OSU student-led lab creates environmental sensing tools for landslides, vineyards
– A student-driven lab at Oregon State University is celebrating its fifth anniversary with the development of environmental sensing devices that…
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Panel recommends naming new Bend High School building for Medal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell
At Tuesday night’s Bend-La Pine School Board meeting, a committee proposed that Bend Senior High School’s new multi-purpose building be named for…
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Little Kits Early Learning Program in Bend to receive funds, help expand child care
The Little Kits Early Learning Program, a new child care program planned in Bend, is one step closer to becoming a…
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COCC outlines plans for ‘drive-thru’ commencement ceremony
Central Oregon Community College has announced that its 2021 commencement ceremony will take place on the Bend campus as a drive-thru event,…
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OSU students test-fire high-altitude rocket motor, reach final 8 in $1M challenge
A team from Oregon State University is the first college student group in Oregon to fire a liquid bipropellant rocket engine and one of eight…
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University of Oregon, Western Oregon U. to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, staff in fall
– The University of Oregon and Western Oregon University on Monday joined a growing number of colleges and universities across the state to require…
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Bend-La Pine School Board urges state to ease COVID-19 rules, cites ‘needless over-quarantining’
All seven members of he Bend-La Pine School Board have sent a joint letter to Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Department of Education Director Colt Gill,…
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Mikalson named Jefferson County ESD superintendent
Jefferson County Education Service District and the High Desert Education Service District announced this week that Shay Mikalson will serve as…
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Breese-Iverson introduces bill to ensure full in-person school reopenings this fall
State Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, introduced a bicameral, bipartisan bill Thursday that would ensure access to full, in-person…
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Oregon HS graduates still have time to apply for Oregon Promise grant
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission’s Office of Student Access and Completion encourages Oregon’s graduating high school seniors and…
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COCC delays return to in-person services, postpones reopening to public
Central Oregon Community College announced Thursday that it will postpone the college’s planned summer reopening…
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Bend-La Pine Schools again honor graduating seniors with billboards
This week, contractors are giving several area billboards graduation makeovers to celebrate the Class of 2021. First conceived of for the Class of…
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Strike ends at Oregon Tech as contract deal reached
The faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with the university, ending a strike that had…
Continue Reading Bend-La Pine Schools trim high school in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases, quarantines
Bend-La Pine Schools have seen 130 COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks, including more than 20 each at Bend, Mountain View and Summit high schools,…
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Revamped, online COCC newspaper, The Broadside, gets official go-ahead
Central Oregon Community College’s student-run newspaper, The Broadside, recently received approval from college administrators to continue its…
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OSU to require COVID-19 vaccination for on-campus students, staff this fall, including Bend
Oregon State University announced Tuesday that it is planning to require COVID-19 vaccinations beginning in the fall term for students and employees…
Continue Reading UO ‘disappointed’ after large party amid rising COVID cases
The University of Oregon says it’s “disappointed” to learn about large parties during the Ducks spring game as the region weathers a spike in…
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Four finalists chosen for High Lakes Elementary principal; forum set
Students, staff and community members are invited to meet the four finalists for the principal position at High Lakes Elementary School during a…
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Two COCC students among 45 on community colleges’ All-Oregon Academic Team
The Oregon Community College Association announced on Monday the selection of 45 community college students from around the state — including two…
Continue Reading Oregon Tech faculty strike continues into second week
The Oregon Institute of Technology’s faculty union and its administration say they are nearing an agreement as the first strike by a faculty union…
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