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Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development.

There may be fewer metro areas in the U.S. in the near future

144 US cities could lose status as metro areas A new proposal says a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people compared with the 50,000-person threshold that was implemented more than 70 years ago. Author: Associated Press Updated: 10:22 AM EST March 6, 2021 Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan. Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statisti...

Corvallis’ project to rework its advisory boards and commission proved to be not ready for prime time Monday. Councilors voted unanimously at its remote session to table the plan and reconsider it April 19. Some meeting participants viewed the April 19 as a bit aggressive, and the process might move into May or even June. An eight-person ad-hoc committee, chaired by Ward 9 Councilor Andrew Struthers, will be reformed to work on refining the proposal. On the panel with Struthers will be Cou...

A winter storm dumped an inch or two of wet snow in parts of the mid-valley on Tuesday, creating slick driving conditions that sent a few vehicles sliding off the