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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 […]
Thompson and Heimlich First Team All-Americans Oregon State redshirt junior Jake Thompson and junior Luke Heimlich have been named First-Team All-Americans and sophomore Nick Madrigal has been named a Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, as announced by the publication on today. The All-American honors are the first for all three. […]
Port Manager on Administrative Leave The Port of Siuslaw called a special meeting to address allegations of unwanted advances of a sexual nature by Port Manager Steve Leskin. The allegations come from the operators of a business which operates on port property. Leskin has been put on paid administrative leave […]
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. […]
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