Childhood chums paddle the Rogue to the sea
MEDFORD Waking in a sleeping bag to a bone-drenching rain on the fifth day of a nine-day raft trip down the Rogue River, Sam Jackson and his two childhood pals wondered whether this adventure would match what it looked like on paper. For 91 miles, ...
 4.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 73.0 Time to make a decision on dump
BEAVER HILL It s time for the county to start thinking about where it is going to put its garbage, since space is getting tight at the Beaver Hill incineration facility. There are three possibilities for the future of the Beaver Hill Disposal Site:...
3.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 73.0 New therapists bring skills to area
Cory Dorland made an offer that John Bain and John Soukup just couldn t refuse. At least that is how Southwest Physical Therapy s two newest physical therapists feel about the situation. Bain, who relocated from California, joined the therapy center ...
2.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 73.0 First-time jobless claims stay high in Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October. Figures released Wednesday put initial jobless claims at 12,681 for the last week of the month. That s 54,514 for...
0.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 73.0 Pac-10: Late TD lifts Beavers over UCLA
CORVALLIS Oregon State survived a scare against UCLA, but if the Beavers keep squandering opportunities, they might not be so lucky this week. The Beavers needed a 17-yard touchdown run from wide receiver James Rodgers in the final minutes to prese...
3.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Frustrated Bruins returning to Reser
CORVALLIS ” While negativity seems to surround the UCLA Bruins lately, there is some good in their visit to Oregon State today. The Bruins have won three straight games at Reser Stadium ” outscoring the Beavers by an impressive 121 poin...
3.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 73.0 Shooting victim sues Oregon State fraternity
CORVALLIS (AP) A homeless man shot by an Oregon State University fraternity member three years ago is asking for more than $380,000 in a civil trial that began in Corvallis this week. Dennis Sanderson was shot in the thigh with a .22-caliber r...
0.5K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 115.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 24
Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 12-18 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Ray Nichols 215, Richard Dupret 211, NIck Boutin 204, Ray Rockwood 204; Linda Nichols 236, Julie Winn 202, Marge Novak 194. Monday Super Star Juniors Zachary Jones 222, Joey Huf...
7.0K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 73.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 24
Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 12-18 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Ray Nichols 215, Richard Dupret 211, NIck Boutin 204, Ray Rockwood 204; Linda Nichols 236, Julie Winn 202, Marge Novak 194. Monday Super Star Juniors Zachary Jones 222, Joey Huf...
7.0K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 73.0 All in the family for Beavers
The James and Jacquizz Show is a post-game fixture for Oregon State. Older brother James Rodgers takes the lead while Jacquizz provides the comic relief when the two face reporters together. It s like the Abbott and Costello of college football. An...
4.4K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 146.0 Sports Briefs: Pujols to have surgery on elbow
ST. LOUIS For the second straight offseason, Albert Pujols will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. The St. Louis Cardinals said in a brief news release that the two-time NL MVP will undergo a debridement procedure which could be use...
3.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 115.0 Rita Patricia Dye
A celebration of life will be held for Rita Patricia Dye, 87, of Bandon at 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at Pacific Community Church, 48967 Highway 101, in Bandon. Rita was born Nov. 11, 1921, in Carlotta, Calif., to George and Lydia (Meyer) Wilson. She died on Oct...
2.6K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 115.0 OSU says more than 200 with swine flu
CORVALLIS (AP) A health official at Oregon State University says the swine flu has sickened more than 200 students in the past two weeks. Health Services director Phill Histand says none of the students required hospitalization. He says the flu has...
0.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 293.0 Harold Tim Dale Cleeton Jr.
At his request, no public services will be held for Tim D. Cleeton, 59, of Bandon. Cremation rites were be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens in Coos Bay. Tim was born on March 2, 1950, in Hawthorne, Calif., to Harold D. Cleeton Sr. and Alta (Hansen) ...
1.5K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 73.0 Oregon universities recruit more foreign students
CORVALLIS (AP) On the board of a classroom at Oregon State University recently, new international engineering students made two lists about what it s like to study in the United States. Under hard, they wrote: homework, wake up at the morning ...
6.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 378.0 Out of the bog
Aiming to capitalize on a growing demand for raw, organic produce, the Coquille Tribe is taking the hard route to harvesting cranberries this season. To harvest deep red berries in the raw, the tribe will put its back into the year s bountiful crop t...
3.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 73.0 Rodgers leads Beavers to win over Stanford
CORVALLIS ” Six weeks in and Oregon State seems to be doing its normal midseason thing ” gaining momentum. A determined Jacquizz Rodgers ran for career highs of 189 yards and four touchdowns to lead Oregon State to a 38-22 win o...
3.0K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 73.0 Top RBs on display in Corvallis
PORTLAND ” Stanford s Toby Gerhart and Oregon State s Jacquizz Rodgers figure to make today s game between the two teams a ground-based affair. Of the two high-profile running backs, Gerhart is the seasoned veteran finally getting national...
3.3K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 The food metamorphosis
PORTLAND To see the new face of grocery shopping, look around your neighborhood. Spot the dude toting a cooler to a porch or parking lot near you, and follow him. When he leaves, sneak a peek inside chances are you won t find cold beers, but you ...
6.8K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
