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Coffee with a Cop returns to Corvallis for first time since pandemic

Coffee with a Cop returns to Corvallis for first time since pandemic

Shaylie Barrett, News Contributor
March 17, 2024

After a long break from hosting the Coffee With A Cop program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corvallis Police Department returned to New Morning Bakery on Thursday morning.  This event was hosted...

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illustration in Corvallis Oregon on March 5.

Changes to Measure 110 include increased funding for drug courts and stricter regulations

Gabriel Braukman, News Contributor
March 13, 2024

With the proposed changes to Measure 110 likely to be signed into law in the near future, OSU students may be interested in what its effects will be for Corvallis residents.  Measure 110 was first...

Public suicide at 28th and Van Buren, aftermath witnessed by student

Public suicide at 28th and Van Buren, aftermath witnessed by student

Zeva Rosenbaum, News Contributor
March 12, 2024

Editor's note: This story contains mention of suicide which may be harmful to some readers. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, consult Counseling and Psychological Services’...

A local Corvallis child holds a cockroach during a Wildlife Days activity at Lily Park in Corvallis, Oregon, March 8, 2024.

Winter Wildlife Days underway in Corvallis through March

Sasha Stolasz, News Contributor
March 12, 2024

If you’ve ever wanted to hold a giant cockroach or learn how beaver dams influence local waterways, then Corvallis Winter Wildlife Days may be the place for you. Winter Wildlife Days seek to engage...

Celebrating women with cider: 2 Towns releases return of The Baddie

Celebrating women with cider: 2 Towns releases return of The Baddie

Kera Nelson, News Contributor
March 7, 2024

2 Towns Ciderhouse is bringing The Baddie cider back to Corvallis this spring to celebrate Women’s History Month.  The Baddie is a female-created hard cider made in collaboration with Pink Lady apples....

Corvallis has numerous bike racks scattered across, just like this one that is located right outside Dixon Recreational Center on February 13, 2024.

Corvallis named gold-level bicycle-friendly community

Thiru Vignesh Manoharan, News Contributor
March 5, 2024

Editor’s note: This story was originally published online in truncated form. The full story can be found below. Corvallis has retained the Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the...

Increasing rent prices burden students, locals

Increasing rent prices burden students, locals

Max Loew, News Contributor
March 5, 2024

As an influx of new houses and apartments enter the Corvallis housing market and leases will end come June, returning students are scrambling to find off-campus housing.  Housing market prices are...

Seventh Street Station apartments are seen on Feb. 26 in Corvallis, OR. Seventh Street Station is one of many off campus housing options for the upper class students of OSU.

Students share their off-campus housing experiences

Thiru Vignesh Manoharan, News Contributor
March 4, 2024

Living off campus can be tumultuous. Between finding roommates, paying rent and traveling to and from campus, students can find themselves overwhelmed with new responsibilities. Srinivasan Sankaranarayanan,...

Building of the Corvallis Daytime Drop-In Center on Feb. 14, 2024. A non-profit organization that serves as a resource and navigation center for those in need. Located at 530 SW Fourth St, Corvallis, OR 97333.

Corvallis shelters offer transitional housing to more permanent spaces

Ellen Gonzalez, News Contributor
March 4, 2024

It is a scary thought––having no roof over your head or food on your plate. It is a position no one would like to be in but a reality many face in Corvallis. There are many reasons one may need...

The exterior signage of the historic movie theater, The Whiteside, located at 361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis on Feb 16.

City of Corvallis hopes to expand historic building registry

Caden Rodrigo, News Contributor
March 4, 2024

Walking through Corvallis, you may notice a plethora of buildings that feature architecture that, at a glance, may seem dated.  This is not the doing of a mad architect, so much as the result of a...

A student studies in the grass near ILLC on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.

OSU green spaces mandated by city law

Austin Thornton, News Contributor
March 4, 2024

Thanks to decades of detailed planning, Oregon State University’s campus is particularly grassy, which you might have noticed but not fully appreciated. OSU’s land use plans stretch back to 1986,...

A snag (dead tree) stands in the Timberhill Natural Area in Corvallis on Feb. 13. Trees such as this one were used in Jim Rivers’s research in enriching forest habitats.

Ain’t no rest for the wooded: Jim Rivers on the importance and creation of snags

AJ Damiana, News Reporter
March 4, 2024

A torrential rain floods the forest floor as heavy raindrops throw themselves through canopies of leafy limbs and thunder brews overhead, preparing to strike.  White lightning snakes through the charged...

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