Week of June 13-20, 2013

A deer crosses Adams Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets in downtown Corvallis on Wednesday. If you thought you saw three young deer in the vicinity of downtown Corvallis on Wednesday, so…

Most Corvallis students stampeded for the exits Wednesday to begin summer vacations

Justin Biel’s work could force molecular biologists to rethink basics of protein structure

World War II warplanes land in Corvallis for two-day display

The whirlwind that has taken the members of the Oregon State baseball team from the final out of Monday’s Corvallis Super Regional win over Kansas State to Wednesday’s practice before the trip…

Kara Hansen avoided student loans by thinking ahead, working hard and sticking to her strategy

Housing for more than 200 Oregon State University students will be going away at the end of the 2013-14 school year.

My initiation into the world of food was a San Francisco test kitchen.

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Finally, a dogpile for the Oregon State baseball team.

Matt Boyd could easily have turned pro after being drafted last season.

Nora Palmtag, 63, pursues her collegiate dream

Dale Keene wasn’t ready for college the first time around.

On June 1, 250 hanging flower baskets were quietly placed around downtown Corvallis. The placement of the baskets has been organized for nearly 20 years by the nonprofit Corvallis Flower Baske…

When you need to stave off elimination, coming up with back-to-back home runs is a pretty good way to start.

One man died and two other were injured in a vehicle crash Saturday night on Valley View Road S.E. near Jefferson

Alligator, octopus, snake make resurgence as Americans rediscover old recipes

Students speak up about how OSU, Corvallis community could interact better

Science Pub will address issues for caregivers of aging baby boomers

CORVALLIS – Michael Conforto watched strike three go by in the bottom of the 10th inning, then took the long slow walk to the Beavers’ dugout while Kansas State players ran out to celebrate.

CORVALLIS – Kansas State catcher Blair DeBord made a trip to the mound during Saturday’s first game of the best-of-three Corvallis Super Regional to talk to his starting pitcher.

At a glance:

The southwest Corvallis shopping plaza sells for a whopping $24.9 million

Student from Taiwan surpasses language barrier to finish at CHS

Bases loaded with two outs in the eighth.

The gunman, dressed all in black and carrying a semi-automatic rifle, walked calmly through the Santa Monica College campus after killing his father, brother at their home and another man near…

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Sometime in the next few days, artist Ella Rhoades expects to tamp into place and grout the last of the 18 stained glass mosaics that will beautify the humblest of urban features — the sidewal…

The elation of netting a butterfly, Katy Prudic believes, is something that people of every age should experience.

Ray Pietz doesn’t see it as retirement. He likes to call it a sequestration.

Crescent Valley senior Vanessa Garcia gets help as new parent to complete studies

Much of the Oregon State baseball team’s success this year came because of the pitching staff.

Last weekend, mid-valley residents played carnival games, paraded through crowded streets on a beautiful day and ate themselves sick with strawberries during the annual Strawberry Festival hel…

A passionate standing-room-only crowd filled the meeting room at the downtown fire station Wednesday night to participate in the Corvallis Planning Commission proceedings on the proposed Coron…

Joan Austin’s sudden death on Wednesday had OSU officials recalling her ceaseless generosity and kindness.

WASHINGTON — The government is secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Inte…

American Legion teams visiting Hansen Stadium at Taylor Field this summer in Corvallis just might want to think twice before attempting to stretch that gap single into a double.

For more than a week now, a large helicopter has been flying into the Corvallis Municipal Airport from the north — over and over and over again.

Monroe High student graduating after overcoming a severe head injury

Loved ones of Linn-Benton Community College student Amanda Fewless, who died in a car crash last week, spoke of the 22-year-old as thoughtful, caring, creative and attentive.

Colin Feldtman was looking for a change.

President argues changes to state university governance are inevitable

Associate Professor Qwo-Li Driskill is launching a new degree program at OSU

LEBANON — When most people think about local grocery stores, they’re concerned with the quality of produce or the price of a gallon of milk.

Dylan Davis may have been named the most outstanding player of the Corvallis Regional, but that honor easily could have gone to a number of his teammates.