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Phenomenon: Sharp rise in energy use Thanksgiving morning. Region: Pacific Northwest (Columbia River Basin) Total Capacity: 14,680 MW (powers ~11.6 million homes) Key Benefit: Rapid dispatchability to stabilize grid. This Thursday, people across the Pacific Northwest will use ovens to bake turkeys, air fryers to...

You have probably seen the new vehicles the Albany Post Office has started using to deliver the mail. I grabbed a couple of photos the first chance I got this week. Albany received 12 of these vehicles, one of the drivers told me on Wednesday, and expects to get 15 or 16 more.

This year’s Sherwood Holiday Festival — complete with local parade and tree lighting — is set for Saturday, Dec. 6. The annual event, sponsored by the Robin Hood Festival Association, kicks off at 4 p.m. with a family-friendly parade featuring floats, the Sherwood High School Marching Band and the Maid Marian Court....

The Friends and Foundation of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will host its annual Holiday Book Sale Dec. 5-6 in the main meeting room at the Corvallis Library, organizers announced. The sale will feature hundreds of high-quality used and new books suitable for gift-giving with selections for all ages,...

Foxes topple No. 1 seed Summit 24-14 to win first championship since 2021

The topic of discussion revolves around the actions and effectiveness of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the PIRC (Presbyterian Immigrant Response Committee). The author expresses frustration over the perceived inefficiency of PIRC's reporting and verification process, and the lack of immediate help...

The world of music is full of binaries. Perhaps the most significant is the distinction between “classical” and “folk” (under which heading we include “pop,” “rock,” even “hip-hop” and “heavy metal,” and also, naturally, the various genres we literally call “folk”). Like all binaries, these overlap: there’s a folkish...

Clackamas County Medical Examiner confirms identity of missing Hubbard hunter. The Clackamas County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that the remains recovered from the Mount Hood National Forest on Nov. 16 are those of Devon Christopher Dobek, age 51, of Hubbard. His death has been ruled accidental. Dobek...

Horses across the country are on lockdown. In the Northwest, show events in Canby of Oregon, and Yelm and Selah, both of Washington, are canceled or postponed. There’s a national outbreak of equine herpesvirus after a big event in Texas. The outbreak stems is connected to the WPRA World Finals and Elite Barrel Race...

After hours of emotional testimony describing ICE raids, the Salem City Council on Nov. 24 voted 7-2 to reaffirm Salem as an inclusive and sanctuary city — then voted 6-3 to take a first step toward declaring a state of emergency over federal immigration enforcement. Both decisions on the...