2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (253+ words) This is 2150 Santiam Hwy. SE, the site of a planned “Claw Factory” arcade and two food trucks, seen Tuesday evening, July 14, 2026. What’s going on, someone asked me, at 2150 Southeast Santiam Highway, a longtime former retail location in Albany? The building…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (280+ words) The city planning sign at Eads Park, and the bike that took m there on Thursday, July 9, 2026. A routine sign posted by the Albany planning division prompted a flurry of comments last week on social media, ranging from the need…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (336+ words) The intersection of Santiam Road and Geary Street, seen last October. The traffic cameras on Santiam Road in Albany produced 460 speeding tickets in June, making them by far the largest revenue producer of the city’s four sets of speed cameras....

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (380+ words) One of the privately owned Flock cameras in Albany, as seen back in April. There seems to be much anxiety in Albany, and around the country, about Flock Safety and other automated cameras that record license plate numbers. What’s the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (45+ words) invasion of privacy Hasso Hering A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley There seems to be much anxiety in Albany, and around the country, about Flock Safety and other automated cameras that record license plate numbers. What’s the reason for this…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (45+ words) Sprayfoam figures need a building permit Hasso Hering A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley Last spring, the iconic Albany sprayfoam figures of a prospector and his burro found a new home over a car lot on Pacific Boulevard. But somebody…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (353+ words) On Thursday evening, traffic passes the car lot where the sprayfoam prospector and his burro stand on the roof without benefit of a building permit. Last spring, the iconic Albany sprayfoam figures of a prospector and his burro found a…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (42+ words) 2935 Pacific SW Hasso Hering A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley Last spring, the iconic Albany sprayfoam figures of a prospector and his burro found a new home over a car lot on Pacific Boulevard. But somebody evidently took exception....

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (296+ words) Shown Wednesday evening, excavations are well under way for Tesla’s charging station in the Albany Winco parking lot. On Wednesday evening the bike took me to 3080 Pacific Blvd. SE, which is in the parking lot on the west side of…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (251+ words) The view from the bike on this tour of Albany streets east of Lyon Street Sunday evening, July 5, 2026. And now, for something a little different, join me on the bike for a short tour of Albany streets. This slow ride…...