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Chicken industry officials host tour of mega chicken facility as part of a lobbying effort
BROWNSVILLE — Donning plastic booties and coveralls, about 30 state lawmakers, agency officials and industry executives gathered in a control room on Randy Hiday’s chicken farm in Linn County. The room, equipped with temperature and other monitors, looked into a 600-foot-long steel barn housing about 48,000 fuzzy chicks. Hiday, who runs the largest broiler chicken operation in Oregon, raises more than 4 million chickens a year here for Foster Farms. A Capital Chronicle reporter later stepped inside a barn, where…
READ THE FULL STORYOregon’s governor talks CTE with Philomath students
Less than 11 weeks into her administration, Governor Tina Kotek paid a visit Thursday morning to Philomath High School to learn more about the small school’s exemplary career and technical education program. The governor recently published a list of education-related priorities, including to “accelerate career and technical education program growth…
READ THE FULL STORYFrom the Past: Philomath store, post office lost to fire in March 1898
Fire destroys Philomath store and post office. That news along with items from around Oregon in 1873, Philomath College in 1898, high school officers in 1923, a late man’s estate in 1948 and teacher contract negotiations in 1973 in this week’s From the Past.
READ THE FULL STORYGallery: Philomath All-District Choir Concert (March 22, 2023)
A collection of photos from Philomath’s All-District Choir Concert in the high school auditorium on Wednesday.
School bus with children aboard involved in crash near Philomath
A Kings Valley Charter School bus transporting children was involved in a crash Tuesday afternoon at the Highway 20 and Highway 34 intersection west of…
Philomath dives into state’s Climate-Friendly Area requirements
A primary idea behind the state’s recent requirements to establish climate friendly and equitable communities comes down to cities creating areas where vehicle use becomes…
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