The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for a ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’ October 2, 2026·17 mins read
Corvallis City Council Candidates’ Debate: Highly Skilled Hopefuls in Ward 1 October 2, 2026·1 min read
Corvallis City Council Candidates’ Debate: The Hopefuls are a Picture of Contrasts in Ward 4 October 2, 2026·1 min read
Gubernatorial Debate Attacks Amid a Close Race, It was Donors, Digs and Donald Trump October 2, 2026·5 mins read
Court Documents Show Microsoft and Open AI Know They’re Killing the News Industry October 2, 2026Would you call large language models training on an internet’s worth of content “an astonishing theft of unprecedented... Read More2 mins read
It’s Official, AFSCME Tells City Officials They Plan to Strike Come October 14 October 1, 2026AFSCME has made it official. Yesterday, the City of Corvallis acknowledged the union had served them with a... Read More1 min read
Corvallis Based Gateway of Willamette CEO Linda Thomas Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud Charges, Gets Reduced Sentence October 1, 2026Like we reported in June, a Corvallis woman who ran a local day support program for Medicaid recipients... Read More1 min read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: A Contest of Two Differing Visions in Ward 2 October 1, 2026No spoilers here, we’ll just say the Ward 2 debate is largely about experience and experience being questioned,... Read More1 min read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: Ideas and Tough Choices for Ward 7 Voters October 1, 2026Three candidates are competing for the open Ward 7 council seat, the only council race on the Nov.... Read More1 min read
Corvallis Schools’ Report Cards are In, A Deep Dive into Which are Good, or Not so Good September 30, 2026On paper, the Corvallis School District looks like one of Oregon’s academic bright spots;11th out of 141 districts... Read More7 mins read
City Council Candidates’ Debate: Two Well Versed and Very Different Candidates in Ward 6 September 30, 2026In a wide-ranging debate running about an hour, Brennan Colberg and Greg Shiffer, candidates for Ward 6 on... Read More1 min read
Oregon’s GOP lawmakers Revisit Cap-and-Invest 7 Years After They Walked Out Over It September 30, 2026Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss the potential to collaborate... Read More6 mins read
A Christian Ranch Promises Refuge to People in Crisis, Former Residents Say they Were Harmed Instead September 30, 2026Michelle Caswell still recalls the nights when her boss prayed beside her bed, kneeling so close she could... Read More17 mins read
Osborn Aquatic Scores $500,000 Grant Towards Reopening September 29, 2026The Osborn Aquatic Center just got a big step closer to reopening. The Oregon Tourism Commission, better known...2 mins read
Knowing Where to Send Aid Means Better Conflict Mapping, Two OSU Researchers Just Won a National Award for That September 29, 2026 The American Geophysical Union has awarded the 2026 Open Science Recognition Prize to the Decentralized Damage Mapping...3 mins read
New Federal Law Puts an End to CBD and Hemp Products in Oregon, says Businesses September 29, 2026Pet tinctures and topicals are the most popular products sold at Oregon CBD Company, a small business located...4 mins read
Commentary: AI Rankles Hoyle and DeSpain Rematch September 29, 2026If you’re a candidate complaining about an opponent’s stance on an issue, it helps to have a firm...4 mins read
OSU Chemistry Breakthrough, And Maybe a Greener Future for Semiconductors and Atomic Energy September 25, 2026Oregon State University scientists have patented a better and more eco-friendly process for separating two metals that are...2 mins read
Is Our Local Housing Market Turning Human, Well Yes, Kinda September 25, 2026As we head into fall, the housing landscape across Corvallis, Albany, and Lebanon is moving away from the...5 mins read
Oregon Lawmakers Poised to Ban Flock Cameras in 2027 September 25, 2026Oregon lawmakers took action earlier this year to regulate the use of an increasingly bipartisan focus of anti-surveillance...4 mins read
After Four Decades, Corvallis Engineer and Oregon National Guard Major General Retires September 25, 2026Maj. Gen. William J. Edwards, whose career spanned from engineering work in Corvallis to the senior ranks of...5 mins read
Advocate sets City Council Election Debates, Do You Have Questions for the Candidates? September 25, 2026Have questions for this year’s Corvallis City Council candidates – let us know, and we’ll get them asked....1 min read
Corvallis Calendar: Friday to Friday, 9/25-10/2 September 25, 2026Friday, Sept 25 CALYX Inc: A Herstory of Radical Resilience. Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 10 am...35 mins read
City Council Punts Tax Decision to Next Year, Budget Gap Town Halls Start Tonight September 23, 2026Budgets and tax codes are moral documents; Corvallis finds itself at a crossroads There is a projected deficit,...5 mins read
Can Oregon’s Top Federal Prosecutor Balance Trump’s Priorities and the Law, He Says He Can September 23, 2026As the newest top federal prosecutor in Oregon under the Trump administration, Scott Bradford has forged alliances with...5 mins read
Pacific Power and State Regulators Near Deal, Protects Consumers from Data Center Costs September 23, 2026Oregon’s second largest investor-owned electric utility could soon directly assign the costs of new energy projects and infrastructure...3 mins read
Library Book Sale Happening this Weekend, Right Across the Street from the Fall Festival September 23, 2026Hey, if you’re planning to peruse this year’s Fall Festival this weekend, and we suggest you do, there’s...1 min read
Common Fields Seeks City Fees Relief, Here’s What City Officials are Saying So Far September 18, 2026Locally loved food cart pod Common Fields is seeking to add two new trucks, which sounds delicious, but...5 mins read
For OSU’s Wind Ensemble, It was Standing Ovations at the International Music Conference September 18, 2026The Oregon State University Wind Ensemble recently performed this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the World...3 mins read
Doctors Should Practice Medicine, Not Corporations; Hoyle, Merkley and Wyden Intro a New Bill September 18, 2026This week, Oregon’s Congressional Rep. Val Hoyle and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced a bill to...8 mins read
No, Oregon is Not Meeting its Transportation Emissions Goals September 18, 2026Oregon has lost much of the progress it had made toward its transportation greenhouse gas emissions goal, according...3 mins read
