A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
A planning committee in Benton County has been looking for the best feasible route for a potential bikeway between Albany and Corvallis. A couple of weeks ago it picked three alternatives for closer attention. But two of the three look impractical, at least to me.
A year after it was closed for safety reasons, the last short segment of the road to the trailhead in the North Luckiamute State Natural Area remains closed to cars. And that’s he way it will stay, I learned when I left an email inquiry on the park’s website.
In September 2014 the Albany City Council said it would help pay for the Albany leg of the proposed Albany-Corvallis Bikeway. Now the council is being asked to authorize a formal agreement with Benton County to that effect.
If Oregon legislators propose an increase in the gas tax this year, as part of a package to keep up with the need for highway maintenance and construction, they won’t get any complaints from me. An accounting from OReGO showed me that I’m getting a really good deal, in my opinion, for using our roads.
The afternoon of Christmas Eve found me and my bike at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area. Even though I didn’t see any wildlife other than birds, having this 1,788-acre tract within easy reach is one of the benefits of living in the Albany area.
If you’re looking for a little solitude close to home, the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area northwest of Albany is the place to go. And if you take your bike instead of driving, you don’t have to worry about the $10 parking permit the state wants you to buy before leaving your car at any of the areas […]
Another bike-related update: We’ll have to wait at least another year before Benton County restores the wide shoulders that disappeared from a section of Independence Highway last year. And yes, it does matter to everybody on the road.
While the weather is nice, getting around town on a bicycle is easy and fun. And all the places where people on bikes usually go might want to consider whether there’s a handy place for riders to park their wheels.
Riding west on the new bikeway alongside Highway 34 the other day, I saw this little plastic doll resting against the base of a Pacific Power pole and didn’t think anything of it. Then I came to the power pole next in line.
Flash: Bike lights on bridge once again blink - Homegrown meal service is ready to expand - City wants more proposals on vacant bank - Bike path lines: An idea worth copying - Phoning while driving can have a stiff price - Revival of the east side: Another step - Hwy. 34 and bike path: Checking things out - Something to look at downtown - Another memory of this April flood - State faults Albany council on old houses - On Spring Hill Drive on Wednesday afternoon - The Idaho stop: Oregon may allow it here - Second day of flooding around Albany - Downtown outhouse status: It's undecided - High-water gates see action once again - Park tree's life extended -- for the birds - Hwy. 20 gridlock: Quit making it worse - At Tom's, couple plan new garden center - Albany gets an outline of budget woes - Garden center, N. Albany landmark, to close - A note to commenters: Use a valid address - Website lists Albany as a safe city - Lemonade stands: We should support them - Self-serve gas: Bill offers the option - What will become of Mega Foods site? - Train horn complaint lands at city council - Flap over a portable toilet: One question - Police can cite people for drone offenses - Burkhart Square: Going beyond the plaque - On the riverfront: More homes going up - On the blink: Ellsworth bike-on-bridge lights - Boxelder bug season is nearing its end - Thornton natural area? It'll be a while - On Periwinkle Creek, somebody cleaned up! - Suggestion: Make this bulb-out easier to see - The coming ban on plastic bags - Work on the rails never stops ... - Old house talked about at council meet - Freeway life: Why semis get in front of you - A boost for Albany metals industry - What'll happen with this old house? - Speed display gets a test on First - Park's open, so let's ride through it - Gibson Hill: What is, and isn't, happening - Repealing time change may save lives - Another rail crossing to avoid? - Bryant Park: It's been a full century - Why Bryant Park has remained closed - Parking outside the lines: What's too far? - Gun bill would force difficult choice - Park closed on a sunny, dry day - On the horizon: Albany street utility tax - There's hope in climate change, maybe - Fuss over veto prolongs spat on ADUs - 20-mph zone on Waverly will be trimmed - Phase 2: Hill Street contract awarded - So just what's going on here? - Worth a visit any time, even in winter - Creating the 'Opera House Apartments' - Linn board says no to bridge district idea - City: DEQ permit would cost millions - EV charging stations downtown? - Salem bridge bill involves Linn, Benton - Albany, Linn County spar over land use - At main library, paint flap is long forgotten - Housing issue still divides Albany council - Pump station on path worries neighbors - School zone ticket: Defendant prevails - Albany launches downtown parking study - Landmarks struggle: Is this historic? - Life under state Carbon Office in 30 years? - Waverly ticket: Story develops a twist - Improper zone? Driver presents his case - At Albany Station, waiting for a train... - The old sources confirm: No 's' on Lyon - CARA buys former Wells Fargo branch - Albany traffic crashes: The top spots - Area cleaned up by -- guess who? - Why Corvallis city utilities cost less - Raising those manhole covers: Coming up - School zone issue: Here's the latest - Queen crossing: Now, a noise complaint - Queen crossing on state's agenda - On ADUs, council plays Groundhog Day - Albany going to court over DEQ permit - Costly pathway turns into trashy walk - Albany cart law looks like a flop - Demolition stayed pending appeal - ADUs get okayed despite deadlock - Ray of hope: Three bills on DST - A reminder of a case yet to be solved - East of Lyon: A remarkable comeback - Watch out, the lawmakers are back - Why those three big trees were felled - Albany housing: More apartments coming - The riddle of the Baker Street rails - An Albany scene: They're working on it - Council deadlocks on ADUs and boards - Albany's no-go zone: How's it working? - Newest member joins Albany council - Change the rules on historic review - Albany ADUs can be mobile homes - The case of the vanished Albany street - 'Cheese grater'? That project's off - $10,000 toward a greater front view - Red tape unwound: The shed can go - Thinking of bike tax on a New Year's ride - A memorial to a troubled man - Prolonging Albany demolition controversy - Albany's demolition decision appealed - There's that *&%#@ bike again! - About our alleys: More than a shortcut? - $13 million to prevent sewer overflows - Caught in the act: Surreptitious dumping - Owners ask to subdivide Heritage Mall - Carnegie upgrade: Windows that work - Albany slows in single-home building - City wage hikes: A percentage of what? - New warning signs on the Clark Path - Coffin Butte lessens price jump - A traffic change: Dotted line turns solid - This particular eyesore is gone - Oregon Passenger Rail: A chance to react - What's that? Another construction site... - A walkway 'star:' Dorothy Anne Hobson - Coffin Butte: The price and other concerns - Getting rid of junk: It's not easy or quick - Extra-house issue still roils Albany council - School construction: Taking a look - Doubling up on valley trains -- but when? - The old Cumberland Church in lights - Cyclists at the 'gore:' What to do now? - Art for Albany: City panel picks a concept - Public art: What'll it look like? - Downtown housing proves hard to build - Traffic panel to take up Waverly zone - Work at corner site: Waiting for permits - Speed sign on Second: Seeing no change - School zone again: Will council act? - Cal vote might help on twilight rides - Privacy Policy - Making new house fit old neighborhood - Those bumps on Lyon: the fix is coming - House rescue: Checking on Fourth Avenue - How Independence got its hotel - The annual battle of the fallen leaves - Albany takes up riverfront challenge - A new start in Independence - Tennis at West: Moving the courts - It's beginning to look like a school - Periwinkle's nutrias: There are fewer now - Old oaks: Enjoy the view while you can - CHANCE follow-up: More on its plans - At Albany Station, glimpse a little history - Mission's season: Let the tree sales begin - City to dispose of N. Albany pond - Why the big worry about ADUs? - Another Albany project for this renovator - Council fends off proposed riverbank gift - On the coast, a landmark is gone - Council allows demolition after 90 days - Voting: Why you can trust the count - Time change: Stuck with a dumb idea - Tough choice: Stop or roll through? - Deprived of a chance to vote? Not so fast - Smooth riding on new subdivision streets - Subdivider wins, ancient oaks lose - On west side, cluster housing - Parking lot closed for music and beer - Math standards not met: Here's why - River View project: Still in planning stage - CARA told of River View project - Will this tricky corner ever be fixed? - Changing laws means more fences - CARA wants to buy a downtown property - More passenger rail: Wake up to the price - An ugly spot of automotive blight - Another place I had never been... - Postscript: Why the hole was made so big - East Albany area: Lots of new housing - At Oak Grove, a big tank and bigger hole - City cool to Golf Club's sale offer - Albany downtown: The riverfront next? - Albany streetscape: Now that it's done ... - New trail nearly done in North Albany - Big railroad job near Jefferson bridge - A new home for six women - Cross that bridge and remember a pioneer - Delay demolition 90 days, city staff asks - Downtown discovery: Gems of the past - Albany parks, a playground for turkeys - On bike safety: Honking doesn't help - On Ellsworth, dashed line doesn't cut it - Downtown site: From pizza to counseling - Council votes to sell old 'Labor Temple' - Albany bus fare hike isn't worth it - New lines may ease Ellsworth traffic flow - Take the lane, those symbols say - Eighteen years (or so) of tagging... - Concerns on Clark Path: The city listens - Burggraf Building's sale is pending - Downtown parking: An expert's points - Date set for demolition hearing - On Oak Grove, a stump celebrates Ducks - Bottle Bill: A deadline on old cans - Big rock: Learning about 'glacial erratics' - From the wildlife front: Meet a newt - Streetscape benches, a placement dilemma - Illegal camping: Council softens penalty - Two downtown banks: Keeping track - Bowers Rock State Park: How big it is - Old houses: Council takes the case - Council leaves school zone in place - Bowers Rock State Park: Promising signs - N. Albany apartments: Open and planned - Mega Foods site: Zoning seems wrong - Dialysis patients need a parking lot ramp - Another Walmart? No, afraid not - Albany panel rejects demolition request - Let's have smarter school speed zones - Another dialysis center? Filing set aside - Why these old houses can't be saved - Oregon e-waste recycling law in action - After this fire, an excess of caution? - New start for a site with a sad story - Worth stopping for, a tempting sight - You might call this 'CARA Corner' - Before I forget: Checking on the sea - At Freddy's, plastic bags on way out - Derelict houses: Demolition requested - Warplane display: An airport update - Albany jet display: Another step - Big lots in 'fringe:' City staff says no - Taking a look at Love's in Millersburg - Now it's RedHawks almost everywhere - Injured mayor back at council table - More lanes? Don't hold your breath - Call it a pseudo-apple, if you want - Tolls could make congestion worse - Again and still, angled reverse parking - CARA update: Hoping for completion - Paddling the Willamette: End of Day 2 - It's to keep our power on ... - CARA and ABC: Request for siding aid - Accessory unit: A family's quest stymied - Downtown signs: Which way to turn - Request: Remove school speed zone - Fresh crosswalk lines, but why now? - School cell towers will pay off turf - Help Fish rebound from street project - Accessory dwellings: The veto stands - Under canal's languid flow, an issue lurks - School projects: There's progress, mostly - Name change: Still a work in progress - The cost of decals? No reason to fret - On the Eagle Trail: A hiker's thanks - What're those? Answer: Look it up! - CARA yanks old-house request - For rail buffs, this Albany track is a gift - Church drops plans on Gibson Hill Road - Doomed or not: Inside Cumberland Church - The good news about spiders - A temporary bank branch downtown - City manager: Please reduce my raise - Ferry saves farmers long detours - Trees wilt along North Albany Road - Accessory dwellings: A needless flap - Summer on our roads: It can get messy - Coming back to Sunrise Park: Here's why - Sunrise upgrade: Pretty soon now - Albany's old bikeway has a new sign - Panera follows through with site plan - Are we there yet? Not quite, but close - Get to know my smart meter? Why? - It may not look all that 'noxious,' but ... - Going slow: Rattling down Water Avenue - Accessory units: Mayor explains her veto - 415 First: Making it look great again - Mayor may veto accessory housing - Bees on oak leaves: A mystery solved - Edgewater: City waits for final plat - A new traffic signal, needed or not - Old church: Its fate still not settled - A turnaround in angled back-in parking - Verdict on new street: Well, it's smooth - Fighting poverty: Albany has a plan - Big high school additions: Keeping track - Getting away from it all: Try this lake - Photo speed tickets: Not in Albany (yet?) - A different idea for a vacant store - New code on signs: Little change - A wooden boat? That means work - Revisiting Pirtle: A station in rail history - Checking in on Millersburg Love's - Racing on Second Avenue? Not exactly - A new lawn: No watering, less mowing - On Riverside, reminders of your speed - Watching Oak Grove being razed - Let CARA think big and then quit - Alternate route? No, but a nice drive - Making everything harder: growth - A noisy time at the farmers' market - Sign wavers: Will machines take over? - Back-in parking: Council notes complaints - Ahead of him, a really long ride - Coming up: More houses in Adair - Old church's fate still undecided - Panera Bread gives public timely news - A dying man's wish, unfulfilled - The other side of robot cars - Traffic on 2nd: How much, how fast? - Salem's water scare: What we can learn - Another look at those big oaks - Old church comes before council, again - Congratulations on a fitting new name - Take a last look at Oak Grove School - Coffee and fillings: How about a sign? - Thanks for a neighborhood tradition - The Loch Periwinkle monster? Not really - A postal snag, but it may be solved - Close to town, a nice place for boats - The proof is in a smooth ride - Barbed-wire request meets resistance - 'Ridiculous, trashy' barbed wire - Speed control, the low-cost approach - City streetscape job: The latest on cost - Street repairs and money woes - Cleaned up for now; surveillance next? - Our valley and its beautiful fields - Fuel tax defeat: Council out of touch - A downtown bank branch will close - Big Dig enters its final phase - Today's quiz: What sort of bug is this? - Going downtown? Be aware of cameras - Testing a wider, nicer Riverside Drive - No big deal: Noted on the riverfront - Albany log yard: The story behind it - Will 'scenic' label ruin Highway 34? - Another N. Albany apartment project - NA rezoning: Innovation? Forget it - N. Albany zoning flap: What next? - Riverfront news: Takena's dock is ready - Sunrise Park: Checking on progress - Storm water problems? Tell the city - Hope they catch whoever did this - Buried rail: Reminder of Oregon Electric - At South, a tricky naming task awaits - Boating news, and Millersburg fire deal - Draft title's right: Creating criminals - On Second, will radar slow drivers down? - Eagles lodge for sale, but CARA shrugs - Edgewater Village: A push to finish - Albany considers radar speed signs - Streetscape: CARA to reconstruct 7 blocks - A crossing puzzle: No pedestrians? - Ho-hum: No end to parking saga - Not your usual flotsam and jetsam - N. Albany shoppers: The wait is over - Another house closed as unsafe - CARA to weigh $1 million request - Roundabout rule: Use your blinker - City's camping ban: The penalty? - Plans reveal old Safeway's use - Hickory Hollow: What renters will pay - Hyak Park gets a new restroom - Paying more for recycling less - Left angled backing in, still too weird? - Guns and the Oregon Constitution - Good progress on Truax Creek Bridge - A bike ride before it got cold - Edgewater Village, still waiting - BPA line replacement: An update - Election night: Get over it - After the election... - An update from Adair Village - Palestine Church: See the progress - Albany scene: Art outside City Hall - Up on Thanksgiving - Willamette signs: What they mean - Nice job, Albany parks! - Weekend quick point: Love the library - High water closes Bryant Way - Outside IP's shuttered Albany Mill - An idea for fuel producers - Look at 'global warming' today - Linn County Museum, worth a visit - A mid-valley destination: Helmick Park - What was that? Sunshine! - Be a friend to wild birds - A little pollution reminder - Park & Ride: Take a look - A sunny start to 2013 - Helping the local economy: Here's how - Park & Ride: Take a look - One view from Linn County - Book report: Try Ian Rankin's crime novels - Did this make a sound? - Whatever happened to "cruising"? - Noisy idling: UP engines in Albany - Site being prepared in North Albany - A perfect path: Bear Creek - Home construction picks up, see? - Why the daytime lighting? - City news: Take a look at NA Road project - Leave helmet law alone - Springtime at E.E. Wilson - Springtime on Cox Creek (An update) - Farmers' Market starts season - Apostrophes: Who needs them? - A yellow crop -- and controversial - On a slow day, check out pheasants... - The end of the Albany Wye? - A quiet spot, except for the creek ... - An afternoon on Freeway Lakes - Cycling in the country -- and it's free - A dead end? It sure is... - A touch of Eden: The Applegate River - Tropical plants around here? - Ferry update: It's running - Just what is this? - Stalled at Main Street: An update - Combining: Getting the grass seed in - Cox Creek restoration: An update - These ponds don't talk ... - Bike trails worth copying - Albany resident announces for Senate - Land donation near Oak Creek Trail - Blues on a Saturday afternoon - A small town in Germany - Fast and legal (but not here) - Albany Transit, a good ride - Bypass Albany Station? Better not! - A farm stand worth visiting - Autumn colors, close by - Senator Close makes it official - Coast update: Sea level? - Senate hopeful pays Albany a visit - Thanksgiving's over, but ... - In Albany, a new street of lights - Watching a log train being built - Sawing for schools: Oaks find new life - If this is climate change... - "In Winter's Grip III:" The Aftermath - "In Winter's Grip II" - In winter's grip - Update on "warming' - Airport fence: Another look - Wondering about drones & RC aircraft - Let's talk about books - A little plinking ... - Water still high? Yup. - The message is clear... - Watching the water rise, slowly - Salvation to redemption? City says no - Activity at Edgewater Village! - Sea level stays level... I think - Bike route still blocked? Nope - Road's not dry, yet - A 'test spill' on Highway 20 - Check out that crack in the bridge - Just another day on the RR track - Dodging craters on our streets - March starts with (what else?) rain ... - E.E. Wilson in February - No, the track's not clear yet - Life in a railroad town - It's a headwind until you turn around - Try to hear the waters talking - Breezy day: Nice climate change - Rail car on fire in P&W yard - Coming up this week - On Cox Creek, heavy-duty mowing - Wishes he had a couple of oars - Ride turns into farm tour, sort of - How high's the water now? - Paddlers' access? Hardly! - How to run like Coolidge and win - Bicycling: A cop's ride - Albany's Main Street: Six more weeks - The Fourth on Oak Street N.E. - A Saturday treat: Farmers' market - Hwy. 34 loses 'safety' label - Empty roads, great for cycling - Take a look at Albany police site - Sunday video: Cavorting canines - Too much sun? Aha, a hat! - Another rail crossing "adventure" - Much dust on a hot day - Leaves: a challenge for the GMO gang - A personal note: Thanks a lot! - Mealtime for the squirrel - A speed record? Hardly! - Time for a fascinating book - Encounter with geese, sort of - Another year on the bike - Disappointment for a Eugene duck - Main Street's roundabout of rocks - Sea level update: Still not alarmed - A little smoke on my ride ... - Enjoying summer's first day - Bright night on the Dave Clark Trail - Pausing on a ride to watch ... - Spending spring break at home - Rain tax won't be called that - A busy time at the 'Bottle Drop' - Thirty seconds of anti-rain - Oops, caught by sea level rise - On the highway Sunday afternoon - A detour into movie history - Hot protest gets appellant nowhere - Good change: Letting the public see - Walden's message: Worth hearing - Verizon customers skip hearing - RC 'drones:' Legal how long? - What time change? Just say no - Those amber waves ... - At South Albany, rebuilding the field - It's summer, so paddle Waverly Lake - Where the good berries are - Magic at the Farmers Market - Periwinkle Path Project Planned - Rail solution around the corner - Across Pine, it'll be a church gym - On the trail: Seen this girl? - Back to the path: The beginning ... - Can you beat this October? - What a bike trail should be - There's good news in rain, for now - Our weather: Better than elsewhere - Look at all that wasted rain - Sunshine called for a ride - A tribute to true wetlands - On the road, a flashy "stop" - Logs leaving for Asia (I think) - Lighting the Dave Clark Path: A tryout - Sailing fun on Waverly Lake - On Railroad Day, service in doubt - Want to relax? Watch this ... - Paddle access? Yes, but it's not easy - When you can ride Albany Carousel - Canal fight getting out of hand - There used to be a bridge here - Talking Waters: Upkeep required - Take a look at new BottleDrop - On the Willamette's dry banks - New bikeway: A noisy test ride - Open all the way: Hwy. 34 bikeway - At the beach, thoughts of Paris - Bikepath system grows, a little - The Willamette: Why a 'minus'? - Gates, bells and lights, and yet ... - Hope this doesn't happen often - Climate change saves money - New Year's ride to Luckiamute park - Plenty of space to ride a bike - Update: Rescuing an old house - A good day to use the bike - How high's the water Mama? - The passing parade: Military gear - Bridge to Bryant: Still safe but ... - Section of NA park now a clearcut - Wider shoulders: Maybe next year - A fine place for getting away - Another train: Industry on parade - NA Park: Cleanup and new concepts - Nice day at the beach: Gulls, sand, sea - At the truck eater, brighter warnings - Trestle crashes: No more excuses - Climate: Same old and barnacles - Patience spent, council walks out - Swanson paths: City applies rules - Bowers Rock: County is trying - A big day for the Waverly Duck - A tree comes down in Albany - Takena Landing to get new dock - An update on Courtesy Corner - Albany Hydro restart is delayed - Sundays at Hackleman: Pickleball - Red-light violations: Let's check - Queen & Geary: The numbers - If a tidal wave comes ... - This bumpy ride has a point - Why the 'blessing box' is gone - Puzzled by what new meter says - Biking: No news is good news - Work starts on the old Safeway - Lyon Street blossoms in the rain - New gun law has a strange twist - Lost downtown? Help is coming - CARA's interested if Eagles sell - China and the price of recycling - How to create lots of felons - City comes to the rescue, quickly - Downtown revival: Another step - Just what you want in city logo - Backing in: Not yet 100 percent - Albany's war on vagrancy, crime - Recycling no-nos: Some surprises - The 'Fortmiller' is ready for viewing - IGA opening date is in sight - Love's to be ready this summer - N. Albany congestion: Just bear it - Truck stop work: Not yet, but soon - Truck stop update: Slow going - N. Albany groceries and liquor, too - The same old Interstate Blues - How to reduce crossing waits - Rebuilding Sunrise and two streets - Vagrancy laws stall at city council - A new dialysis clinic in Albany - New attack on crimes and messes - Paint the lanes green: Safer riding - Time change: The glorious upside - South renovation calls for fences - Plastic bags: Take 2, so to speak - As for 'livability,' it doesn't count - Facts would kill emissions scheme - Any change at Bowers Rock? - At least it's nice to look at - Sewer project on the Clark Path - Kids want plastic bags banned - Hickory Hollow, a N. Albany first - Vagrants, doors and city rules - N.A. IGA: Wait's almost over - Tree wells: a streetscape update - Chauffeurs wait for school to end - A facelift at Baker and First - Albany gas tax: Two vote no - From car lot to body shop - Downtown car store: My memories - The price of overhead charm - GAPS plans new bus garage - 3 near-ruins have new owners - New city trees: A question of depth - Saving a life: They knew how - Ready for an Albany gas tax? - Pheasants? NA subdivision filed - Edgewater update: Moving day - Surprise: A reasonable gun bill - This store chain likes to expand - Hemp seed site gets Albany's OK - Undaunted by huge remodeling job - Don't shortcut the Constitution - 'Catenary' or not: More city lights - Why camera tickets soared in '17 - Analyze this: Boost for business - A 'pub talk' about smart meters - Old house demolition: Not yet - Carbon tax: What it'll cost - Smart meters about to arrive - Work upgrades trestle on P&W line - The cleanup never ends - Rally in the cold: Signs and songs - A street that acts like a park - Cities to pursue composting - Smelly sludge -- a way forward? - Sidewalk mystery: Chasing a name - Rebuilding of Hill Street coming up - Sidewalk name: Mystery no more - Red-light cameras: Keep them or ...? - Water and Hill: What's going on - City receives more marijuana tax - Albany car store has new owner - Look at what's not there - Bottle Bill: More empties to return - It's open: Inside Waverly Place - Bus shelter: Sidewalk too thin? - Bike lanes: Lots of broken glass - A permit to let rainwater drain - A little rip in the universe? - Crossing the line? That's a fine - Old Safeway may get new use - McDonald's face-lift: Impressions - Road user fee goes up too - New industry: Not weed but hemp - After Christmas, the good part ... - Crocker nearly done; what next? - Water intakes detect no fuel - To keep us from slip-sliding ... - Albany Hydro running again - McDonald's pays stiff street fee - Cure homelessness, but how? - CARA backs pastry chef's plan - Robot cars and blind corners - Council OK with M'burg fire deal - Bright lights blazing on Third - Riverside update: Closure set soon - Suit details city damage claims - Crocker: 'As quickly as possible' - Hydro may resume any time - Builder works on N. Albany store - Confirmed: Who will practice here - Wastewater woes: Millions at stake - N. Albany: More medics too - Bus stops? What's in store - More talk about street money - A sidewalk anomaly explained - Hate to see that start again - How to impede traffic flow - On the riverfront: Freeing creativity - For clean boots and dry socks - Espolon update: Repair plans filed - Work begins on Riverside Drive - Courtesy Corner update: It's open - Downtown building's roof caves in - A change in speed? Hard to see - Albany's new cop shop: Sleek - And the point of this is what? - Reload project faces competition - N.A. Park poised for upgrades - N.A. market: City gets site plan - Sheriff: No evidence of homicide - Crocker project: A status check - City-owned site looking for a use - Hope for saving Albany Hydro - Grant sought to replace this bridge - Streetscape: See the new trees - More space for assisted living - Bike paths in another 40 years? - That's supposed to be safer? - Here they are again, the little ... - Changes in bus system proposed - It's a 17-hole course for now - BPA pole replacement nears finish - Traffic tie-ups end (we hope) - Council 'guest' process draws ire - Thornton Lake Area: Not forgotten - A man who made things better - Meanwhile, at City Hall ... - Noted: Some nice new pavement - Downtown Dig is taking longer - Part of pot tax is ... secret? - Albany sees first pot tax revenue - Parking impasse grips council - On the riverfront: Stuff's going on - The tax on this house is WHAT? - Narrowing a traffic artery: Brilliant! - Station 11: My brief look around - A snag in replacing station's tanks - Nice bike lanes; why so short? - Hearing update: Exhaust fan OK'd - Hey CARA, restore Thurston Canal - The Answer Man on Crocker Lane - Riverside widening: Next spring - Bids opened for Riverside Drive - No off-street parking? It's code - Downtown parking change put off - Truck speed change approved - Carousel parking: Issue comes up - Fairmount speed zone: Here's why - Riverfront idea: A little Pike Place - Gatorade land: Millions at stake - On Lyon, less space for cyclists - Revised: CARA and the Eagles - Albany's new fire hall: Why it's '11' - Swifts so far avoid new roost - About litter and plastic bags - Old gas station site gets attention - Phone use banned and what else? - Follow-up: M'burg fire decision - Directions: The fix that wasn't - Old church move up in the air - Millersburg: Change fire service? - Our river trails: Worth checking out - At OSU, names hinder success? - Sunrise Park: Plan up for review - A glance of the past, from high up - A neglected lake near Albany - Trees down, apartments are next - Hickory Hollow worries neighbors - A century later, it still does the job - Where the sidewalk ends, for now - Oregon, overrun by crowds - Riverside site: The trash is gone - Trouble spot on 20 waits for a fix - E.E. Wilson: Go for the berries - What we learned from the eclipse - Eclipse gridlock? Well, not here - NA grocery: Another step forward - The Big Dig: One block's done - Home improvement, an update - Diversity flap ends in harmony - Carousel opening: The sidelights - From trash to apartments: Maybe - Our cool -- and clean -- rivers - Giving real Vandals a bad name - Albany Transit: Can less be more? - Saving space on Interstate 5 - How best to slow speeders - The timing of cooling centers - Queen crossing to remain bumpy - NA market: City permit pending - What heat wave? - Paddlers' access made easier - Linn set to widen Riverside Drive - Albany Station: Items worth noting - Headway on church move and PO - Downtown 'parklets' in 2nd year - Road fee: Time to pull the plug - Upcoming: Truck speed decision - Water Avenue: A street solution? - Home Improvement on 14th - Vagrants, vandals ruining new path - Cities now can fight urban deer - Repairs and paint downtown - Millersburg reload hub: Next steps - 'Rain tax'? This case proves it - Council sticks with 'harmony' - New station adds a safety feature - NA store: There's visible progress - NA apartment plan clears hurdle - Downtown library open Saturdays - Hwy. 20 landmark gets an upgrade - $25 million for Millersburg project - It's back! Postal convenience! - Albany postmaster: Move? Why? - New hearing date in zoning fight - Albany sign due for an upgrade - Doubts that gun grab will work - Wrong rebates in Oregon road bill - Neighbors appeal NA apartments - The flaws in the cell phone ban - Albany flap: Inclusion vs. harmony - Albany to quit licensing cabs - Hoping for a park bridge, some day - As demand for power grows... - Thinking of carousel parking ideas - Change coming on grocery front - Poker room ban? Not this time - A change of scenery across Sixth - Albany mayor: Down with weeds! - Albany's almost forgotten park - Blog slowdown? Let me explain - Checking in on back-in parking - PO move? City panel keeps talking - Edgewater: Things are happening - Street work: Help on where to walk - NA store target date: September - The switch that didn't happen - ODOT: Raise speed limit for trucks - Roadside junk: Any answers? - The day Albany Carousel will open - Phone/driving bill hits a detour - Phone/driving ban reaches too far - More bulbouts, and a question - Why the Benton blackout of KOIN? - In NA, a country lane's upgrade - What developer envisions in NA - Trump would close Albany lab - Back-in parking: Your opinion? - Council: No roundabout on Gibson - Weekly yard debris? Not in Albany - A tribute: Why we have bike lanes - NA zoning case goes to council - The Big Dig: When it will start - Road-user-fee bill stalls in Salem - New shelter space taking shape - NE Albany: Plat adds 142 houses - NA market: A progress report - Albany PO: No plans to move - Council to get yard debris request - Gibson Hill roundabout less likely - Big Dig starts with open house - PO move? City panel eyes 2 sites - What's 'wrong' with this scene? - Albany may vote on 5-cent gas tax - Bills: Deer control and roadkills - Downtown dig: Getting through it - Left-lane bill: Who needs it? - New sign evokes an era long ago - A story? No, just a classic car - House OK's cell phone crackdown - Duck update: Awaiting restoration - Guns at risk of an ERPO order - On a slow day, watch the river rise - Bikes would not be stuck here - Bill targets poker rooms -- why? - House OKs campus culture bill - School bus video bill fades out - Buses would video failures to stop - Moving old church: The latest - Wetlands: Remind you of Kafka? - Edgewater: City adds a payment - Eagles offer to sell city their lodge - CARA backs new downtown B&B - Gun bill's effect: Nobody knows - Students tackle bike path study - Paddling permit bill still alive? - Sunrise Park: Renovation in sight - Samaritan has eye on Millersburg - How wetland rules waste money - Yard debris issue coming up again - Post office in former Safeway? - Behold new 'Century' downtown - Back-in parking: A matter of inches - Benton has plan for N. Albany Park - Downtown revival: Another project - Riverside bike link getting closer - Commission denies NA zone change - Council offers city manager's job - M'burg: New plant, more houses - Traffic-easing solutions worth trying - Riverbank under trash attack again - 'Hickory Hollow' site plan filed - Where the old church might end up - What we've been waiting for: Wendy's - North Albany market: An update - Lane splitting: Experience says yes - Tricky signal tests patience on Pacific - Council backs $159M school bond - Council seems open to local gas tax - Willamette revival one house at a time - Bill takes aim at left-lane hogs - Diverse ideas for new 'natural area' - St. Francis fix: 'Financially unfeasible' - Wayfinding price found way too stiff - Finding a bikeway route that works - Group explores moving old church - Taking guns from violent men - NA rezoning? What happens next - The water rose, but not too high - CARA loan raises shelter's costs - Waverly Duck: Repairs are 'doable' - High school cell towers get city OK - Another time change looms: Nuts! - NA zone change runs into opposition - What saving old church might cost - Cost of rules may kill Albany hydro - The case of the purloined bird food - Filbert farm: Kickstarting an orchard - New trees downtown: More to come - Green light for M'burg truck stop - Mobile phone crackdown: Questions - Goal in NA rezoning bid: Housing - No hope: One senator per county - Let's let trucks go faster on I-5 - Albany rain tax: Ready to start - The Bikman penthouse: a closer look - Truck stop: Highway deal reached - Bill would allow killing of 'urban deer' - Cameras could snap speeders too - Paddlers' access: A change in plans - Old Book House: The conclusion - Coming: A facelift for old 'Pythias' - Behold our mighty ... Cox Creek - CARA OKs loan for homeless shelter - Edgewater gets backing to carry on - Bill would make property tax jump - Truck stop deal being worked out - Tax writers aim at coffee, old cars - High above river, a nest fight looms - Idle thoughts: We're lacking lakes - Post office parking: The sequel - Albany stops predatory towers - Site seen as valley's link to big ports - Council talks street repairs and cash - Luckiamute park: News on the trail - Coming up: Ban on predatory tows - Parking pattern: Reversing to the left - Tree cutters at work downtown - Church proposed on Gibson Hill - Duck's return looks possible now - Oregon bill would allow lane splitting - Truck stop: Why ODOT appealed - ODOT appeals M'burg truck stop - Jim Clausen, a full life remembered - Public comment: Brief would be nice - Why the path would be better - Albany bike project almost killed - Bill seeks permits for canoeing - Not good enough? But it works - Wendy's or not? Here's the answer - Mayor: Let's move that old church - Expect action on Albany bikeway - Repeated chore: Rubbish on the river - Look what's painted on the street - Multiple-voting fraud? Can't be done - Death off the Dave Clark Path - Edgewater Village: CARA hesitates - Police building rises; crime falls - One downtown restoration nearly done - Stay out of city court: Here's why - Apartments proposed in North Albany - How's the view from up there? - Crunched canopy: Not a simple case - Millersburg panel OKs truck stop - Proposed: The Waverly Duck's return - We road users have a sweet deal - Cell antennas planned at high schools - Millersburg truck stop up for decision - Goodbye trees; you'll be replaced - North Albany grocery: It's official - Benton goes on with bikeway study - Samaritan's Geary clinic to expand - North Albany to regain a grocery - Road and bridge plan: Check it out - Back-in parking on the wrong side - Benton 'sanctuary' changes nothing - Tax on gun sales helps keep it open - Radar speed signs prove effective - That old church: Still waiting - Winter, sun and the level of the sea - Electoral College: Long may it last - City will ask for proposals -- again - Like the movie? No, not quite - Let CARA pick up the pace - Think about our wildlife in winter - Climate change: We've had it - Bikeway planning: Public has big say - City Hall art: It beats meetings - Downtown, a beacon of tradition - The new 'Old Book House': It's done - Finally, a new Albany pot ordinance! - Students offer daring downtown designs - Let Albany prevent tow extortion - Albany pot: Looking for 'reasonable' - Back-in parking: Start practicing - Behind the lights: Pot vote upcoming - Albany-Corvallis path: Pedaling on? - All that winter rain -- could we sell it? - Parking and shrubs: Just wondering - Looking up: Something's not right - Wasted parking spaces? Not here - Stuck in traffic: Get used to it - Deporting students? Not likely - Looking forward to market's return - That was quick: Flooding fixed - Dressing up downtown streets - A new guide to Albany's history - Being a soft touch could cost you - The council and pot: Groundhog Day - Highway 20 work downtown? Alas, no - News for a gray day: Rain tax - Albany pot code up on Monday - Council wants more pot restrictions - Hwy. 20: One danger still ignored - City pump at work on Broadway - Closing a lane gets push-back - The risk is pretty small; however ... - Carousel: An attraction already - Another time change -- aaaargh! - In pot campaign cash, no contest - If it moves, get out of the way - The Broadway pond: Following up - Not guilty: Why the government lost - Wet street: A clue in 1984 report - A job for new rain tax department - Autumn visit: Return to E.E. Wilson - Getting tough on nuisance houses - For city, pot tax is not big money - Edgwater: Ahead of requirements - On Cox Creek, reminders of a storm - About that plane in the garage ... - Downtown street loan: $8.4 million - The Bikman penthouse: Story of a life - Can't sleep? Try property tax reports - Benton initiative: Better way of voting - Pot entrepreneur backs 'no' campaign - NA Park: New concepts unveiled - Albany yard debris: Still biweekly - Albany to upgrade trestle warnings - The rain tax: An expense for some - At N. Albany RR track, a novel sight - Another place for help with life - Not just tomatoes: Cool tunes too - Expect a rebuild at Wendy's too - Burger King files to rebuild - Albany pot ban: One side campaigns - Old house fix-up OK'd, barely - GAPS: How much is just right? - OReGO update: Developing doubts - Structural issues close downtown place - Slow on Spring Hill: Here's why - Making this place livable again - Old Book House: It's nearly done - Food waste pickup in store for Albany - Bud Pierce, a showman he's not - Let's keep that new bikeway clear - On the next-to-last day of summer... - A question about felons and guns - Minister proves this gun law useless - Shelter seeks housing for ex-felons - St. Francis: Another study coming - Crossing concept draws objections - A tree lesson that came too late - Quake advice doesn't cut it - That's not art; how to fight back - NA Park: Dead trees to be logged - It's beginning to look like the plan - From Kmart to WinCo: Numbers - Albany's a no-show in airport display - Rain tax sidelight: A little mystery? - And now, the wait begins again - No show so far at new swift roost - Luxury on the Starlight's tail - Kmart site: Looking for a cleanup - Election worries: Then there's M97! - Trestle: Simple solution isn't feasible - Truck-eating trestle gets council look - Albany's new flag: The latest - August report: Too many apples - Council election: There's competition - 'East anchor': A councilman's idea - Free parking, but fines may rise - RR bridge could use a facelift - Let's hear it for bike racks - Enjoy the AC while you still can - What about that 'east anchor'? - 30 years in Congress: Still plugging away - Just another home foreclosure - Behold the new Albany flag! - The lady behind the 'blessing box' - Planning over, it's building time - Next up for regulation: Food carts - Saving this relic may cost the city - Attention railfans: See this show - Along a bikeway: Whimsy or what? - Housing upgrade coming on E. First - Riverside bike route: Not so fast - Albany tries to cut red tape downtown - A lonely outpost, then and now - Deposits and redemption: Chapter 2 - Albany gas tax: Not this year - Potential pot points plotted - When darkness falls at 97321 - Waiting for 'augmented reality' - Where free enterprise starts - Albany pot: Action due this week - Expect longer wait as deposit doubles - OReGO: Some year the fun may stop - Can this truck trap be fixed? - Invite Latinos to join 'Night Out' - You don't see any water, do you? - On pot, what yes and no will mean - The sign is little, the message big - This might sting a little ... - How about a civic auditorium? - The cause: An overturned gas can - Council has doubts about gas tax - A big calamity, but this wasn't it - An Albany flag: The Final Five - The day the sweeper comes ... - Where the water rates a 'fair' - Pedaling the rails: Can't do it here - Once again, trains face budget hurdle - Lights and sirens from the rear - On Pacific, from Wendy's to weeds - When power fails, tell us why - The day this snake lucked out - Does this look like a swamp? - City gets good news in police-fire bids - The tree that wouldn't, didn't die - Is this really worth $269,780? - Benton roads: What's coming up - On July's agenda: Albany gas tax - On the riverfront, a new convenience - Albany rain tax: How about 'tiers'? - It's not what it looks like - Downtown library hours: Saturdays! - Why dig so deep? Because ... - Mating season: Cover your mirrors - By the roadside, a pile of yard debris - Reflections on our lack of peace - You can ignore litter only so long - When the bin's full, stop working - Bowers Rock: The access deed - NA Park: 'Hazard trees' have to go - Behold the new speaker's table - Albany rain tax details emerge - Bowers Rock: Broken promises - Police wetlands: A useless expense - That missing sign: What mystery? - A potential hazard, so watch out - Canoe launch: Still no progress - Stink solution proves elusive - What you can see looking down - Fighting crime with 'please' - What's next at NA County Park - Maybe this will calm you down - What's behind rain tax law's repeal - Local gas tax comes up again - More signs to slow Spring Hill - Council eyes potential pot limits - Why this widening? Because ... - Climate change doubts? Burn 'em! - When warnings lose their sting - Albany may kill rainwater law, for now - You can buy this 'green' project - CARA backs into angled parking - Council asks about odor from dump - Take a look at 'new' Palestine Church - Two CARA projects seek extensions - Who knows who killed Jakhob? - Quiz for city folks: What's this crop? - Denver Street cleanup: A big job - What happened to station's sign? - Ballot secrecy envelopes scrapped - Ex-postal annex has found new use - Where the bear runs now - Council votes for roundabout -- later - Old Book House getting bigger - On DC Path: Look up and see light - Only in Albany: Pushing a bear - For trucks and others, a risky spot - No mystery here: DC Path update - The dreaded DD: 'distracted driving' - Ballot title muddies rain tax issue - On the riverfront, 'an exciting change' - Water Gardens: Talking again - Little libraries: Long may they last - Not a little park, but a parklet - Wanted: North Albany Park ideas - Council on traffic cameras: Keep going - On Gibson Hill: The smartest fix - Council resumes talk of pot rules - On riverfront: Cleanup possible - Edgewater: No apartments after all - On our money: Let's try beauty - Quiz update: Name that tree - Where the new carousel will turn - Voters' Pamphlet: We're in trouble - Carousel funding: The final round - Greens on how to kill good jobs - Mayors back Amtrak rail preference - Traffic fixes: A couple of ideas - A roadblock on Columbus N.E. - It was a cowardly crime (2nd update) - How about a local gas tax? - Rain tax: A hint on its likely size - The Big Trash Day Dilemma - Looking at the dark side of spring - Roundabout leads for Gibson-Crocker - Klamath dams: What was left out - Bowman ramp made useful again - 'Forever' gets a little cheaper - Let's have universities run leaner - Old book: Back to its house - Lost-book story ripples across U.S. - How to ruin a fine spring: gun control - "Lethal take"? Translation please - Work starts on Dave Clark lights - Rain tax ? Uncertainty prevails - A conversion that didn't take - One man's big ideas for old church - Benton County's seismic dilemma - One small symbol of decay - City wants input on NA intersection - Rain tax: What does EPA really want? - OReGO update: How about bikes? - CARA board backs shelter move - Kids and a little wild space - Prettier streets, but at what cost? - End time change? It's hopeless - The Malheur Gang as martyrs? - A tale of two 'Crossings' - Wage law: Tough choices indeed - Rain tax average: $9 monthly - Guess what: It takes two-thirds - Saving a woodland: Status report - How to fix Albany-Corvallis Highway - Not a pleasant sight, this site - Alb-Cor trail: Benton takes a step - Climate? Our bills reflect no crisis - School bond and the price of mocha? - That pesky little squiggle - The council on pigs: There's a delay - Hwy. 20: Your chance to speak up - This rosy glow grabs my attention - Vote was two-thirds anti-Trump - Finally: Albany-Lebanon canal deal - What happened to 'equal pay'? - Facts? The majority doesn't care - Too little space for all that stuff - All those awful hurdles to voting! - Confusion about 'open' or 'closed - Every street should have one - East-west 'avenues' -- but why? - Unsolved mystery: Book in the wall - The stark lesson of Malheur events - Albany police and fire levy: May vote - Come summer, more shade - Rain tax ... uh ... fee is coming - What's all that greenness cost? - The endless possibilities of 'may' - What forced pay hike would cost - For less CO2, encourage cycling - In Willamette area, a renovation - Iowa: Too much hoopla and weight! - Resolving the issues? Fat chance! - Pretty fancy trees, eh? - Working on a NA traffic solution - Still seeing stars downtown - And now, the loss of a life - Median cables prove their worth - Another place for spending old age - A question of speed and cost - Memorial bikeway needs an upgrade - Restive rurals have had enough - What's the deal with these stacks? - Power deal looks suspicious - Another year, another gun bill - A paper still worth the price - $30/hour would be twice as good - Trains or water: A matter of priorities - The bigger enemy is pain - CA gas price: We may be next - Another airport study? Aaarrgh! - Will Hwy. 20 issues ever be solved? - Survey boosts Alb-Cor bike path - By the roadside, an empty bottle ... - Malheur matters: Injustice exposed - Who done it: Bird feeder mystery - Nowhere to hang your hat - Benton County tries its Arabic - Weed law: Initiative vs. local option - What's ahead on Bottle Bill - Payroll data: CA makes it easy - Downtown streets: So far it's talk - After a little rain and wind - A welcome moment of bright skies - For a friendlier council layout - Try to save some of that water? - Riverfront path: there'll be light - At Edgewater Village, a plan change - Edgewater Village: Looking good - River's rise stops Albany hydro - Bike/Ped Plan: It's just words - Paris accord: Plant more trees - 'Sharrows' on busy highways? - Restoration downtown: An update - Rift averted; pot ban passes - Wetlands law: Let's exempt cities - Quiet zones in Albany: Better not - Lots of gun chatter: All but useless - Councilor vows to block pot sales ban - What's the deal on natural area? - Left out of the climate summit - Where we went wrong: Computers - Pot ordinance up for council vote - Phone book progress? Really? - Albany Hydro: Hoping for better - Till next spring, then ... - Will a mileage tax be mandatory? - Down with glass breakers ... - The new America: Papers please! - 'Lights Out' and other gifts - Let's not be afraid - Highway access? No problem! - That poor postal kiosk, again - What to call Albany streets - Basic street work gets CARA's nod - Initiative would ban Oregon PDT - To keep trains running: Trestle work - Cheap light bulbs: I miss them - Old stamps and what they teach - Albany rain tax clears first hurdle - Hwy. 34 bikeway: Still not quite open - Rain and tax talk arrive together - Blocking our view: Talk about bushes - Pot in Linn: Yes could mean no - Bikeway along Hwy. 20: The latest - Benton vote: Keep wasting time - N. Albany med complex growing - Albany's marijuana marathon goes on - Film nudity at City Hall? Sorry, no! - Roadside ditches, wetlands rules - Opposites on grass as well - Parking structures? Let's hope not - Albany accepts Linn offer for station, armory - Wetlands: Another needless cost - Train study: another inch forward - A rebellion? It's about time ... - Plan is not what homeless need - CARA: Millions for attractive streets? - How about fixing this bridge? - Issue: Updating downtown streets - A wave of development on Hickory Street - What an old envelope can start - Global brewing: How to resist - Pot: Council to get list of options - City takes title of CARA project - Beer for boys and girls (just kidding) - Use those dual lanes while you can - A comeback for the ivory bill? - Albany council: More talk about pot - Anyone here speak English? - Riverfront beat: No place for naps - Bikeway update: The word is soon - Bad news on the street beat - Recommendation: Scrap Spring Hill oval - Lost and stranded, without ID - Safe route to school awaits kids - A safer walk, but will they? - Think of survival after big quake - Return to the cycling front - Gun sense? Like in Britain, Australia? - OReGO: No hacking is possible - Why this father is demonstrating - Close call at a blind corner - Cyclist's death: No criminal case - Habitat house: This one is special - Fatal curve well marked by signs - Pro-pot talk falls on deaf ears - City Hall: Keeping it clean - Will this fence keep anyone out? - Art dilemma dogs Albany council - Riverfront beat: Wheelhouse update - Sanders and his 12-point plan - My town bike's milestone, sort of - CARA: Out with fancy names - Where teen burglars were stopped - Lost downtown? Help is coming - Something for long nights - Update on the supermarket beat - Another round: Now it's complete - A blast -- and much less risky - A wild idea for Periwinkle Path - What happened to tolerance? - Albany: No recreational sales at medical pot dispensaries - ODOT resolves guardrail question - Slow down for wildlife, too - Ten bucks for the 'environment' - A patchwork of pot laws likely - A piece of nature will be saved - A commitment to WHAT? - Old 'bunker'? A mystery no more - Luckiamute access plan: Still afloat - That Spring Hill traffic oval ... - Police and fire issue: What is art? - Help for Hackleman house buyers? - N. Albany rebuild beats deadline - Listening to Bernie Sanders - What's with this? Now, the answer - Lines on Independence: Oops! - Bikeway bridge lifted into place - My OReGO experience: The latest - For Wes Hare, appreciation and a raise - As if water was plentiful and cheap - Where did the bike lane go? - Due on 34: Protection from bad driving - Postal kiosk: Don't count on it - Pot in Albany: Sales ban possible - Why city's creeks are still flowing - A good name for our time - Here's a plug for sweet taste; really! - Initiative update: Albany accepts four - On the coast: No worry about warming - Great bond sale, and a question - Edgewater Village: Deadline is met - OReGO update: Where did miles go? - Bottle Bill: Higher deposits, but why? - Six initiatives: Cordier tries again - If the Big One hits in winter - Rougher ride vs. longer road life - Albany rejects Cordier petition - Sound advice, suspect grammar - Benton jail plan faces doubters - No respect for 'Beavers' rail car - Come talk about the Benton jail - This is a ... what exactly? - The Answer Man on WinCo plans - Millersburg update: In court already - Initiative takes aim at utility fees - Albany ups city electric tax, uh, fee - Old history? It's not all that old - On the riverfront: Wheelhouse news - More fencing at Talking Water - On the Willamette on a warm day - Albany: This tax is not a tax - On my way with OReGO, maybe - Truax Island: Foreboding vibes - OReGO update: It pays! - Oregon and the "sanctuary" issue - Tax limits are safe -- for now - Hwy. 34 path: What it costs, and saves - OReGo, slow go or no go: First steps - Historic bridge piers: In the way - Albany electric tax hike delayed - Council sides with Waverly neighbors - Why we don't charge cyclists more - Roundabout news: It'll look better - "BottleDrop:" Why it matters - Tax compression: A "loss" it's not - Station-Swanson path is open - Wedding cakes and free speech - To save the trains, buy a ticket - Coming online: More of Potts' pix - Will escape still be possible? - The Answer Man: Signals on 34th - Albany city utility bills going up - Santiam Canal: A deal looks possible - Saturday means market day - Road bill's death: Who's to blame - Self-service at PO: Not a sure thing - Bill benefits Highway 34 - Take a last look at this 'tunnel' - Angled parking: Long way off, if ever - I-5 expansion: A 'change in direction' - Memorial's gone; case lingers on - Linn: No money for SB 941 gun bill - Something's new in Palestine - Don't mind the signs, but ... - Cell reception better now? - Legislators leave cyclists alone - S. Albany getting better cell coverage - The risks of self-service: Really? - Sad to say, right-lane bill advances - Crosswalk alert, especially June 9 - 'Water war': Lebanon talks sense - Angled parking in downtown Albany? - Benton's jail: A mess of problems - Zoning: Neighbors get another shot - Two retailers join Albany 'BottleDrop' - Ivory carvers get apparent reprieve - Get this public servant back to work - Let's have justice for email leaker - Albany to get its "BottleDrop" - Suddenly, a newly popular book - It looked like a close call - Cyclist's death still under review - A safe place for homeless youth - Albany police station for sale - Rezoning: Are neighbors protected? - City assurance falls one vote short - Patience: Getting around to landscaping - Grade school expulsion? See SB 553 - Don't make property tax worse - Safety? How did we survive? - Are these dirt barriers necessary? - How the ivory bill would hurt - Try this new way to pay for roads - Luckiamute launch: Too complicated? - A win for Albany, but a slim one - IP's Albany Mill: A demolition update - Lowe's says it will open in December - Crash: A chance to test NA detour - Lawmakers labor over weed; why? - Ivory bill: Let's create another crime - Albany asks that trains be funded - No end in Millersburg power battle - What's liberty when safety tops all? - Pot issue still occupies mayor, council - Station-Swanson link: the last piece - Measure numbers: Puzzle no more - Can our political unions last? - Albany code stalls downtown project - Debate brings out gun bill's flaws - The changing face of Pacific/Ninth - What's this if not gun registration? - Why state of Jefferson won't happen - Historic rail line is getting new life - Olson's trail bill clears House - How to confiscate guns under SB 525? - City to Lowe's: Permit is ready - "Toxics" in the water: What to do? - Get out of the way, but how? - Cakes case: What happened to tolerance? - House wants passing lane clear - Albany pot debate: Another round? - Hillary stories remind me of 2008 - Council makes NA group happy - Traffic beat: Our new "ovalabout" - Albany Lowe's countdown: The latest - Update: Ban smoking in parks? - Gun bill 941: Try for answers - Trashed relic of rail history exposed - A better bill: Rear lights on bikes - Traffic jams on I-5: More signs? - Benton GMO ban: Weird notions - Gun bill: Its logic is not enough - Our crime factory in Salem - Albany, where roundabouts flourish - NA Road: Commuting fun looms - Albany Lowe's: Any day now - More bike trail news, sort of - Income taxes: The April lament - A delay in review of cyclist's death - Albany funds industrial training gear - NA news: Update on Bonaventure - An Albany police-Linn sheriff merger? - Questions I had about school fire - Bill seeks more median barriers - DA has reports on cyclist's death - Gun bill hearing raises questions - On I-5 now, patience is a virtue - Bond issue: The facts are enough - NA Village: dialysis but groceries not yet - Oregon, elephants and mammoths - A greenway people can use, and do - SB 941 has gun logic on its side - Green fuel, the costly alternative - Bike bills then and now - On the riverfront: Site for sale - Where cyclist died, a 'ghost bike' - Albany nixes weekly debris pickup - Hector's legacy: Farm land saved - Background check bill? It's coming - Weekly yard debris service proposed - Edgewater: Transformation takes shape - Five bike bills: Who needs them? - Why they put up with this - Plan ahead for much less water - Oregon bill: Save the mammoths! - About Iran, Israel and us - Public records too hard to get - CARA sees the light and likes it - A welcome sight on the beach - Bill could help cyclists at lights - Bike bridge -- an idea too far out? - Still dreaming: State of Jefferson - Lighting the path; how about rules? - Daylight time again, but why? - Not exactly close in Millersburg - Overhead, our not so blue skies - "Right to rest"? Wrong approach! - Disgusting but not illegal, yet! - Albany ballot questions answered - Look at two bills that sound good - Ballot hearing raises charter question - Keep passenger trains rolling - When ladders are not enough - Those street costs would bite - On fuel, pushing ahead blindly - When automobiles had class - Sustainability stalls in Independence - Bike route options: How about these? - N. Albany Road: This is the year - Albany projects: Details galore! - Honor leakers; don't punish them - Tom Cordier challenges ballot title - Good news on the crime front - Linn board backs gun rights - And another ballot title challenge - Santiam Canal: Two money disputes - Legislators work on new pot law - More 'wetlands' insanity - Is this project really necessary? - Hunt for cougar bills is on again - One man's quest for fairness - Roundabout: no wall or fence - Where a bicyclist was killed - Senate wants more expensive fuel - The Kitzhaber I like to remember - Sobriety checkpoints? Better not - Roundabout plan: 'It's too much' - Governor Brown: Expect her to act - Nice screens but, alas, no tunes - Bills and more bills in Salem - The answer: Openness and candor - That's not believable, Governor - Ballot test due on power takeover - No place to be in a storm - A milestone at Edgewater Village - Sale of old church: Council agrees - Democrats to enlarge voter rolls - What Cylvia wants: Oregon 'GPI' - Council faces decision on old church - The crusades? A pointless comparison - Main Street circle: Just landscape it - Property taxes could rise faster - Anybody here speak English? - Two bike routes: Where we stand - A musical kind of place? - Tax break for the smell of fries - Albany FBO plans to start Monday - Albany's new deal with Lowe's - An operator for Albany Airport - Don't get lost when visiting here - Public gets voice on building looks - Now that's 'economic development'! - Why so close? Now we know - PO stands for 'passport office': Why? - Alb-Cor Bike Trail: Where to now? - Not much room to pull off - The litter smokers leave behind - Bowers Rock: What's behind HB 2034 - Railroad safety on Cox Creek Path - Pending bills: End daylight time? - Hint: Don't try this at home - Alb-Cor Trail: Bogus objections - 2015: Albany's year of the smile? - Can Oregon GOP ever come back? - What our state lawmakers want - Map changes prove costly to some - Kitzhaber would tax bird seed - "Not afraid"? Easy for us to say - Red light cameras: Another look - Prepping for an Albany "rain tax" - What an obvious scam attempt! - Name for Woodland Square? Not yet - Still shut out from Bowers Rock - Mail fail: What it could say - New Year's ice in Bryant Park - New life for an old church? - Cheap gas: Enjoy it while you can - No walking on the river, please - Quite a transformation on Santiam Road - Theft warnings: Now we get it - It was just a trickle - What Christmas looks like ... - Albany rail project: It's done! - Albany projects: Got "visions"? - Can we protect our power grid? - Cuba Libre: Still a worthy goal - How to foil would-be thieves - Something's new along Cox Creek - When you can't see clearly or far - Taming our anti-truck trestle - SnoTemp gets council's support - Narrow passage on Cox Creek path - Don't try to justify torture - Cold storage and cold cash - Police and fire stations: Another step - Thinking ahead to 2064 - Trail: May the opponents reconsider - Long live this library! - 'Woodland Square' wants new name - Phone books keep on coming - I-5 update: Barrier's coming along - Protest blockage: Some questions - A big waste? The details say no - Council reacts to irrational handbill - Big crowd jams bike trail hearing - Why ban weddings on farms? - The great pigeon mystery - Let the post office share the load - What? Yes, our cooling climate! - Trestle traps another truck; blame GPS - Building for the old-folks boom - Change in store at Albany airport - Why America can't fix its bridges - What bike lane, where? - Farmers' market: Awaiting next spring - How about more city taxes? - The emperor has spoken - Whoosh! Leaf vacuum in action - Fall means blocked bike lanes - Albany projects: Looking at details - Self-service gas? Better not - That signal issue again... still - A smooth path for a better life? - Toward a climate dictatorship? - Panel settles on lower police-fire bond - Get those trees away from lines! - Design firm picked for police, fire buildings - Next legislature: An editorialist's feast! - A barrier against freeway deaths - Taking Kmart's place is ... what? - What's up at Edgewater Village? - Traffic jam: Disgruntled in Corvallis - Hayes inquiry: A waste of time - Decision time: Fire and police buildings - Legal pot: You'll have to wait - City: What the "against" voters want - Why vote in a one-party state? - Our legacy in oak: Auction coming up - Climate change and loss of freedom - Platitudes and snooping, too - And again, this &*%#@ time change! - Price of gas, too, hinges on election - Transparent state? Not so much! - Take a look at police building ideas - Why we need the mileage tax - Campaign waste: Voting's partly over - Drainage news: Behold a working bioswale! - Guardrail ends: Don't hit them! - Belmont Avenue, almost done - Dead frogs on the street ... - Deaths spur action on I-5 barrier - What does Measure 89 change? - Ballot fraud just about impossible - Pot tax: Wait for the slap-down - What the hell, it's only money! - How to solve fight over canal - City pot tax: So what do voters know? - M86: A question of more debt - When you're stuck at a signal ... - Can't they see the conflict? - Pot tax and the CA drought - Finally, a useful campaign ad - All that old gunk, gone! - An update on Woodland Square - Albany's welcoming roundabout - The good news on fuel - Nerves of steel and real traffic - M90 is a threat to party hacks - How to get cleaner streets - Be glad for our storage dams - The cougar problem down south - Checking in on 'passenger rail' - Just a short break ... - Overpass: Archives yield its cost - Albany pot tax: Are they serious? - And the miles add up ... - Roundabout 'art' threat is averted - Measure 92: Lots of airy assertions - Campaigns: What candor would sound like - Life lessons from the sheriff's log - Waverly Lake takes care of itself - Rain and the cost of compliance - Big money aims at Albany senator - Cor-Alb Trail gets Albany's support, again - Oregon pushed toward a carbon tax - A shrub too far... - City: Canal 'paths' still possible - City on canal recreation: No way! - CARA: Let's finish what we started - Detours, new roundabout in NA's future - Hare case: Small fine, huge principle - A twist, but Hare's case goes on - Overpass: A diamond jubilee - Old thrift store will become offices - CARA to help on police, fire buildings - Millersburg power: The saga resumes - The riverfront beat: A slight detour - Not a good time for hill climbing - A small local tax for street repairs - And now, a local sales tax on pot? - A rain tax in Albany's future? - Hard week ahead for CARA board - Dave Clark Path: And after dark? - Belmont Street update: A big dig - Cities want tax limits eased - No worries: Not an "oil car" - How about some service here? - Best bike towns? Right here! - Here's one thing erosion does - Close to nature: A city of wooded trails - Air guns, police and what can happen - Solving a winter debris problem - On the waterfront beat: Look up, a cow! - Why a simple table would work better - If sardines could fly, would they? - Santiam Canal: Where dollars flow - On I-5: What's my lane? - Immigration: Steps to avoid - Need better place to dump junk - Paving with deadline a day away - Albany, Huatulco and U.S-Mexico ties - Albany mayor candidates down to 3 - South's field is getting there - Sky riddle: Eleven what? - On rail, CA is way ahead of us - Cell tower: How tall is too tall? - Cor-Alb trail funds OK'd: And now? - Luckiamute launch: A new delay - Here's a target, but don't shoot - Albany council candidates: No stampede - Still puzzled by roundabouts? - Crude oil: Pipelines instead of trains? - When will the mail stop coming? - Business notes: Where's that store? - Cor-Alb bike trail: Here's why - Can we rescue Waverly Lake? - Apartment living: What you get - Albany to Lowe's: We still want you - Canal dispute: Compromise needed - Plastic turf and other school ideas - Why they can swim here - Fixing Water Avenue, Part II - The form says "Denied," but why? - Lowe's wants to change the deal - A furniture tip for City Hall - UO: Where the money flows - Death off the Dave Clark Path II - It only looked smoggy - Congress takes time off -- good! - Beach tobacco ban: Show us the law - Tennis versus weeds at LBCC - Summertime is berry time - Road construction: Maybe, maybe not - Ballot issues: This equality we have - Immigration: Phrases don't help - Downtown building due for upgrade - Police site: The access issue - Millersburg power: Voters seek role - Dog park: All it needs is dogs - City drops Jackson as police site - On pot, act means state control - Our sales tax on visitors - The Vic Atiyeh I remember - Fraud alert or another scam? - Police site: Back to Pacific? - Down by the Calapooia's side - Downtown commerce and the future - Don't forget Mondays - The children of Gaza - Why July is a lost month - Ready for a roadside nap? - Another sunset? Give it a rest! - Bailey Branch objections answered - Cool place on a warm day - Where should the cop shop be? - Power: Millersburg council presses on - Albany's dog park about done - Council likes industrial training request - 'Woodland' no more, for now - What stop sign, where? - The Fourth on Broadway - Heavy work done well - How to use Benton's Bailey Line - Jerky's long gone; signs remain - Tennis anyone? At LBCC, rarely - Hush-hush in Millersburg - District 8 Senate race: Uneven money - Will dog park cancel Albany rally? - Marijuana initiative: What's in it - No-show bike kids: An explanation - On Benton's Bailey Branch: Looking to the future - Can we get kids to ride bikes? - Too helpless for everyday life? - Good news for paddlers - Road use fee, a year away - Millersburg power vote looks likely - A treat every four years - Pacific pushing back harder - CARA: Progress, and a tough call - Albany rail project near completion - Obama, the climate and cheese - Still struggling with stinky sludge - What CARA should do - UP permit issue stalls new path - Corvallis-Albany trail may get $2 million - Albany's prudent answer to rain - Hands off the property tax cap - Obama, Australia and guns - Sewer rates go -- where else? -- up - Lowe's to start in '15; K Mart leaving - Sheep killed as trailer flips - Benton creek gets a new conduit - Can we end school shootings? - The champions of bureaucracy - Train station sites compared - Hare's case heads for appeal - That orange is for gas, not OSU - On stage, but no applause - Another edict from our ruler - What does this tell book thieves? - Our libraries: What a great service! - The transformation of N. Albany - If not a street fee, what? - Hands off Bloom Lane, except ... - A mysterious flying object - Let CARA do its job: Revival - Shifting blame: State may sue - Off Oregon, floating windmills - Albany dog park: The spot - 'Local local:' Save that woodland - It may look bad, but don't worry - Bike graduation at Oak Grove - Housing stock gets a boost - Edgwater Village: The next chapter - Power grab: Crowd mostly skeptical - Council questions I-5 plan details - Oregon 'marriage:' Now what? - Schrader's amendment: Bad idea - A visit from a 'Southern Belle' - Low turnout no big deal - Freeway changes: Some questions - This rural view is short-lived - Cracking down on bus stop squatters - Waiting for Oregon's first Hobby Lobby - Why an expensive street job here? - Our climate: Still great, right? - GMO dilemma: How to vote? - What's up at Folsom Dam? - Millersburg, this is for you - Unlawful to get out of the rain? - Sleep-driving: "Not guilty!" - On the riverfront beat: Site cleared - An Albany park for dogs - It's about money, not studying - Street fix: Under three years - Look: A stand-up guy in politics - Crossing update on Riverside - Woodland Square on track to start - Police/fire panel takes significant step - Nice crossing job ... - Power failure: What caused it - Where did the ditch go? - 'Canna' operation changes course - Slow down for the deer - No signals but no chaos - The limits of automation - Campaign brewing in Ward I - Oregon's useful pamphlet - Hare case: Facts prove state wrong - Rail plan points to money trouble - Pot debate ends: Stores can stay - Power grab would cost more - Albany pot stores: The series continues - What, no 'rational purpose'? - Hey, this is NOT a dump! - Promotion's OK but free speech isn't? - Lowe's not yet ready to decide - Carousel: Expect a parking 'mess' - CARA rescues Novak's move - Lebanon, a town that works - A night in local politics - Unloved and ignored: Our poor apostrophe! - Benton will patrol on propane - We should have listened to her - Quick action, good deed - Albany dispensary ban loses, but ... - After the Big One, you need wheels - Albany Station gets a new path - Albany dispensaries? Suspense grows - Albany canals: A plan unfulfilled - A taste of the buzzing to come? - A potential danger? Not really - The buy of the century? - Want to buy an old church? - Lowe's decision may come soon - Medical pot: The liberty angle - Dennis Richardson's quest for governor - Mystery foam in Albany creek - Update on Edgewater Village - Canna Kitchen -- nothing to ban - Anything coming? Hard to tell - Rain, climate change and the facts - Booze buyers get online help - Same power, higher prices - Unlike Carthage, this is still there - Exciting (ahem) demolition update - Dispensaries: Lots of comment, no effect - Albany-Corvallis trail: There's hope! - Web: One-sided on Millersburg power - Albany pot store ban? Maybe not! - Much improved: I-5 rest areas - Welcome this 'climate change' - Relic of video-store era will vanish - Linn County to join dispensary ban - Albany to act on marijuana store ban - Update: How soon is soon? - Forget 'exchange;' what about health? - Don't call them 'single-use' bags - CARA says yes to Lepman project - Putin's speech: Ominous tones - Back to dirt streets and mud? - Albany's indirect street fees - Council TV: Watching from a better chair - CARA gets request for $336,000 - Not your usual bike path sign ... - Pacific scores in M'burg debate - Kafka's ghost on Belmont street - On canal, let's be reasonable - N. Albany: Dread the summer of '15 - Forget pot dispensaries for now - Why background-check bill deserved to die - Zoning: The fix falls short - Canal issues test Albany, Lebanon - It's an hour later, stupidly - Speed up or pull over - What will become of this building? - Grocery carts: a tech solution? - Albany's CARA considers public projects - A question of notice: Too little, too much? - Why no tax revolution? - Putin and the Thief of Kiev - House votes to fool voters - Fixup projects on CARA agenda - Council resolves to fight 'violation' - Albany: In fear of thieves - Punishing people for facts: It's wrong - Trouble on the Cox Creek path... - This 'village' still lacks a store - A foreign 'attack' on Oregon - Big Brother could check your vote - Union drops hospital initiatives - Climate plan: What else is new? - Another victim of technology - Listen if you like... - Indian names: A good solution - Take a look at this carronade - Clean-fuels for jobs? It's doubtful - Let CARA shoot for tangible gains - Bill could strangle marijuana dispensaries - Council nixes Santiam Road 'bottle drop' - Alcohol stings: Stop state-assisted crime - Update: Action due on pot bills - Energy mandates: You pay more - Albany backs off marijuana-store ban - How about snow removal? - The Blizzard of '14 - Gun hearing: Reason still missing - Obama and his climate hubs - These gulls waited in vain - How deadly is sugar really? - Kitzhaber doesn't know? - A newspaper building will disappear - Ditch '40-40-20;' it's misguided - California drought and Oregon water - Wetlands snag held up apartments, now resolved - Power: The battle of Millersburg - A 'fresh look' at police, fire projects - Obama, emperor or magician? - Legislation could wait - Planning panel opposes pot amendment - Wise up and avoid trouble - On a January afternoon - What I think about pot - Don't backtrack on dispensary law - Fog lights: Use only when needed - Hot air precedes legislature - Dear Sun: As for today ... - A gun 'loophole' -- really? - Albany panel includes critics - City wording would ban pot, period - More trucks on the road - CRC tolling: The answers - Albany rail project inches forward - Health care and pay: High and higher - I-5 bridge toll: How would it work? - Liquor initiatives: What price? - Better rail when? Nobody knows - Guns on legislative agenda -- already! - This the year for Edgewater Village? - Cylvia Hayes and Oregon prosperity - Only the players get zilch - A time for Aubrey & Maturin - Hoping to fill a supermarket hole - Panel backs Albany 'bottle drop' - Albany council talks pot, again - No privacy? Don't blame NSA - Incident on I-5: Bizarre and sad - Train service to increase - Was this a sign of something? - And we get another year - Must avoid 'road departures' - Public records? OSU resists - Bad law, bigger fines - The cold and dark can't win - Smooth ride: How much longer? - Apostrophes: Revolution's on hold - Liquor change? A bad move - Christmas Eve, and another flat - Airport fence: Anything for 'security' - A gratuitous plug: What a nice shop! - Barred owls: Victims of management - Cold facts about warming - What to do about taggers - Beale, money and the EPA - Signal issue: "Old yellow or red..." - Panel prefers UP as rail route - 'Top climate expert' faces prison - Big money, no results - What's to 'celebrate' here? - Check out what Putin said - Phone bill: More tax than talk - Back on the open road ... - Albany's new start on bond proposal - The school closure dilemma - Why thwart state dispensary law? - Albany to draft pot dispensary ban - A promising oak gets whacked - Pacific to Millersburg: It won't work - About the next snow storm ... - Has Kitz earned fourth term? - Wind farms versus eagles - How about a tax on heating? - Fossil fuels keep us alive - A shooting on the freeway - ODOT's solution: Striping or warnings - Progress on crucial Albany rail link - Novak loan clears final hurdle - A life saver is recognized - A future full of aerial buzzing? - In support of bottle redemption center - Red-light runners? Maybe not - Wyden's O&C bill: Too little - First Avenue in lights - On I-5: If it's Friday, look out - Health care: What Merkley said then ... - Losing a store is like ... - One fewer check on power - Albany issues -- a chance to unload, and learn - Millersburg, consider the Power Act - Aiming at renewal in Hackleman District - Lanes for bikes and leaves - Novak's move wins CARA backing - Declining fitness? Duh! - Producing taxes but little else - Will rules doom pot dispensaries? - Climate change? Demand better weather! - Novak's wants to move downtown - Power fight looms in Millersburg - The president "allows"? - Wreck kept the mail off limits - Albany Hydro, keeping history alive - Better passenger rail: A nice dream - Ex-GI Joe space gets makeover - A "bottle bill" redemption center? Make it quick! - Get ethanol out of our gas - How would bridge toll work? - The slow study of fast trains - Motorcycle cops again? - Albany news: Woodland Square gets boost - After bond defeat, a prudent council action - Beware of property tax "reform" - Albany on pot dispensaries: Wait and see - Building issue won't go away - Protecting Albany airport from -- what? - Manhole cover points to Michigan - Want privacy? It's easy - North Albany Road work delay likely (with update) - Albany bond update: Hasty Freez spared! - When bugging is dumb - "Accountable" how? - How to boost freeway capacity - Liquor setup: What's to fix? - Another reason time change is dumb - Ice versus hot air - Drive electrics -- or else? - Leave the time alone! - Obamacare: Look at the cost - Don't try to ban dispensaries - Albany dives into marijuana debate - What's with the Halloween gore? - Our Willamette: Unlawfully warm? - Albany bond update: More on planning - Albany bond update: Public engagement promised - This case should be dropped - Towing: Linn board shuns setting rates - Obama strikes the wrong note - A brighter downtown -- on one street - Cool Willamette: Costs may rise - Columbia River Crossing: Too much - What's next for the St. Francis? - Linn dog control: Sheriff in charge - On logging: Obama versus jobs - Unsolved: Shopping cart mess - Albany bonds: Things to know - Downtown speed: Who cares? - Gov't shutdown? No, water emergency - No surprise: Property taxes rise - A piece of railroad history - Luckiamute paddlers face longer wait - We elected this government - Who shot the sign? - No mystery, just storage - Cyclists' lament: Queen and Geary - Oregon: Money and smoking - Eugene Airport -- glad it's there - Green light? Maybe the guy was right - Albany email dispute: Story continues - Special session: Not that grand - Basic comfort should not cost extra - City finance: When reports confuse - See you soon ... - Rep. Olson's plan: He'll file again - Where's the fire, Gov? - A convoluted crossing story: What it means - Correcting a sign... - Passenger Rail Project is back - What's with these rail cars? - Albany issue: Signals to avoid delays? - Albany briefing: Water Avenue update - Obama against sound forest policy - This shooting doesn't fit - Mythology downtown: Icarus? - Walk faster, Grandma: Seconds count! - Those Obamacare ads: "Huh?" - Waiting for a green that never comes - A feast in the meadow - Happy horses in winter? - Climate change: Where is it? - Why we plant oaks - Seed versus seed in the valley - Rep. Schrader on Syria: Sort of right - Big gas lines: An update - What crash reports should tell us - Albany briefing: Fire hall land purchase OK'd - Health expense and hospitals - Armstrong book fraud? Nonsense! - Learning from Colorado recalls - Albany briefing: Voting on Measure 22-119 - Albany briefing: Land for Station 11 - A question of confidentiality, with updates - Saved by the Russians? - Bundled and cut off - Kitzhaber wants a tax hike - Habitat saved amid housing - Secession in California? - What's that up there? - No good choices - In deep water on Syria - Oregon farming: It's a big deal! - Grateful for rest areas - Still fumbling on guns, too - Blow that horn, man! - Albany briefing: Exec session on real estate - Top jobs at OSU: Nice pay - Albany briefing: Progress on Water Avenue track - Let the public listen and watch - Albany update: Water Avenue rehab under way - More respect for jurors, please - Book report: Following Joe Pickett - Albany issue: The council and the public - Vandals, not liberators - No bond tax for urban renewal, Albany says - Oregon might tax the air, almost - 'Crossing': No we can't - A very small mystery - Albany briefing: Yes to what? - Vagrancy: Enforcement is next - Shutting the public out - Albany briefing: Neutralizing CARA as bond concern - No 'deposit or discharge' allowed - Albany briefing: Water Avenue fix - Jo Rae Perkins' uphill run - Mascots? Cut the baloney... - Constant danger: Crossing the line - A litany of complaints about vagrants - Appreciate the clear skies - Albany vs. growing nuisances - Albany bonds: Avert CARA complication - NSA program: It's not really "surveillance" - A dire warning about vandals - The riverfront's my beat - Sea level rise: So what? - Thefts in Adair: Better lock up - Albany briefing: Police/fire bond vote coming - Veto mascot bill? Go ahead! - Weight and see: Highway scales - The Albany scene: Moonlight movies - Worth a stop in Adair - A reader's report: Truax Island - Pipeline diggers all over the place - Let's hear it for tan lawns - Albany briefing: Apartments being built - Albany briefing: A bike path issue - Launch at your own risk - Report: Cougar follows Benton hikers - Albany bonds? Now's the time - A good man for governor - 'Salmon' riders can kill you - Gee, it's just a road sign! - An urgent need: More water - Cut state expenses? Nice try! - Our parks: Worth the money - Price of gas: Because we pay - Prisons: The main question - Using sense on security - Report but don't confront or shoot - The state in charge of childhood - Woodland Square: An update - Dog case: Not another Blue - Private liquor sales? Not yet - Independence: What if not? - A warmer West? Not lately - Road user tax: Another dud - Albany Lowe's beginning to stir - How about a bridge here? - DMV still hassles citizens - 12 percent interest? Believe it! - High hopes, now weeds - Our rivers: Cleanup pays off - Face to face with an invader - A symbol of red tape and delay - Legislature quits; we're safe! - A tax hike on the old and sick? - Fuel bill: We're not safe yet - Warm welcome for new chief - What's in it for citizens? - Albany and railroads: A new era? - Let's get them 'flying' - Education chief for one year - House wants more 'voters' - Good job on voting rights - Still fuzzy on racial preferences - What to read - Albany's CARA poised to restart - A four-day paper in Portland - Main Street fix will have to wait - Plant more dandelions? - Two official languages? - Oregon torments condemned man - Sheriff's report: ID theft hits IRS - Let's hear it for farmers - River site blocked; blame criminals - Our smallest towns: Any future? - School debate: Money and more money - The end of old empty houses? - Flag salute's short history - Tracking students? Maybe... - Say goodbye to Cox Creek dam - Nothing stays secret forever - Sleep driving case drags on - Paddlers' access? Not yet! - Somebody once lived here - Ferry news: Closed for repairs - Parole decision mishandled - Outlook for freedom? Grim! - Help for chained dogs - The deer and us - How about meadows instead? - How feds could stop gun sales - 'Sleep driving:' A new twist - Ask about dead eagles - The raccoon bill; squirrels next? - Property tax: Our crazy system - Bill dies; no favor to cougars - A road tax on new bikes - Bomb case: We don't know enough - Urban renewal tax fix falls short - Mindless vandalism downtown? - Our bridges: The "scour" concern - Albany: Timber Street tract land in default - Keeping up with our bridges - Does council want a health sales tax? - Open meetings: Let's keep them so - Keep our enemies out - Blind spots in traffic - City debt debate nears a harmonious end - A dog's life on I-5 - Old growth(?) going south - Pain at the pump, again - Another health care study? - Road user fee: An update - Health plan savings unlikely - The wye? The answer! - Soles like the Grand Canyon: Why? - Park mystery answered - CARA wants to press on - Ever upward: Albany sewer rates - Mileage tax clears another hurdle - Meanwhile, the pipeline? - This murder needs solving - Rear windows: Small bill, big principle - When Millersburg was born - A message for the council - More guns, fewer gun murders - Let the gun bills die - The Benghazi story continues - How DO they survive? - Driver cards: More fees for DMV - What? A traffic jam here? - Albany's next police chief will be... - Keeping us going: Highway work - It's legal, but is it smart? - All about side effects - What's up with Senate gun bills? - Common sense loses twice - Look, there's still snow - For a happier Oregon? - Taxes: Dems want still more - Speed up that new fire station - Albany issue: CARA's surplus - At the Capitol: No action on amendments - Albany honors first responders - Are these school bills necessary? - Albany's credibility problem and how to repair it - A wider plot? Unlikely, but ... - House lifts red-light camera limits - State gun bills watered down - Decision time for CARA - Our state Capitol: Open and free - Wrong again, Mr. President - CHL bills softened, but still ... - Shooting bill: Why exactly? - Sales tax? A closer look - Gun bills: Surprise would be nice - Why signals remain wrapped - Council to voters: Drop dead - Less flushing? It's the law! - Oregon will cut universities loose - An empty school, sad to see - Doing better with coal - Fixing urban renewal's levy grab (amended) - Book titles and big names - Albany: Why rile up 5,000-plus voters? - A bike idea from SoCal - Sports: Fun and games - "The price of ignorance"? - Another snag in Obamacare - Answer to debt limit unveiled - Gun hearing: Did testimony matter? - The final link to Albany Station - Tuition and DLs, but no guns - Arms treaty may be trouble - Two cougar bills: Another round - Death to parking violators? - Driving: Never look down - Gun licenses: Why the hostility? - When it's someone you know... - Long road to a sidewalk - Albany issue: "Debt" explained - Road fee: What's the problem? - Cameras' role may expand - Council tables coal train protest - Marriage: May the court step back - Open up closed meetings - Road-fee bill is coming up - Low carbon fuel: You may pay more - Coal trains and Albany, continued - No stars at night: Too much light - No gun grabbers these - Closed meetings and the "media" - A sensible move on guns - Next Albany chief may be local - Driving blind: Spray from big rigs - Governor Kitzhaber's choice - Pocket knives on planes, continued - "Going forward:" What? - OK, what's "new," exactly? - When the big one hits - What they call the pope - Albany debt measure: Now what? - Voting -- or not - Oregon prepares for drones - Albany election: Off to court - Albany's plunge in traffic tickets - The trouble with narrow streets - Time switch may make you sick - Self-service gas in emergencies? - Panel improves cell-phone driving bill - Homeowners under tax attack - Photo radar in school zones? - How to save local commerce? - Rand Paul's simple question - The TSA and pocket knives - Bike fee? It's not practical - Coal dust fears go up in smoke - Albany: Elections might not hurt - Sunshine & a lower interest rate - Sunshine & a lower interest rate - Budget mess: Blame us too - Death penalty: What if voters keep it? - Traffic fines -- because they can - Cuts: What most media missed - Obama's budget scare - Sportsman's Warehouse eyes Albany - Even police inspections of homes? - Wrong move: Postal Service sues - Obama and the 'first responders' - Time to adjust the speed limit - The gun issue: DeFazio responds - Albany signs: Less regulation, or none? - Where have all the bullets gone? - They don't hear you coming - The Union Pacific responds - Council TV: 'For the viewers at home...' - The exploitation of grief - This fake holiday... - Voting delays? An easy fix! - Cell phones: The urge to punish - Albany update on railroad deal - Death penalty: Repeal or affirm it - Another needless bill - Passenger rail planning on slow track - O&C Panel: No conclusion - O&C Panel: No conclusion - The drone memo's significance - Crossings: Right vs. right thing to do - No mail on Saturday? Fine! - Albany debt: Elections might have helped - Obama fails to persuade - Update: Cougars in legislation - How to solve immigration - Making cigarettes illegal? - Coal trains and Albany - The goal: Higher property taxes - Immigration reform: Not so fast - And now, as for those lids... - Good news news for Albany ratepayers -- unless - Smart meters? Not yet - Hyak Park: Keeping it clean - Rail route: Keep it simple - Time for a tax complaint - Against total surveillance - Bill would preclude future 'birther' flaps - An inspiration, but then... - Update: Gun talk's consequences - To the Legislature: Restrain yourself - Why sheriffs speak up - Armstrong: At least no weeping - Linn sheriff: Don't make criminals of honest citizens - Albany issue: That 'slip lane' to Water - Albany scene: Working on the railroad... - Oregon temps essentially unchanged - Armstrong, too late, but still... - State wouldn't track you - Governor: Tax hikes for seniors? - Grocery takes right approach - Apophis: No answer to Social Security funding - Rural jobs in Nike bill? - Albany issue: What kind of majority? - U.S. violence is down, far down - That crazy coin trick - Mileage fee: A rational approach - Tobacco banned -- again - Panel works to shrink liberty - Drugs within 1,000 feet ... - Weather extremes? Well... - The cliff deal is no solution - Ancient rock, needed today - For better bus service - Update: Chain saws versus blackouts - Happy new year: Here's how - Corvallis bag ban: Bossing shoppers around - Watching the debt grow - Science at work: The effect of AC - And now -- Merry Christmas! - Surprise! The Earth continues - An Albany issue: What kind of majority? - Prison terms need reform - Gun control: What kind? - Passenger rail: The solution - The Nike session -- and an idea - A loss of property tax revenue - Mass shootings: A response - Accessible spaces, continued - 50 years for two murders? - The Nike deal: A quest for certainty - Saving Nauru? Or we could try... - Try to reduce roadkills - Rail study: Bypass Albany? - Alb-Cor path: Worth the effort - Albany news: City lowers 'restriping' fee - Sixty degrees: So? - Alert: Tax limit under attack - Stop taxing savings - Pick up those plastic bags! - Energy plan: What about price? - A long case, for a reason - Charter school: Worth the risk - Fake-bomb case: A test of justice - Why no ties: They bind? - A tip for Republicans: Reregister - Rising sea level: Where? - Thousands of years ago... - The gym alternative - River's rise closes Bryant Park - Public art: Wishing for more - DeFazio right on Russian deal - The marijuana rebellion - Climate change or something else? - Out of place: Downtown billboard - Albany's CARA: In search of direction - State lines: Let's redraw - Freeway planning: Slow is the word - Caught in the system - Liberal America, for now - Poor Petraeus: Emails? - If disaster strikes - Remember Dave Clark - From the Benton sheriff's log - City poised to lower restriping fee - Next flood: Gates on Bryant Way - The Clackamas ballot affair - How federal regs waste money - Linn. Benton: Polar opposites - The Obama market slide - Sign struggle -- sigh! -- ends - Fresh air? Forget it - Those pesky parking fees - Canal work update - Cable barrier: We have to wait - Oregon votes on pot - Canal work in progress - A new hope for O&C timber lands? - Debates questioned - A whopping campaign contribution - Campaigns can stop now - Oops, ballots came out early - Doping and us - Remembering a cyclists' friend - Barb's Book - OSU and The Liberty - Those blue containers? - The blame for Benghazi - The rising price of disposal - On passing cyclists - Albany news: Sign action put off - It doesn't feel warmer - Cables to prevent I-5 crashes - Yet another worry? - Albany sign change, why? - A new hope for O&C timber lands? - HH-Today.com! - Hasso on Facebook!
Riverside bike link getting closer
This may be the year that Linn County follows through on its plan to widen the shoulders of Riverside Drive, making it a better route for bicyclists connecting with the new path alongside Highway 34 on the way to Corvallis.
Tags: bike route, Linn County bike plan, Riverside Drive