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Ducks Defend National Championship The Ducks will be defending their national championship title on the links. They successfully moved past the #1 seeded Vanderbilt yesterday afternoon after disposing of Oklahoma state yesterday morning. The men’s golf team persevered through a tough morning round led by Freshman of the year Norman […]
Remembering the Fallen “Today we pay tribute to the heroic patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice. Those who bravely rose up and fought for something greater than themselves. Protecting a home to which they never returned.” It was a somber day of honoring the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice […]
Beavers Host NCAA The NCAA on Sunday named Oregon State one of 16 regional hosts for the 2017 NCAA baseball tournament, for the sixth time in school history. On Monday the Beavers found out they will be hosting Holy Cross Friday evening in a Corvallis Regional. Oregon State, ranked No. […]
Meeting gets a little bristly Senator Ron Wyden visited Florence Yesterday for his 832nd town hall meeting since he was elected to serve. It was a generally quiet interaction until the subject of the electoral college came up. Wyden was asked about Daylight Savings Time and the question got a […]
Women’s College World Series Next for Ducks The Lady Ducks won a battle over the weekend to allow them to advance them to the Women’s College World Series. After a 4-0 win Friday night against Kentucky they had their hands full on Saturday coming from 3 runs down they battled […]
Infrastructure will require an increase in taxes. Our roads, bridges, rail and marine infrastructure is growing old and is now in need of some serious attention according to State Representative Caddy McKeown. One of the reasons that she has attributed to the lack of action is the lack of funds […]
Duck’s Peterson Reflects on Loss The Ducks fall in their opener at home against the Bruins. Left-Handed hurler David Peterson said ultimately it was the walks that did him in: “Free bases obviously hurt you and ah they did tonight and that’s why they’re so important no to give them […]
Economic Development Moves Ahead Slowly The state of economic development is sometimes an arduous project. With revision Florence on the table // the future of the 101 corridor is being planned and execution is waiting on some additional funding. In the meantime, there are still about 22 local commercial buildings […]
