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PORTLAND The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for possible snow flurries in the Portland Metro area Monday afternoon.

Many of Oregon's beaches are eroding faster than in recent decades because of a combination of less sand coming out of rivers, rising sea levels and bigger waves, according to a government report released Monday.

Will there be school Tuesday? Friday's snowfall stuck around all weekend and claimed a second day of school on Monday.

The information, they say, could help to maintain a desired, integral property in nanoparticles used in electronic devices, where stability is important, or to design them so they readily condense into thin films for such things as inks or catalysts in electronic or solar devices.

Gardeners who like to experiment with unique plants will want to keep an eye out in a few years for a blueberry tree created by Oregon State University.

Friends and housemates of Oregon State student Jason Coulter, 19, of Hillsboro, "playfully" bury his pick-up truck in a parking lot next to the Antioch Christian Co-op house on the OSU campus in Corvallis Friday.

Perhaps the green branches of the well-loved Douglas-fir or noble fir delight you.

The spotted wing drosophila, a major pest that targets berries and cherries and other fruits in the United States, Canada and Europe, is itself being targeted, thanks to groundbreaking genome sequencing at UC Davis and a public-access Web portal hosted at Oregon State University.

Only two kinds of people ventured out Saturday morning in the Portland area: Those who had to be out in the 24-degree weather and those who wanted to be.

Most Americans have heard little or nothing of the oil and gas production process called hydraulic fracturing, and many don't know if they support or oppose it, according to a new paper by researchers from Oregon State, George Mason and Yale universities.

A grafted blueberry tree grows in a test plot at Oregon State University's North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora.

Battle of the Bands concert at Salem Public Library Several Salem Health clinics are closed including: Parkside Clinic at 966 12th St SE; River Road South Clinic at 2925 River Rd S; and the Edgewater Clinic at 1049 Edgewater St NW are closed.

CORVALLIS, Ore. Oregon State University will close its main campus in Corvallis at noon Fridday because of excessive snow that is becoming packed, creating hazardous conditions.

In six locations across the country, in-plants have been gathering over the past month for one-day networking forums.

"The media creates a lot of body dissatisfaction, specifically in teen girls," says Elizabeth Daniels, co-author of a new study, which finds that ethnic identification may help Latina adolescents find better satisfaction in their bodies.

The work is expected to accelerate basic and applied research, leading to better monitoring and control strategies for the pest.

The suspects swiped two wallets and a Mac laptop from campus, then used one of the stolen debit cards to buy a power cord for the computer.

Continuing with the series of post on how customers are using C++ AMP, we are happy to publish the following guest blog post from Matthew Crews, a research student at Oregon State University.

Smithsonian American Art Museum senior curator Eleanor Harvey moderates an exploration of the western American landscape and its relationship to ceramic vessels with ceramist Wayne Higby and Henry Sayre, professor of art history at Oregon State University.

David Robinson, who challenged former U.S. Rep. David Wu , is running against Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall for her seat in the November 2014 election.