A heavy snowpack is fun for skiers and sledders, and it also acts like an open-air storage tank that melts away to provide water for drinking, irrigation and other purposes during dry months.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Once again, the eggs are ready to shake, rattle and roll. For the 11th year, the world can watch chickens hatch via the Oregon State University Extension Service livestream. The livestream started Friday and will document the chicks as they hatch. The cameras will remain on until Thursday, March 21. The expected hatch date
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Historical Society has announced that two Oregon educators, Patrick O’Brien and John Santella, have been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award for their work with students on Oregon History Day, an affiliate of the National History Day® program. History Day is a student-directed learning program that reaches
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Students at Realms High School have been working on creating their own video game concepts in their math and English classes. On Thursday, they faced quite the test: presenting their concepts to video game developers with Bend Studio, in ‘Shark Tank’ style.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the selection of Donna Servignat as the next principal of Summit High School. Servignat is the Director of Secondary Teaching and Learning for the Reynolds School District in Fairview, Oregon, a position she has held for two years. Prior to her current role,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — One of the region’s most anticipated and established annual fundraising events, the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Meal of the Year, is celebrating its 45th anniversary at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at the Bend campus. The scholarship fundraiser, held in the Mazama Gym — transformed into a ballroom for
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has received a $10 million federal grant to work with 13 Native American tribes to spur economic development in the western United States by developing manufacturing capabilities for materials and products made from hemp. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater. Kyriakos Stylianou of the OSU College of Science led an international team that identified a material known as a metal-organic framework, or MOF, that showed an ability
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Young readers were tested on their reading comprehension skills Saturday morning at Seven Peaks School. Ninety bookworms from the Bend-La Pine area tackled the local competition in the Oregon Battle of the Books, a statewide reading challenge.
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The High Desert Education Service District is in need of more substitute teachers.
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Katie Wilson has been appointed associate dean for student life at Oregon State University – Cascades and will lead strategies and activities that support the engagement and success of undergraduate and graduate students, the Bend school announced Wednesday. She will start on May 17.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – As forecast, a few to several inches of snow fell over much of Central Oregon overnight, prompting schools in Sisters and Paulina to operate on a two-hour delay. Sisters Schools Superintendent Curt Scholl said all buses were running two hours later than their regular pickup times, adding, “The safety of our
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Researchers who work with tiny drug carriers known as lipid nanoparticles have developed a new type of material capable of reaching the lungs and the eyes, an important step toward genetic therapy for hereditary conditions like cystic fibrosis and inherited vision loss. The study led by Gaurav Sahay and Yulia Eygeris
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(Update: Adding video, comments from school counselor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With local high school graduation rates generally at just over 80%, some parents are asking if expectations have been lowered. “There simply is no accountability,” one Crook County parent told us recently. “I feel like we’re graduating students who have not demonstrated basic proficiency
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond School District is hosting two friendly Oregon Battle of the Books events prior to the official OBOB regional competitions, which take place later this month. Individual schools hold internal battles to determine which team of students will attend the district and regional competitions. WHEN: Friendly Elementary OBOB will be held on Thursday, March
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SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A bill that aims to push back against a rise in book bans in Oregon school districts has passed the Senate, KGW reported. Senate Bill 1583 says that “that a school official cannot prohibit materials because the materials concern a class of people identified in our education anti-discrimination laws. In other words, you cannot
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – On a research cruise focused on marine mammals and seabirds, Oregon State University scientists earned an unexpected bonus: The first-ever documented sighting of a hoary bat flying over the open ocean. The bat was seen in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area about 30 miles off the northern California coast; the Humboldt
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers are leading an effort to refine the design and expand use of oxygen monitoring sensors that can be deployed in fishing pots to relay critical information on changing ocean conditions to the fishing industry. The new project, a collaboration with industry and Tribal partners, is funded by
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Secretive species can pose special conservation challenges simply because they are so skilled at staying under the radar that researchers have uncovered comparatively little about their basic needs. One such species is the ringtail, a relative of the raccoon that has cultural significance to many Indigenous peoples in North America. A
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — North Star Elementary School in Bend will have a new principal next school year. Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Thursday that Beth Martin has been selected for the position and will begin July 1. “Beth is a talented leader and veteran educator who is driven to ensure that all
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