LAKEVIEW — Daly School is finding new life. The former middle school, was closed when seventh- and eighth-grade students were moved to the adjacent Lakeview High School, is being readied to serve as the Lakeview campus for the Western Regional Innovation Learning Center. The new learning center is a cooperative project overseen by Sean Gallagher, … Read moreMakeover to create a learning hub at Daly School
An expanded offering of higher education classes for Lake County residents are envisioned as Klamath Community College takes over as the county’s official provider of higher education services. An agreement reached between officials with KCC, Lake County and Lake County School District No. 7 means KCC will provide dual credit opportunities for secondary students and … Read moreKlamath Community College offers higher education classes in Lake County
CHILOQUIN — Chiloquin and the Klamath Tribes are making it the community’s business to ensure young children learn to read. “There is research out there that says if kids can read at an early age they’re a lot more successful,” said Chiloquin Elementary Principal Travis Fast…
CHILOQUIN — Imagine, instead of an ice cream truck, a reading truck. It could drive through rural Chiloquin, Fort Klamath and Sprague River, showing families how to teach young children about early literacy, and giving out goodies along the way. Or, businesses could offer little prizes to children for reading and spelling the names of … Read moreOregon Solutions teams to help children learn to read
Sixty-seven years after the city of Vanport was leveled by raging waters of the Columbia River, the failed levee that triggered the disaster is still inadequate to withstand a major flood. However, the city of Portland and other local governments continue to work on the problem under the auspices of an Oregon Solutions Project…
Sixty-seven years after the city of Vanport was leveled by raging waters of the Columbia River, the failed levee that triggered the disaster is still inadequate to withstand a major flood…
Juniper is a native Oregon species. But decades of fire suppression and grazing have allowed the tree to spread voraciously over Eastern and Central Oregon. That’s a problem because juniper consumes sage grouse habitat and sucks up a lot of water. The Oregon Legislature passed two bills at the end of the session to help boost … Read moreLegislature Funds Oregon’s Fledgling Juniper Industry
What’s now a narrow, weedy, unused 38-acre parcel at the confluence of Interstate 205 and I-84 in East Portland is a field of dreams for Linda Robinson and Ted Gilbert. Since 2008, the community activist and developer have been spearheading a grassroots community project called Gateway Green…
US – Government agencies have come together on the West Coast of the US to reconnect floodplain habitat with salmon-bearing streams, which should help to improve salmon populations. Salmon are severely impacted by the loss of floodplain habitats throughout the West Coast. In Oregon’s Tillamook Bay, nearly 90 per cent of estuaries’ tidal wetlands have … Read moreFloodplain Restoration to Benefit Salmon on West Coast of US
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will host a Southern Flow Corridor Project open house this Wednesday, June 17. The public is invited to drop in any time between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officer’s Mess Hall, 6825 Officer’s Row, Tillamook, and ask questions or submit comments about … Read moreOpen house to focus on Tillamook flood reduction, habitat restoration project