VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3
Friday, January 3, 2025
RANDOM OBSERVATION: My 7-year-old begins youth basketball practice next week. I remember playing the game at about that age and have the memory of a kid on the opposing team grabbing a rebound and then running full speed ahead to the other end of the court while carrying the ball like a football and not dribbling — a comical moment that has stuck with me. It reminds me that not all kids starting out just automatically know the rules (hopefully mine does). — Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor
Editor’s Choice
Year in review: Highway 20’s multiple fatalities top list of 2024 stories
Streetscapes project completion, company’s purchase of closed sawmill, opening of veterans park and nasty winter ice storm round out the top 5
Six times during a stretch from Jan. 31 through Oct. 11, news broke of fatal car crashes that had occurred on Highway 20 between Philomath and Newport. Highway 20 safety […]
News
Council releases result of city manager’s evaluation
Efforts on economic development, infrastructure, staff supervision, financial management and intergovernmental relations were cited as strengths based on the Philomath City Council’s most recent annual […]
New Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield takes office early
Oregon’s new attorney general took office a few days early on New Year’s Eve, repeating his oath of office before the same federal judge who […]
Protection for Owyhee Canyonlands dies in Congress, Oregon leaders to try again in 2025
A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through Congress at the end of the year but members of […]
What might happen if the Education Department were closed?
By now, there has been endless speculation about whether the incoming Trump administration might close the U.S. Department of Education. It remains just that: speculation. […]
Sports
Year in review: Top sports story goes to PHS three-peat in girls track and field
Philomath High athletics continued to perform at a high level in 2024 with 19 of the 20 sports programs advancing teams or athletes to state […]
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Man of a Certain Age: The Mr. Peanut coin bank
Looking down on me from the top of a bookcase in the corner of my office, Mr. Peanut watches my every move. A coin bank […]
Benton County’s first baby born to Albany couple
Newborn Charlii Kile-Meyer decided to wait a week before arriving in the world. Born just 17 minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day to Markie […]
Memorial Service: Robert “Bob” Mulberry (1948-2024)
Robert “Bob” Mulberry, 76, passed away Dec. 23, 2024. A wonderful husband, father and friend, Bob was a longtime community member and resident of Eddyville […]
New laws go into effect in Oregon to help curtail medicine costs, reduce drug use on transit
Oregon is kicking off 2025 with new laws to stop drug use on public transportation, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and rein in the […]
Philomath in Photos
Community Calendar
• Friday, Jan. 3: Omelet Dinner at College United Methodist Church, 5-7 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 3: PHS Boys Basketball vs. Astoria, 5:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 4: Discovery Day at the Museum: Clockworks and Time Capsules, 10 a.m.-noon
• Saturday, Jan. 4: Lego Saturday at the Library, 11 a.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 4: Marys River Grange Meeting, 4 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 6: Philomath TOPS meeting, 9 a.m.
• Monday, Jan. 6: Moonlight Country Mixer at Marys River Grange Hall, 7-10:30 p.m.