Library’s Random Review this Month Explores Verghese’s The Covenant of Water May 9, 2025Sunita Vasdev, a Corvallis educator, fundraiser and community advocate, will review Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water: A... Read More1 min read
Oregon Bill Taxing Big Tech to Pay for Local News Advances, Meta Threatens Newspapers May 7, 2025A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like... Read More4 mins read
OSU’s Morgan Quinn Ross Explores Tech and The Digital Self May 7, 2025Morgan Ross is a new tenure-track professor at the College of Liberal Arts’ School of Communication. His research focuses... Read More2 mins read
Oregon to Resume Electric Vehicle Rebates, Here’s the Details May 7, 2025The wait is over , state officials have announced they will reopen the popular Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate... Read More2 mins read
Upcoming Blood Drives! Please do This! May 7, 2025If you’re a regular Advocate reader, you’re accustomed to the nagging – we really-really want you to donate... Read More1 min read
The Arts Center this Month: Wildfire and Water and Nine Artists, plus Upcoming Classes May 6, 2025The Arts Center, or TAC, brings nine artistic views of wildfire and water to their Main Gallery this... Read More4 mins read
DC Report: Your Senators Futures, LGBTQ+ Rights, Disappearing Humans, And Lots More May 6, 2025Speculation heightened last week over Sen. Jeff Merkley’s coming decision to seek reelection or not next year. This... Read More18 mins read
Oregon Bill Would Stop Bans on Manufactured Homes, Help Renters Too May 6, 2025A bill making its way through the Oregon Legislature would prevent new planned communities from banning manufactured and... Read More2 mins read
Northwest Electricity Demand Forecast to Double in the next 20 Years May 6, 2025Demand for electricity in the Northwest could double by 2046, according to a new energy forecast from regional... Read More3 mins read
Advocate Endorsement: Al-Abdrabbuh for Corvallis School Board, Here’s Why May 2, 2025These are tumultuous times, and we believe the wellbeing of our community’s children is best served by Sami...5 mins read
Pet Day Returns Saturday! Veterinary College Invites All Corvallis May 2, 2025Pet Day at OSU’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine is happening from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday,...2 mins read
Oregon School Funding Threatened by U.S. Dept. Of Education May 2, 2025Oregon education leaders say they’re already following federal student privacy laws in response to an ultimatum from the...3 mins read
May Day Protests Make it to Oregon’s Capitol May 2, 2025Hundreds of Oregonians marched through the blocks surrounding the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Thursday to celebrate...2 mins read
Oregon Lawmakers Consider Banning Book Bans at Libraries and Schools May 2, 2025Oregon lawmakers are taking steps to protect access to library materials written by diverse authors or that include...2 mins read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, May 2-9 May 2, 2025Friday, May 2 Be A RockStar for Kids. Virtual Event. 8 am – 5 pm. Old Mill Center...45 mins read
Corvallis Ranks in Top 10 Nationally for Apartment Construction, Affordability Still Troubling April 30, 2025Last week, city officials took a victory lap, issuing a press release about Corvallis’ new ranking nationally for...2 mins read
Here’s Corvallis’ May Schedule of National Bike Month Events April 30, 2025May is National Bike Month, and Corvallis is offering a full slate of events throughout the month for...3 mins read
Oregon Considers New Labor Protections for Uber and Lyft Drivers April 30, 2025In 2017, Ahmed Alshamanie went viral for offering karaoke in his car while working for Uber, earning him...3 mins read
Spring Creek Project Presents Earth Words, Thursday Evening April 30, 2025Regular readers know that we love Oregon State University’s Spring Creek Project – and their coming presentation the...1 min read
Here’s Corvallis’ May Schedule of National Bike Month Events April 30, 2025May is National Bike Month, and Corvallis is offering a full slate of events throughout the month for...3 mins read
DC Report: What Your Congressional Delegation has been Doing April 29, 2025Last week found our congressional delegation spending less time writing – and it feels like a poignancy has...8 mins read
Guest Commentary: Heads in the Sand: Corvallis Schools’ Financial Crisis and Student Exodus April 29, 2025Alex Gough is editor-in-chief at the student newspaper for Crescent Valley High School, The Crescent Crier. He has...8 mins read
Oregon’s Public Universities Increase Tuition Again, Up Nearly 30% from a Decade ago April 29, 2025The average inflation-adjusted cost of undergraduate tuition for Oregon residents at the state’s seven public universities next year...4 mins read
Oregon Leads Twelve State Suit Against Trump’s Tariffs April 29, 2025Oregon is leading 11 other states in suing President Donald Trump and officials in his administration over tariffs...3 mins read
Corvallis Teachers: 2025 Golden Apple Award Winners Announced April 25, 2025One of the driving forces of any school district’s ability to improve is the commitment of its staff...4 mins read
Benton Lightly: Landfill Dog-Pile, Corvallis’ Fox News Mention, And First-First Again April 25, 2025Trigger alert, we’re about to thank Fox News for a thing because one of their star hairpieces declared...3 mins read
Oregon Secretary of State Welcomes Temporary Block of Trump’s Election Order April 25, 2025As a federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping election executive order, Oregon’s...3 mins read
