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Oregon women join the men in NCAA Sweet 16; Richard Huff headed to Russia; Viking softball slated to start

Tenth seeded Oregon upsets #2 seed Duke Ruthy Hebard scored 20 points and pulled down 15 rebounds and Oregon earned its first ever sweet 16 berth by upsetting Duke 74-65 Monday night in the Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament.  The Ducks, in their first tournament appearance since 2005, had never advanced […]

Re-Vision costs mounting; causes concern. Three Rivers Job Fair; Dealing with TBI; Top retirement spots in Oregon

Mayor concerned about growing costs of ReVision Increasing cost estimates for a Highway 101 facelift in downtown Florence have not derailed the plan, but it has Mayor Joe Henry feeling uncomfortable. Joe Henry – “This started out as a five-and-a-half million dollar project at which point ODOT was going to […]

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  OREGON DATA CENTER Amazon planning third data complex near Hermiston (Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.com) PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Amazon is proposing to build a third data complex west of Hermiston consisting of four data centers. The East Oregonian reports that the Seattle-based e-commerce giant recently bought 120 acres […]

Rain respite brief; Mayor lunches with the Governor; Dallas Brass to share experience; PeaceHealth to resume Nurse negotiations

City offering free sand bags and sand… Thursday’s brief respite from the rain was just that.  More rain is coming today and tomorrow.  That’s in addition to record amounts of rainfall leading to water accumulating in places not seen before according to Florence Public Works Director Mike Miller. Mike Miller […]