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The Daily Barometer

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The Daily Barometer

Anya Ballinger, curator of education for the Benton County Historical Society gestures to a portrait of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake. The Black History in Benton County tour features the stories of three African-American individuals who settled in Oregon and was developed with support from Oregon Black Pioneers and Linn-Benton NAACP.

‘What does a pioneer look like?’

Revisiting Black history in Benton County
Marina Kandas, Reporter
February 9, 2026

For years, Black history has existed largely in the margins of local stories. Now, that presence is coming to the forefront through the Corvallis Museum’s Black History in Benton County tour. “Our...

Katie Barber poses as she removes her mask on Tuesday, March 14 in Corvallis. The last remaining mask mandate in Oregon, which requires them to be worn in health care settings, will be lifted on April 3.

Masks welcome, not required

Oregon set to lift mask mandate in healthcare settings
Wes Flow, News Reporter
March 15, 2023

Next time you’re in a doctor’s office, you may see many of the things one would expect to be there: needles, stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs, among others. The one thing that may be missing is...

People rush through the snow on Thursday in front of the Memorial Union. A blip of snow hit Corvallis on the first day of December which seemed to catch everyone off guard.

Brief Blizzard Sweeps Corvallis

Katie Livermore, News Contributor
December 1, 2022

As Oregon State University students sat in their classrooms at 1 p.m. this afternoon, eyes strayed from lectures to windows as a downfall of snow transformed campus into a momentary winter wonderland. “It...

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