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A new model analyzing how birds in western North America will respond to climate change suggests that for most species, regional warming is not as likely to influence population trends as will precipitation changes.

Dr. Frank Oren Thetford, Jr., age 74 of Christina TN died Friday July 11, 2014, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Eastern filbert blight is decimating hazelnut orchards on both sides of the Canadian-U.S. border, dramatically lowering yields and leaving producers with few control options.

The LaGrande Observer is now online in a Replica E-edition form and publishes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Climate Central has an interactive feature at the Huffington Post allowing Americans to determine "How Hot Will Summer Be In Your City In 2100?" Summer high temperatures were calculated for 1,001 U.S. cities with 1986-2005 data from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University.

Oregon State University says Paul Risser, who served as the school's 13th president from 1996 to 2002, has died at age 74. Current university President Ed Ray said in a statement that Risser led the school during a time of transition, helping to re-energize the athletics program, increase enrollment and guide OSU through "difficult financial ... (more)

As part of the Tuolumne County Arts Alliance's 44th birthday party from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, artist-in-residence Sarah Anne Graham will open a new show, "Paper, Print and Painting," at the George Post Community Gallery.

Kelsey Kuhta of Camas has been accepted into the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2014 Summer Seminar.

According to KC Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Bulls's head athletic trainer, Fred Tedeschi has left the Chicago Bulls to become the head trainer at Oregon State University.

The oxygen-rich surface waters of the world's major oceans are supersaturated with methane - a powerful greenhouse gas that is roughly 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide - yet little is known about the source of this methane.

Published Jul 4, 2014 at 12:01AM / Updated Jul 5, 2014 at 07:19PM Deadly in minutes: 14 firefighters - including 9 Prineville Hotshots - could not escape when a change in weather turned a modest Colorado wildfire into a fast-moving inferno Twenty years ago an elite group of firefighters from Prineville went to Colorado to fight just one of many ... (more)

Investigators suspect the fire that destroyed a vacant Oregon State University experiment station in southwest Medford late Wednesday morning was human caused.

Editor's note: Sustainable Business Oregon was recently integrated with the Portland Business Journal website to reflect a changing business landscape.

Trustees of the Bernard Daly Educational Fund held their annual meeting in Lakeview on Saturday, June 28, announcing this year's scholarship recipients through the Daly fund as well as the Amy Heryford Ousley and James Heryford Ousley Educational Fund.Recipients included 20 graduates of the 2014 graduating class, with five from North Lake School, ... (more)

So reports Oregon State University, which said more than one in five commercial honeybee hives didn't make it.

An imaging technology more powerful than anything that has existed before, and is fast enough to observe life processes as they actually happen at the molecular level, has been created by scientists.

Worldwide people love to watch movies. A good film can be both transporting and intimate, helping you to understand the intricate motivations of other people or revealing aspects of life you previously overlooked.

Located about 10 miles northwest of Portland, Sauvie Island is one of the largest river islands in the U.S. and is dotted with u-pick farms and a wildlife refuge.

The school's experts say that if that kind of winter mortality continues, some professional beekeepers may not be able to stay in business.

Oregon State University researchers helped develop a "molecular movie" technology that is more powerful than anything that has existed previously and, according to OHSU, will enable extraordinary gains in bio-imaging and health research.