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The Corvallis City Council that begins its new term Monday 4 will be the first without Barbara Bull since 2015 and the first that did not include Nancy Wyse since 2017. Bull, who was originally elected in 2014, chose not to run for a fourth term. Wyse, who defeated the late Joel Hirsch, then a four-term incumbent, in 2016, has won election to the Benton County Board of Commissioners and will be sworn in Monday. Wyse replaces long-time Commissioner Annabelle Jaramillo on the three-person commiss...

Corvallis firefighter accused of stealing opioids from ambulance The firefighter resigned at the start of the investigation on Dec. 8, a day after the city received a report about the thefts. Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:48 PM Posted By: Chelsea Hunt CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The City of Corvallis is investigating after learning a firefighter assigned to an ambulance has allegedly been stealing opioids from the vehicle’s onboard supply. City officials said access to the narcotics is controlled by fire ...

Six-plus months into his sixth year as city manager of Corvallis, Mark Shepard is working through a routine period dominated by the coronavirus, homelessness and the need to replace more than 120 years of staff institutional knowledge. In other words it’s business as usual for a person seeking to manage a city of nearly 60,000 people. “It’s certainly a very interesting and challenging job,” said Shepard, 55, in a bit of an understatement.” Shepard participated in a pair...