Benton County News

At 7:15pm, this evening a call was received by Corvallis Dispatch Center reporting a helicopter crash near the towers on Mary's Peak.

A rented helicopter crashed this evening on Marys Peak, west of Corvallis. Just after 7 p.m., a witness told a 9-1-1 operator that her son had just seen the chopper crash and two of its passengers walk away.

State wildlife officers continued their hunt in the Fort Hoskins area west of Corvallis this morning for a food-scavenging, 200-pound black bear.

The parking lot at the top of Marys Peak was closed off as search-and-rescue workers looked for a missing man from Albany.

On Mount Rainer, one hiker is already dead and two others are suffering from frostbite and hypothermia.

Benton County Search and Rescue teams are searching for a 61-year-old Albany man, whose SUV was found at the top of Mary's Peak.

Benton County Search and Rescue teams are searching for a 61-year-old Albany man, whose SUV was found at the top of Mary's Peak.

A convicted sex offender from Albany is scheduled to appear in a Benton County courtroom today in connection with seven Corvallis burglaries in which police say an intruder targeted college-age women.

Region's tourism industry may be hampered by gas prices, shaky economy By Rebecca Barrett For the Gazette-Times Mid-valley summers are notoriously sunny, the kind of weather that attracts thousands of visitors ...

Corvallis filmmaker Kyle Cowgill is premiering his latest film, "Candeo," at Milam Auditorium on the Oregon State University campus at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Tickets are $5. Live jazz will be featured before ...

A psychosexual evaluation was requested Tuesday for a part-time community college instructor charged with the sexual abuse of four children.

Voters gave the unchallenged Benton County commissioners, Democrats Jay Dixon and Annabelle Jaramillo, about 12,500 votes apiece, while newcomer Chris Nusbaum, who ran unopposed on the Republican ticket, ...

A Waldport man charged with robbing two Corvallis banks is expected to enter into a plea bargain this morning in Benton County Circuit Court.

There has been a lot of talk about generations these days, particularly with the advent of the baby boomers reaching retirement age.

FORUMS MULTIMEDIA VIDEO 4 years after she vanished, Wilberger stirs memories Missing - A man faces murder charges in the May 2004 disappearance of the college student in Corvallis WILLIAM McCALL The Associated ...

The fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger has arrived with the suspect in her death awaiting trial charged with aggravated murder.

Issue date: 5/23/08 Section: News Media Credit: Reid Parham OSU student Barry T. Washington was charged with harassment, endangering the welfare of a minor, unlawful manufacture of marijuana, unlawful ...

A former Corban College basketball player convicted of three counts of attempted rape in Benton County faces new sexual-assault charges in Marion County. via Statesman Journal

OSU student Patrick Currans, 19, was arrested on a fugitive arrest warrant after turning himself in to the Corvallis Police Department. via Daily Barometer

Benton County is two years along in a habitat conservation planning effort on public and private lands, and Carolyn Menke of the Institute for Applied Ecology in Corvallis will report on that project at a ... via Statesman Journal