The Oregon Department of Education took the rare step this week of withholding federal COVID-19 relief funds from the Alsea School District in Benton County after the small, rural district ...

Benton County Republicans will hold their annual barbecue and candidate fair at 5 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Willamette ... candidates Art Robinson (District 4) and Tootie Smith (District 5), state ...

For the first time in Oregon, voters in Benton County used ranked-choice voting to select their preferred candidates in this year’s general election. Through ranked-choice voting, or RCV ...

Educators in the Greater Albany Public Schools district went on strike on Tuesday ... The most promising developments are at Benton County, where workers reached a tentative deal on a contract ...