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Mayor combats Corvallis economy
Unemployment in Corvallis is now at 6.2 percent, double what it was last year
Mayor Charles Tomlinson is currently working with the Corvallis City Council to create a budget that ensures not only economic stability, but also growth for the community in the times of a troubled economy.
Tomlinson said right now the city has a budget surplus, but the council plans on being very conservative with that surplus, in the event of a worsening economy.
Tree mortality rate increasing, says prof
Trees have been living half as long, Harmon said, which is a result of climate change
Mark Harmon, a professor in forestry, has spent his 30-year career researching tree mortality. Still, he says, there is much more to understand.
Throughout the west there has been an increase in tree mortality rate.
Of the regions studied, the Pacific Northwest was the most effected.
OSU gets $6.6 million for "super hot," super efficient nuclear reactor
Reactor will be safer and potentially twice as efficient because it runs on hydrogen
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Oregon State University $6.6 million dollars and five years to design, build and test the safety of a one-quarter scaled version of a new type of helium gas-cooled nuclear reactor that operates at temperatures up to 1,000 degrees centigrade.
