1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (825+ words) Published 10:08 pm Saturday, September 12, 2026 CORVALLIS— Don’t clap for the Oregon State Beavers (0-2) until there’s a tally in the win column. Because senior linebacker Dylan Layne said so. In an impassioned monologue following Oregon State’s closer-than-it-looked, 35-24 loss to No. 13 Texas Tech…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (478+ words) Published 1:54 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Oregon lawmakers approved nearly $123 million to help cover the costs of this year’s wildfire season, sending money to two state agencies responsible for fighting wildfires. The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board agreed to allocate $108 million to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (412+ words) Published 10:01 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 SALEM — Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state…...

5+ day, 17+ min ago   (236+ words) Published 8:00 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Lori Hall/For the Herald-Independent Clackamas Community College contributed $328 million in added income to the Clackamas County economy in fiscal year 2023-24 and supported 3,762 jobs, according to a new economic impact report examining the college’s role…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (608+ words) Published 6:21 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 SALEM — Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday heard from Gov. Tina Kotek’s economic advisers about next year’s top priorities for legislation to spur economic development, including recommendations to reduce the state’s estate tax, boost infrastructure spending and eliminate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (467+ words) Published 9:29 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 After a city in his district temporarily shut down several of its parks because it couldn’t pay for their maintenance, a Democratic state lawmaker is proposing the Legislature create a fund that would provide small Oregon…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) Published 5:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 In 2024, a Portland man had a vision – to see just how nerdy and geeky Portland could get. So, he and some friends created a wild, never-been-done experiment to gauge the Portland area’s pop culture vibe. Piggybacking…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (514+ words) Published 11:48 am Friday, August 28, 2026 After spending her morning flying across the state to observe active wildfires near Mount Hood and northeast Oregon, Gov. Tina Kotek warned Oregonians to stay alert as the state still has more than a month until…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (865+ words) Published 3:31 pm Thursday, August 27, 2026 On Thursday, the public-facing portion of the Oregon State football team’s fall camp came to a close. Defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre was the final coach to speak with media members before week one of the 2026 season…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (799+ words) Published 6:42 pm Friday, August 21, 2026 The Oregon State Beavers are set to play their second scrimmage of fall camp Saturday and week one of the 2026 season is just two weeks away. I guess now is as good a time as ever…...