Philomath Fire and Rescue and Hoskins-Kings Valley Rural Fire Protection District are among the agencies receiving Oregon ...

A new Benton County program helps residents convert small yard spaces into native habitat for pollinators, birds and wildlife ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Benton County leads Oregon with the highest percentage of its population with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. According to Oregon Health Authority records, as of May 27, Benton ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Many American voters have long been disillusioned with the two-party system but see voting for a third party as throwing their vote away. This is because the U.S. largely uses a ...

Republic Services has scaled down its proposal to expand Coffin Butte Landfill as it attempts for a second time to win approval from the Benton County Planning Commission. The commission in 2021 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A report on health conditions across U.S. counties has found that Benton County residents have the longest life expectancy in Oregon, while Klamath County residents have the ...

For the first time in Oregon, voters in Benton County used ranked-choice voting to select their preferred candidates in this year’s general election. Through ranked-choice voting, or RCV, voters can ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Benton County, an area which may ...

A tribute to Reuben Shipley, who was brought across the Oregon Trail as an enslaved man in 1853, but wound up a well-to-do farmer and founding citizen of Benton County, will be unveiled this weekend ...

A field of "Roundup Ready" alfalfa, a genetically-modified crop created by Monsanto, dries in the sun in Southern Oregon's Sams Valley in 2014. Benton County voters will decide whether ban genetically ...