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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 […]
Hope for the Salmon Habitat A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that will give salmon some relief from the pull of suction dredge mining. The practice is used to suck up gold on the riverbeds of former mining sites. Gas-powered, vacuum-like devices do the suctioning. However, […]
Lady Ducks in Danger of Elimination The Oregon Ducks Softball team made it more difficult for them to garner a championship title by dropping yesterday’s game 3-1 to their pac 12 rivals, Washington. The Ducks had many opportunities to bury the Huskies…leaving runners on base in the second, third, fifth, […]
RAIN Focuses on Business Matt Hollander is the Public Relations Coordinator with RAIN, the Regional Accelator and Innovation Network which helps entrepreneurs and businesses determine the viability of business ideas. “We are taking companies that have an idea for a business and bringing them to the launch stage. To see […]
