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Beavers Face Familiar Foe The Oregon State Beavers are eyeing the road to Omaha, but they first have to get by the Commodores of Vanderbilt. The Super Regionals begin tomorrow night in Corvallis and the Beavers have to win 2 in order to advance. Now being the home team has […]
Guilty Pleas Entered A Florence woman and her husband will spend the next 40 years behind bars for the Sexual abuse and rape of two young girls. The Register Guard reports that Doreen and Greg Cater admitted to the charges in order to avoid a trial. The pleas were entered […]
Hollock Looking for Title The University of Oregon will host the NCAA Track and Field Championships this weekend. Friday and Saturday athletes around the nation will converge on Haywood Field. Among them will be Beaver Senior standout Kara Hollock who will be competing in the Heptathlon. Hollock qualified at the […]
City Readies for Re-Vision When preparing a city for a major construction commitment such as the revision Florence project there are a lot organizational issues working between government agencies. There are state, federal, county and city agencies to consider when coordinating construction as well as public utilities. And what makes […]
Beavers to Host Commodores The Oregon State Beavers now know who they will face in the Super Regionals. Vanderbilt’s Matt Rupenthal pitched 6 scoreless innings and they had some hitting support as 3rd baseman Will Toffey hit a pair of homers driving in 5 runs in the Commodore’s 8-nothing win […]
Prepare For Eclipse It is still more than two months away but the Oregon department of transportation is already cautioning citizens to be prepared for the influx of people that will be arriving in the first state to be able to view the eclipse. ODOT says the estimated one million […]
Beavers Host Super Regionals It was a weekend of hits and wins as the Oregon Beavers advance to the Super Regionals. On Friday Jake Thompson went 7 2/3 innings for the 8-2 win over Holy Cross. It looked like he was on cruise control through 5 as Holy Cross was […]
Thompson Receives Yet Another Honor Oregon State redshirt junior Jake Thompson has been named a First-Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the organization announced on Friday. Thompson, an economics major who hails from Florence, Ore., is the first Oregon State player to be named an […]
