office Invites Folks to get Emergency Training
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office has announced an upcoming Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training course, designed to...
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Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 9/13/24 to 9/20/24
Friday, September 13 Association of Oregon Counties District 5 Meeting. Holmes & Shipley Room, Benton County Kalapuya Bldg.,...
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Give Blood During National Preparedness Month, Here’s How in Corvallis
Why is The Advocate running another freaking story about local blood donation opportunities – singularly, it’s because summer...
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