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Tommy’s fire Comments

Sep20

The blaze at Tommy’s 4th Street Bar & Grill has me bummed, because I was a regular there for Monday Night Football nearly every week for five years.

Mark Knapp’s shopping habits may be evidence Comments

Aug26

Investigators are linking Mark Knapp’s shopping trips to the First Alternative Co-Op to an identity theft case against the Corvallis resident.

Hare Krishnas Comments

Aug24

So I have to admit, I had some serious misconceptions about Hare Krishnas before heading out to cover a local festival on Saturday celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.
And I was grumbling a little bit beforehand about reporting on the event.
I honestly expected an overly evangelical group, based on what I’ve seen in movies and [...]

Sheriff cracking down on drunk driving? Comments

Aug20

Just got a news release from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office that said deputies would have an intensive crackdown on impaired driving from Aug. 21-Sept. 7 — by arresting anyone over the legal limit of .08, no exceptions.
I was kind of confused about why they’d send a news release out about that, since, well, don’t [...]

Albany man dies in Eddyville crash Comments

Aug12

An Albany man was killed in a car crash near Eddyville Wednesday morning.

Police investigating “suspicious death” Comments

Aug9

Police are investigating a suspicious death on Janssen Street, near where it meets Circle Boulevard.

B&G Club keeps cool at the movies Comments

Jul29

The Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis was supposed to take its day camp program on a trip to the zoo on Wednesday. But plans change when it’s a bazillion degrees outside.

The unofficial historian of Kings Valley Comments

Jul22

Levis Pizer has scrapbooks and mementos galore about the Kings Valley-Hoskins area.

Mud bog people/powwow wow Comments

Jul19

Bizarre local fun? It doesn’t get better, or weirder, than da Vinci Days’ Kinetic Challenge, especially when you add the “mud people.” Also on tap today, the Siletz powwow, “Star Trek” versus “Harry Potter” and the best pizza in Corvallis.

White devil turkeys; GT top 10 online Comments

Jul16

This brave reporter discusses his harrowing experience getting bitten on the butt by an evil, pale-feathered ghost turkey.