Adair Village News

As thunderstorm storms rumbled across western Oregon Thursday, a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, through a fir tree and into the roots, sending a massive dose of energy crackling through nearby trees -- and into the home on the secluded forest lot.

The Corvallis Gazette-Times published a story last week about the Cold War activities at the nondescript-looking blockhouse at Adair Village.

Unmarked and nearly windowless, its perimeter guarded by a cyclone fence topped with three strands of barbed wire, the three-story structure known locally as "the Blockhouse" is a weird sort of contradiction ? it's the biggest thing for miles around, but it's so utterly featureless that it seems to blend into the background, going almost unnoticed ...

Ian McClellan, a senior in biology, was the victim of a debilitating car crash in December 2007.

Wildlife control officers fatally shot a 90-pound cougar blamed for killing four sheep in the Linn County community of Lacomb.

Corvallis students interested in the construction trades might have a chance to get a leg up on other workers in a proposed training program this spring.

He struck man in the chest who'd recently had open-heart surgery An Adair Village man was indicted and charged Monday with attempted murder for trying to kill his father, police said.