VOLUME 5, NUMBER 17
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Good afternoon. In the newsletter today: The Philomath City Council approved a conceptual design and location for a new skate park but the project estimated to cost $600,000 will have financial hurdles to clear over the next few years. Also, Philomath High’s boys and girls basketball teams won big at North Marion.
Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor
Top Stories
Philomath council OKs conceptual design, location as skate park project takes another step forward
Bringing a new-and-improved facility to Philomath may still be at least 2 years out with financial hurdles to clear on a project that is currently projected to run north of $600,000
An effort to bring a new-and-improved skate park to Philomath came into a little bit better focus Monday night with the City Council’s approval of a conceptual design along with […]
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No. 3 Warriors rout No. 5 Huskies on road, 81-53
In a showdown Tuesday evening between two top-5 teams in the OSAA boys basketball rankings, No. 3 Philomath dominated No. 5 North Marion on the […]
Warriors take care of business at North Marion, 61-26
Philomath High’s girls basketball team, ranked No. 2 by the OSAA, improved to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the Oregon West Conference Tuesday night with […]
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Police Log: Felony robbery charge among recent arrests
A rundown of recent responses submitted to the media by the Philomath Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Office and a rundown of in-state traffic […]
Fire Calls: Falls on the ice and lots of power line issues
A rundown of recent Philomath Fire & Rescue fire and medical calls include several ice storm-related calls from emergency medical services tending to people who […]
PHS swim teams sweep 1st in final home meet
The Philomath High School boys and girls swim teams swept a five-school meet in their final home appearance Monday at Clemens Community Pool. The performance […]
Philomath School Board meets Wednesday evening
The Philomath School Board plans to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the school district office to discuss options related to moving forward with the […]
PHS wrestlers hoist top trophy at Screamin’ Eagle
Senior Gradin Fairbanks, junior JJ Lewis and sophomores Riley Barrett, Porter Compton and Lake Mulberry all won first-place medals and along with six other placewinners […]
Mount Union Stories: Alfred Parker (1814-1894)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about what could be researched on the life of Alfred Parker, born in New York, lived his adult […]
Community Calendar
• Wednesday, Jan. 24: Park Advisory Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Jan. 24: Philomath School Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 26: PHS Swimming at Sweet Home Invitational, 4 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 26: PHS Boys Basketball at Sweet Home, 5:30 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 26: PHS Girls Basketball at Sweet Home, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 27: Philomath City Council at Justice-Equity-Diversity-Inclusion Training, 8 a.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 27: PHS Wrestling at Tod Surmon Mid-Valley Classic, 9 a.m.