Albany will start repaving some of its oldest streets under a program based on a new street maintenance fee the city council approved Wednesday night. The council was split 3-3, and Mayor Alex Johnson ...

Also in the non-news department, a small gap in Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path has defied attempts top get it fixed for two years. The gap first appeared in 2024. One concrete section of the ...

As you know, I can’t resist recording a passing train when I get the chance. So: If you google it, you learn that Locomotive 8773 has been photographed all over the Union Pacific system over the years ...

On Friday I took a bike ride around Millersburg, my first since November 2025 when I looked at the ongoing construction of Ball Corporation’s huge new plant to make aluminum cans. Here’s the update: ...

There I was, crossing the old Oregon Electric rail line at Burkhart Street Thursday night when I heard the horn of an approaching train. I stopped, looked back down the track and unlimbered my phone ...

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 ...

Not that anybody needs this reminder, but just keep in mind that the fawns born last spring are still young and inexperienced when it comes to traffic. For example, this little guy appeared in front ...

Three locomotives and at least 10 railroad cars remain stranded in Benton County because the railroad bridge over the Marys River in Corvallis has not been rebuilt. The engines, two belonging to the ...

Albany’s charter is silent about any residence requirement for elected city officials, meaning the mayor and six council members. Now the council may try to change this, but it won’t be easy. The ...

If Fifth Avenue east of Lyon Street is ever going to be repaved, what happens to the 114-year-old railroad track under the crumbling asphalt? The Albany Landmarks Commission would like the track ...

Architects from Eugene have applied to the City of Albany for a site plan review to build a new car dealership on Santiam Highway east of I-5. The Albany Community Development Department posted a ...

It will be September before the Benton County Commissioners decide whether to allow the Northside Christian Church to build a campus in a rural residential zone outside the city limits in North Albany ...