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Be Aware! Highway 99 West at Marys River Bridge to Remain Closed

A northbound truck hauling a forklift on a trailer struck three overhead cross members of the historic bridge Wednesday morning, denting the first two and tearing completely through the third beam. A vertical beam was also broken in half.

(CORVALLIS) - The Marys River Bridge on Highway 99W in Corvallis will remain closed for at least another 10 to 14 days while the Oregon Department of Transportation engineers fixes for the damaged structure and hires a specialty repair contractor.

Although the damage is not extensive, the members damaged by the forklift are in a critical location that compromises the strength and carrying capacity of the entire bridge. ODOT bridge engineers are continuing work on the complex calculations needed to determine the extent of repairs.

Be Aware! Highway 99 West Closed at Marys River Bridge Near Corvallis

Depending on the scope of the damage, and the availability of specialty bridge repair contractors, the bridge could remain closed to traffic for several weeks.

(CORVALLIS) - A truck hauling a forklift on a trailer struck the overhead cross members of the Marys River Bridge on Highway 99W Wednesday morning, forcing the Oregon Department of Transportation to close the bridge until further notice.

The damage to the bridge, at mile point 84.5, occurred just before 10:30 AM when the northbound truck and trailer hit the first three cross beams, , denting the first two and tearing completely through the third beam.

The resulting damage may have made the bridge structure unstable. ODOT bridge engineers are enroute to the bridge to inspect and assess the damage. It is likely the bridge will remain closed for the remainder of the day.

Camp Adair Inspection Begins

Camp Adair, located near Corvallis, was constructed in 1942 and served as a training facility for several army divisions.

(CORVALLIS) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor Shaw Environmental will be conducting a site inspection of former Camp Adair and Adair Air Force Station beginning this week evaluating Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) that had historically been used for military training.

The former Camp Adair and Adair Air Force Station is located in parts of Polk, Benton and Linn counties, near Corvallis.

Corvallis Police Asking For The Public’s Help in Locating Rape Suspect

Detectives fear Vicente Romero Leon may have more victims.

(CORVALLIS) - Corvallis police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 20-year-old Corvallis resident accused of sexual abusing a 12-year-old girl.

Corvallis police began a sexual assault investigation after encountering Vicente Romero Leon in the company of the 12-year-old female, under suspicious circumstances.

On August 13th, police arrested Leon was arrested and charged with Rape in the Second Degree, a Class B Felony, as a result of the investigation.

Scientists: Oregon’s Ocean Upwelling Fueled by Jet Stream, Sub-Arctic and River Flow

The Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport program, or COAST, was led by researchers at Oregon State University.

(CORVALLIS) - A team of nearly 60 scientists, have wrapped up a five-year study of the ocean circulation, biology and chemistry off the Oregon coast, has discovered a new cycle of activity in the Jet Stream that has a major influence on upwelling and ocean productivity.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study also found that Oregon has a unique upwelling system with...

UPDATE: Power Back On in Corvallis, Philomath, Parts of Albany

Power customers in two counties spent hours in the dark, but reports indicate that all power has been restored.

(CORVALLIS) - More than 42-thousand utility customers in Linn and Benton counties including the cities of Albany, Corvallis and Philomath went hours without power today.

The power went out at about 2:50 PM Wednesday afternoon.

Pacific Power spokeswoman Bekki Witt says the outage was been traced to a transmission substation, where crews repaired the problem.

Southbound I-5 at Highway 34 Interchange Reopens After Morning Crash (UPDATE)

All lanes open on Southbound I-5 after fatal crash, but southbound traffic is slow near the area of the accident.

(CORVALLIS) - I-5 southbound is down to one lane 7 miles south of the Highway 34 interchange after a deadly accident that claimed one life at around 6:00 AM.

Oregon Coastal Waters Turning Into a Wave of Death For Marine Life

Scientists, who this week had been looking for signs of the end of this “dead zone,” have instead found even more extreme drops in oxygen along the seafloor.

(CORVALLIS) - The most severe low-oxygen ocean conditions ever observed on the West Coast of the United States have turned parts of the seafloor off Oregon into a carpet of dead Dungeness crabs and rotting sea worms, a new survey shows. Virtually all of the fish appear to have fled the area.

This is by far the worst such event since the phenomenon was first identified in 2002...

Oregon One Step Closer to Offshore Ocean Observing System

OSU will operate the project, known as the Oregon Coastal Ocean Observing System, or OrCOOS, which would provide some of the first coordinated “real time” oceanographic data from Oregon’s coastal waters.

(CORVALLIS) - Oregon’s long-awaited offshore ocean observing system has moved one step closer to reality after the U.S. Senate Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations Subcommittee, which approved its 2007 spending bill, proposed $2 million for the project.

The bill still needs to pass through the senate floor, and then go to conference with the U.S. House of Representatives – likely in December.

Oregon Department of Human Services Employee Arrested on Attempted Sodomy Charge

The initial examination of the data storage media on 53-year-old Charles Carrington’s home computer revealed the presence of child pornography.

(CORVALLIS) - In June, the Corvallis Police Department began an investigation after a concerned citizen reported that a Corvallis man named Charles Carrington has sexual interest in children/juveniles.

Corvallis police spokesman Lieutenant Jon Martyr says the concerned citizen engaged in e-mail conversation with Carrington while posing as a 15-year-old boy.

During the e-mail conversation, Carrington communicated his desire to meet with and engage in “deviate sexual intercourse” as defined in O.R.S. 163.305 (1) with the 15-year-old boy.