The icy road conditions once again closed schools and businesses across Central Oregon on Friday, but it wasn’t bad news for everyone. Especially on what most kids call “snow days.”
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Thursday’s freezing rain and Friday’s still-icy streets around the region led to numerous school closures Friday, including Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Jefferson County, Culver and Crook County, as well as COCC and OSU-Cascades. But the situation at Redmond Airport relented and flights resumed.
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Supporters of the Jack and Josh Eckstein Memorial Trade Scholarship Fund were hoping to raise $20,000 in a recent campaign. Word came Friday that they ended up raising triple that amount.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a presidential compensation adjustment and elected board officers. The board approved a 6% pay increase for President Jayathi Murthy, increasing her annual compensation to $747,300. “Especially given the size and complexity of OSU, President Murthy’s performance has been exceptional,” said Kirk Schueler,
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Military veterans’ individual perceptions of their combat experiences and the social supports they receive when they return home are greater predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms than the specific conflict in which they served, a new Oregon State University study found. The study, published in the journal The Gerontologist, surveyed combat veterans
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The Bend Education Association has provided an update on the status of contract negotiations with Bend-La Pine Schools. With only two scheduled full-day sessions left, educators say they are frustrated but still hopeful of reaching a deal.
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A return of freezing rain that shut U.S. Highway 26 near Warm Springs prompted Central Oregon Community College and OSU-Cascades to close early Thursday afternoon, while Redmond Airport closed its runways and early closures were announced, from courts to libraries.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — John J. Graham Jr. is the new executive director of the Center for Business, Industry, and Professional Development (CBIPD) at Central Oregon Community College. He manages the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and leads workforce training and apprenticeship programs. His role also involves developing noncredit offerings in manufacturing. John’s background includes
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The winners of the 32nd annual Inventerprise contest have been announced! Inventerprise is an annual problem-solving contest sponsored by Lonza Bend (formerly Bend Research), offered to all K-12 Central Oregon students. Each year, the contest poses a question to spark students’ imaginations, challenging them to pursue inventive solutions to pressing problems. It is meant to
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John V. Byrne, who served as Oregon State University’s 12th president from 1984 to 1995 after leading the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, died Thursday. He was 95.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College is hosting its annual Oregon Transfer Days event — an outreach partnership comprised of Oregon’s public and private colleges and universities, and other higher education institutions — from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, in the Bend campus’s Coats Campus Center, to help students
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A Bend middle school has added a new creative writing elective. In just its first year, the class at Sky View Middle School has students creating books for younger kids, and they’ll be reading them to youngsters soon.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nominations are open to honor the outstanding contributions of education support professionals in Oregon. Now through February 21, you can submit an application to recognize a special Education Support Professional (ESP).To be nominated, ESPs must work in an Oregon K-12 public school or school district and meet the definition of an ESP in Oregon.
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What was supposed to be a deadline, or at least a goal of a deal before winter break has been pushed back as negotiators are still not close to reaching a contract agreement between Bend-La Pine Schools and the teachers union, the Bend Education Association.
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Nominations are now open for Oregon Teacher of the Year! Honor a special educator in your life on the Oregon Teacher of the Year website through February 21.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) has nominated 21 students from across the 5th District to be considered for appointments to three U.S. service academies. “I’m honored to nominate nearly two dozen outstanding Oregon students who are hoping to attend one of several prestigious service academies. These bright young leaders have already accomplished so
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The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) application, a key document for students to receive financial aid, has become much easier to complete. The more user-friendly application soft-launched Sunday.
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A social media post regarding a threat of violence Tuesday at schools in several Central Oregon communities brought a flood of worried calls to dispatchers and others late Monday and early Tuesday, prompting police investigations that so far have found the threat unfounded, possibly out of Portland, but brought increased officer presence around schools.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — There’s one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, has long been due for an update. On December
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Thanks to a change in federal guidelines, 12 additional schools throughout Bend-La Pine Schools will serve free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students, without the need for families to apply for free and/or reduced meals.
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