BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s annual High School Math Contest, a game-based learning tradition since 1978, is being held on the Bend campus from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Approximately 180 high school students from 14 schools across Central Oregon — from Gilchrist to Mitchell to Madras —
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the CEO of General Dynamics on Wednesday, seeking answers on the company’s role in the “bungled launch” of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In the letter, the senators noted that despite General Dynamics receiving a $121.8 million contract
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two Oregon State University faculty are among the lead authors of a report that combines Indigenous Knowledge and western science for the purpose of informing future climate-adapted land management decisions across the United States. The authors say their recommendations include “practical and cultural management interventions that could help avert the loss of thousands
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The Bend-La Pine School Board is seeking applications to fill a vacant seat, the at-large Zone 6 position, following the resignation of Board Chair Melissa Barnes Dholakia, who said she did so because she has applied to become the district’s next deputy superintendent.
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– Redmond Proficiency Academy’s thespian troupe competed in the annual Oregon Thespian State Festival in Salem from April 4-6, where they earned top marks for each category they performed in, advancing them to the International Thespian Festival. The festival is considered to be the signature event for Oregon high school thespians. It was attended by
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Community College Association is honored to announce the selection of 55 members from community colleges across the state to the 2024 All-Oregon Academic Team. These outstanding student scholars are selected for their academic excellence, leadership, and community service, and many are members of Phi Theta Kappa, the nation’s community
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition rates and student fees for the 2024-25 school year and accepted an updated 10-year business forecast. The undergraduate tuition rates for the 2024-25 academic year include an overall increase of 4.65% for continuing students. At the same time, Oregon State will increase student
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Central Oregon will have a new option for people wanting to become nurses, starting this summer, thanks to an accelerated degree program created through a close collaboration among Oregon Health & Science University, St. Charles Health System and Central Oregon Community College.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County School Board made it official Monday evening that Dr. Melissa Skinner will serve as the next superintendent for the Crook County School District. Following a comprehensive search and extensive community involvement, the board unanimously approved her contract and introduced her at the school board meeting in Brothers. With
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Bend-La Pine Schools plan to eliminate dozens of open positions through attrition in the coming fiscal year and may cut even more jobs the following year due to a combination of factors, including a decline in enrollment and the end of one-time federal funds related to the COVID epidemic.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Redmond School District has scheduled two community listening sessions in April to provide updates on the November 2024 bond planning progress and solicit feedback about the possibility of consolidating high schools from community members. The first session is scheduled for Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Redmond High
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By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press A young girl and her guardian have sued an Oregon nonprofit organization, Portland Public Schools and Multnomah County for $9 million, alleging they were negligent when male classmates sexually abused her at school and raped her during an after-school program when she was a 9-year-old third grader. The child, who
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Career 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 Spring JobFest, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the Coats Campus Center on the Bend
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By engaging regularly with their family dog and teaching it a series of tricks and commands, children with developmental disabilities experienced a significant increase in their daily physical activity, a new study from Oregon State University researchers found.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of spiders know no such fear. That’s why, paleobiologist George Poinar Jr. explains, some spider species have developed the defense of deception. They masquerade as a much less
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three years after the release of “Dune,” a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel, “Dune: Part Two” is reigniting the public’s fascination with sandy environs and humanity’s efforts to reshape them. But long before the second movie came out earlier this month and ascended to the height of cinematic
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Low oxygen conditions that pose a significant threat to marine life are widespread and increasing in coastal Pacific Northwest ocean waters as the climate warms, a new study shows. Researchers found that in 2021, more than half the continental shelf off the Pacific Northwest coast experienced the low-oxygen condition known as
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s K-12 public schools will receive a record $74.2 million from the Common School Fund in 2024, state officials announced this week. Every one of Oregon’s 197 public school districts receives money from the Common School Fund every year. How much each district receives depends on the number of students served.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — An open house event for Central Oregon Community College’s upcoming Madras campus expansion will take place from 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at the Madras campus, 1170 E. Ashwood Road. With light refreshments, architectural renderings and a brief program of speakers that begins at 5 p.m., the event will showcase
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Bend-La Pine Schools officials say a rising use of e-bikes by students not old enough to legally ride them has led to collisions and close calls. That’s prompted a rule change that prohibits students under age 16 from riding e-bikes or e-scooters to school and could lead to them being held for parents to pick up, if there are repeated violations.
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