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Klamath Basin roundup: Lakeview High football team's rally falls short at La Pine
A second-half rally wasn’t quite enough for the Lakeview High football team Thursday night. Host La Pine jumped out to a 20-point halftime lead and overcame three turnovers to top the Honkers 36-26 in the Special District 5 opener for both teams. A matchup against two teams that played...
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Relocations: I make a case for higher education
My column last week about the plight of higher education in Oregon was prompted by local concern for the future of Southern Oregon University. Pam Marsh, our state representative, has been working hard to assure its survival in the face of declining enrollments and the concomitant financial distress. My goal was to provide some guidance for that effort.
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Strike averted: SEIU reaches statewide higher education bargaining agreement
SEIU classified workers to receive 3% COLAs over first 2 years of 4-year contract. After several months of negotiations, SEIU and seven Oregon public universities, including Southern Oregon University’s 503 Sublocal 84 classified union, reached an agreement just before midnight Sunday, Sept. 27, averting what would have been the first classified union strike here since 1995.
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Talent teacher named “Southern Oregon Regional Teacher of the Year”
TALENT, Ore. – A second-grade dual-language teacher from Talent Elementary School was named the Southern Oregon “Regional Teacher of the Year.” She is one of 17 teachers in the state to receive this award. Today, during a school-wide assembly, the Oregon Department of Education presented Linnea Funk...
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New Ashland supply center aims to cut teacher costs
ASHLAND, Ore. - The Ashland Schools Foundation is opening a community redistribution center for classroom and craft supplies and has named Cheyenne Nichols as its new Co-Executive Director. Executive Director Erica Thompson came up with the idea after looking at years of grant data. She found that 33% of all...
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Oregon Tech climbs U.S. News rankings for value, veterans
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Tech ranked among the nation's top universities in multiple categories in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2027" rankings. The university placed second among top public schools and best colleges for veterans in the Regional Colleges – West category. Oregon Tech also ranked 11th in best value schools, 19th in top performers on social mobility and 44th in undergraduate engineering programs nationwide.
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Update: Strike averted — Oregon public universities reach agreement with classified union
Union rep had said workers would walk out Monday if no agreement was reached Sunday evening. Update, Monday, Sept. 28: A tentative agreement has been reached between Oregon’s seven public universities, including Southern Oregon University (SOU), averting a strike scheduled to begin this morning, Sept. 28, if last-minute negotiations Sunday evening were unsuccessful, according to an announcement by SEIU 503 as reported by OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting).
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Construction of North Valley High School football stadium completed
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – High school athletes at North Valley High School now have a newly renovated football stadium. The North Valley High School football team, along with students and district officials, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Knight Coliseum Tuesday. According to the Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber...
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Medford School District under fire from both employee unions over contract, pay
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Members of the Medford Education Association have been out of contract since June 30; Oregon School Employees Association were granted a cost-of-living adjustment but say it hasn’t been correctly paid. Both unions representing Medford School District employees spoke out during a school board...
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Roseburg High School Agriculture Teacher Named Douglas Regional Teacher of the Year
ROSEBURG, Ore. - Cailey Powell, an agriculture science and forestry teacher at Roseburg High School, has been named the 2026-27 Douglas Regional Teacher of the Year. The honor makes her one of 17 regional winners being recognized across Oregon and a semifinalist for Oregon Teacher of the Year. Powell is...
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Grants Pass Students Show Strong Reading and Math Gains on State Tests
Grants Pass School District 7 students made substantial gains in reading and math during the 2025–26 school year, with results that put the district ahead of Oregon’s statewide proficiency rates in both subjects. The strongest improvements came in third, fifth and seventh grades, giving local educators encouraging results at several points in a student’s path through school.