[Opinion] Residents deluge Benton County with opinions about Coffin Butte Landfill

Residents deluge Benton County with opinions about Coffin Butte Landfill

Read what these residents had to say in written testimony. Oral testimony will begin next week. Pro or con, there's still time to weigh in.

Government meetings: County hosting Coffin Butte landfill expansion public hearings; School Board to meet with KVCS

Benton County will begin a series of public hearings this week involving a conditional-use permit application by Republic Services to expand the Coffin Butte landfill.The Benton County Planning Division will meet from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday with an agenda that includes a staff report, applicant presentation and if time allows, public testimony. Another meeting is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Thursday to begin or continue public testimony. A public hearing f…

Benton Lightly: Landfill Dog-Pile, Corvallis' Fox News Mention, And First-First Again - The Corvallis Advocate

Trigger alert, we’re about to thank Fox News for a thing because one of their star hairpieces declared our fair burgh the capital of a thing – and being a capital means tourist dollars, or so we hope. Here’s the deal: Fox commentator Jesse Watters this week declared Corvallis as America’s Capital of DEI. Earning the honor, according to the Murdoch marionette, was our City Council’s recent vote proclaiming everyone’s favorite college town a sanct…