Philomath School Board unanimously reappointed Tom Klipfel as chair and Erin McMullen as vice chair for another year during Thursday's meeting.

Eighteen Benton County youth learned CPR, hose work and rescue skills at a two-day Philomath camp run by David Barron, Blodgett resident and Portland firefighter.

BCSO is accepting applications for its free 2026 Citizens' Academy, a 10-session program covering law enforcement and jail operations.

Homelessness in central Oregon is finally on a decline following years of steady increase, a milestone housing advocates, state lawmakers and Gov. Tina Kotek celebrated Monday.

Fireworks remain banned on the Siuslaw National Forest ahead of the Fourth of July with fire officials warning that dry conditions could turn a single spark into a wildfire.

Oregon’s landmark effort allowing adults older than 21 to access psilocybin has evolved beyond “strictly medical uses” and may be allowing more people to enroll in the program than is safe, according ...

The Philomath School Board plans to meet Thursday evening to elect its board officers for 2026-27. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the Philomath High School Community Conference Room.

A traumatic first cattle slaughter and hernia surgery led Kings Valley's Mike Tucker to launch Soul Shine Ranch, a small-batch tallow skincare business.

The Philomath School Board approved a $61.3 million budget for 2026-27, cutting nearly $1 million largely through attrition, ...

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Warming temperatures at the equator could paradoxically bring the Northwest a wet fall and high winter snowpack, according to ...

During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, ...