City governments in the mid-Willamette Valley make proclamations on a regular basis on matters both large and small.
What to do when Oregon lifts the indoor mask rule.
Lebanon Community Schools should continue to pursue a school-based health center for Lebanon High School, no matter the criticism, because the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
Three Philomath school board seats were up for grabs during Tuesday’s special election.
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For those of you with your ballots on the kitchen table waiting to be filled out, here’s another look at our endorsements for the November general election.
The Corvallis School Board apparently is embarking on a mission to remove the names of three presidents of the United States from public schools without much input from the public, and that’s a shame.
We strongly endorse Ballot Measure 22-181, a public safety levy renewal that would collect an estimated $23.4 million over five years and help fund the city of Albany’s police and fire departments.
On January 10th the legislature introduced LC19 – the newest version of HB 2020 Cap and Trade. While many of us are still diving into the details, even with whatever supposed concessions they’ve made for rural Oregon, the bottom line is this Cap and Trade program is just a fancy way to say T.A.X.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was Saturday, and this year our thoughts turned to all of the men and women who served during World War II.
We have mixed feelings about Oregon’s new plastic bag ban, but ultimately we support the law, which is set to take effect in January.
Allow us one last word about this year's tax season, which technically ended on Monday (unless you are among the unlucky souls who had to file an extension).
Spend a morning going through the most recent population estimates from the experts at Portland State University's Population Research Center, and you might come away with a couple of different thoughts:
Louisiana voters last week decided to do away with that state's oddball rule that allowed nonunanimous juries to decide criminal felony cases. That leaves just one state in which a jury can convict a defendant of a felony on a 10-2 vote. Can you guess what that state is?
These are recent reports of missing children made to local law enforcement. If you think you have seen a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
Is our economy doing better or worse? See recent changes in local employment, regional inflation and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.
Can we really start over?
Check out the peaks and valleys in volatile local gas prices, and track motor vehicle sales, financing and production.
Oklahoma's new attorney general wants to slow the pace of lethal injections as the state is set to execute nearly one person each month through the end of the year.
A 6-year-old student intentionally shot and critically wounded his first-grade teacher in a Virginia classroom.
We asked Santa to get to the bottom of some age-old Christmas mysteries.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor is a flashbulb memory for the oldest living Americans. These are some others.
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In the span of a day, a curb was painted red in a residential neighborhood, but not at the city's blessing. The suspect faces five years in prison.
The crash leads to an arrest of a Lebanon man.
Linn County had at times relied on Lebanon as an east county substation. But no more.
Police say there are two victims.
The newly elected conservative slate is sworn in, including a new mayor.
While one turns a more blueish hue of purple, another goes red. Very red.
She blamed “neighborhood drama” for turning sentiment on the street against Sunny. “He’s a good goose.”
First Christian Church's port-a-potty for the unhoused prompted a monthslong discussion until city leaders finally arrived at a solution.