On afternoons like Thursday, Albany has reason to be grateful for all those who, years ago, contributed and otherwise pushed to build the small waterpark at Swanson Park. With the temperature in the 80s and climbing, the place draws lots of kids, as you can see in this view from the Pacific Boulevard viaduct on Thursday […]
The Albany City Council will likely find itself in a jam on plans for a new police headquarters if it goes against the recommendations of the Burright-Morse committee on public safety facilities. The possibility of this happening arose Wednesday when several council members raised questions about the committee’s recommendation to remodel and enlarge the police […]
Public skepticism notwithstanding, the Millersburg City Council seems determined to keep pressing ahead with the idea of replacing Pacific Power & Light and forming a municipal utility to sell electricity within the city limits.
If you’ve been waiting to exercise your dogs at Albany’s newly fenced dog park, the wait is almost over. How much longer? The answer at City Hall on Monday was “soon.” The fencing is finished, complete with three cage-like enclosures at the entrance, with gates to the outside as well as the inside. Glistening in the […]
Several industrial companies with Albany addresses say they have trouble filling available jobs, and they’re asking the city council to pay for specialized equipment at Linn-Benton Community College so potential workers will be better trained. Judging by a work session Monday, the council is inclined to grant the biggest part of their request, amounting to about $3.2 million, […]
Albany’s former Woodland Square was a dilapidated trailer park but was aptly named for its big old trees. Soon it will be a new apartment complex with the same name, but for now it looks more like Stumpland Square.
Bailey Branch objections answered
Some Benton County farmers and others have all kinds of reasons to oppose turning the old Bailey Branch rail line into a trail for hikers and bicycle riders, but the objections raised at a hearing Thursday all have answers.
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