The Board of Directors for Bend-La Pine Schools will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, November 12 to interview finalists for the vacant Zone 6 seat on the board. The board selected three finalists from seven applicants at its regular meeting on Tuesday. The finalists are invited to be interviewed together in open session at
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Oregon State University–Cascades’ preliminary enrollment report shows a total of 1,370 students served at the Bend campus this fall, the Bend school announced Wednesday.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists concludes in its annual report published Tuesday that the Earth’s worsening vital signs indicate a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis” and that “decisive action is needed, and fast.” The collaboration directed by OSU’s William Ripple and former postdoctoral researcher Christopher
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In advance of the Central Oregon Walk to End Alzheimer’s next Sunday, Central Oregon Community College is “planting” a temporary Promise Garden of the flower-like pinwheels that walkers carry to signify their connection to the brain disease.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has hired Karen Rush as one of the District’s two Executive Directors of Elementary Programs. She will begin on Nov. 4 and work alongside Executive Director Tammy Doty in overseeing the district’s 19 elementary schools. Rush is in her first year as the Program Director for Medical, Mental Health,
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The Oregon Department of Education released results Thursday from the Oregon Statewide Assessment System’s spring 2024 summative tests, which they said “highlight there is more work ahead to reach pre-pandemic academic performance levels.”
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation. The findings are important because there are few established risk factors for cancer in children and the role of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Job seekers looking for new opportunities will find more than 40 local companies and agencies — representing health care, government, natural resources, technology, food service and other fields — at Central Oregon Community College’s 2024 Fall JobFest, happening in October at each of the four campuses. The event will occur in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center, or SBDC, is accepting applications for its 2024-25 Small Business Management Program, with a new cohort launching Oct. 9 at the Bend campus. The nine-month, interactive program offers a unique combination of one-on-one business advising — customized to individual business needs — and practical
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is cosponsoring legislation that would help ensure college students in Oregon and nationwide can meet their basic needs while pursuing their education. The Basic Assistance for Students in College (BASIC) Act aims to combat the basic needs crisis by allocating funding to help students access nutritious food, safe
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Educators and business leaders across Oregon are invited to participate in a vital survey aimed at shaping the future of Oregon’s workforce. This four-question survey focuses on the Oregon Employability Skills (OES) program, a key initiative that bridges the gap between education and industry through a free, open-source online curriculum. The OES program
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Latinx Heritage Month at Central Oregon Community College will feature a glyph-writing workshop (Oct. 22) and a Latin music lecture (Oct. 29) during the month of October, free and open to the public, though space is limited. Visit cocc.edu/multicultural for details. Latinx Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15,
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NEW YORK (KTVZ) — Voya Financial, Inc., a leading provider of retirement plans for educators, announced Monday that Casey Hayes, an assistant guide at Desert Sky Montessori School in Bend, has received a $2,000 grant as part of the company’s 2024 Unsung Heroes awards competition. Hayes is the only winner in the entire state of Oregon. For 28
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced Friday afternoon at a Jefferson County Middle School surprise all-school assembly that English teacher Christa Rohrbach has been named one of Oregon’s 18 2024-25 Regional Teachers of the Year! Every day in Oregon classrooms, teachers offer their innovation, energy and
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College recently received Pell Grant certification from the U.S. Department of Education for its newly designed associate degree prison education program at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras — one of several such programs in the entire country, and the first in Oregon to earn that distinction. The
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Over the past 50 years, R.E. Jewell Elementary School in southeast Bend has helped shape over 25,000 lives. To celebrate the milestone, the school community is rolling out the red carpet on Thursday, Sept. 26 to welcome back current and former students, families, and staff members. School staff and administrators are
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, made a surprise announcement at a La Pine High School staff meeting Thursday morning: Debra Sayre, who teaches special education and language arts at the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council in La Pine, is one of Oregon’s 18 2024-25 Regional Teachers
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Researchers at Oregon State University are poised to use saliva to make a personalized-medicine breakthrough for people with epilepsy, thanks to a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The OSU team had already demonstrated a sensor system, based on microfluidics, for quickly analyzing the level of anti-seizure medicine
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A squirrel chewing through a fiber optic line cut off phone and internet service Tuesday at five public schools in La Pine and Sunriver, but no other homes or businesses in the area, a TDS representative said. School district officials said the schools kept operating on normal schedules, and service was restored later in the day.
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A contractor doing construction activity nearby broke a water line serving High Desert Middle School in southeast Bend Monday afternoon. As a result, after-school activities were canceled. Bend-La Pine Schools spokesman Scott Maben said they expect water service to be restored for the school on Tuesday. “As a precaution, we may have the school under
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