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OSU/UO Address Sports

Vice president and director of athletics at Oregon State University, Scott Barnes, wrote the Beaver Nation a letter in which he stated that the Pac-12 exhausted all options for the fall before cancelling the season of all sports.  Barnes said that there was no safe pathway for student-athletes, coaches, and […]

August 2020: Our Town

Andy Grzeskowiak Charles Brown, OCHS Mayor Joe Henry/Megan Messmer Dr. Bob Pelz, Infectious Disease Specialist with PeaceHealth Siuslaw Athletic Director, Chris Johnson Siuslaw Head Football Coach, Sam Johnson

LCC Gearing Up For Fall; Death Toll Continues To Hit Elderly; OHA: Childhood Vaccinations Falling Behind; Cinemas Closed Again; Hannigan Gets New Title

LCC Gearing Up For Fall Lane Community College in Florence is looking at a late September virtual start to classes.  The school’s dean of students, Russ Pierson says they have revamped many of the courses in order to allow for distance learning.  LCC follows many of the guidelines put forth […]

Student Athletes Sidelined

Yesterday the Pac-12 conference has made it official.  The 2020 football, volleyball, soccer, and cross country seasons have been suspended.  Pac-12 officials unanimously decided in favor of scrapping fall sports with the possibility of moving them to the late winter or spring, but that decision will not come until later.  […]