What will become of Albany’s Carnegie Library downtown? City officials hope they might have some idea about the branch’s future in three years. That, at least, is the goal now baked into the city’s ...

The new quarters of the Linn County Clerk’s Office could not be more convenient for people going past just outside on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path. On Monday I got off the bike and stopped in. The ...

Here’s something else to worry about. Or maybe not. “The Week,” a news weekly, reports on a new study suggesting that the Earth’s magnetic field may disappear in maybe 500 years. This, it says, might ...

So what exactly is wrong with performance-enhancing drugs, so-c alled? I’ve been wondering about that since the Lance Armstrong story unraveled. If we take something to help us stay awake while ...

Here’s a brief chat with the owner of a roadside farm stand that’s a bit more elaborate than the usual. It’s at 2901 Oak Grove Drive N.W. in North Albany, about a quarter-mile south of Dumbeck Lane. I ...

Vacant land on both sides of Hickory Street in North Albany may not stay vacant for long, judging by applications pending at City Hall, although the timing of the respective developments is unclear.

Looks like Albany’s newest roundabout will welcome drivers to the city’s historic districts, at a cost so far estimated at between $70,000 and $90,000 including landscaping. The traffic circle was ...

As expected, Northside Christian Church has not given up on its plan to build a church complex in a rural residential neighborhood outside the city limits in North Albany. After the Benton County ...

Every once in a while Albany’s Talking Water Gardens lure me for a bike ride on the gravel trails that wind around the ponds and waterfalls, all dry now because the water treatment function of the ...

CARA, the urban renewal program that covers central Albany, reached one of its final milestones last week. This made me think not just about the accomplishments of this program, but also of the high ...

Owners of the former Oregon Electric Railway depot will receive at least part of the last grants to be handed out by the Central Albany Revitalization District (CARA), the city council has decided.

The Albany City Council Wednesday unanimously denied a conditional use permit that would have allowed an outpatient substance-abuse treatment center to operate out of the historic Sternberg House at ...