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Educational models have long assumed that teachers deliver information while students absorb it. Lessons follow a schedule, assignments reinforce the material, and exams measure how well students remember what they were taught. That structure still defines most classrooms today. Yet the conditions that shaped that...

Portland Public Schools will not pursue an attempt to open the lower floors of Jefferson High School early in the 2028–29 school year, abandoning its brief hope that Texas-based construction firm Procedeo had devised a strategy that would allow students to access the modernized building months ahead of schedule.

Where can you take a run, smell a flower, nosh on tasty treats, view art, witness a tea ceremony and take in the harmonic stylings of a traditional stringed instrument, all on the same day and in one location?. Well, the 2026 installment of the Newberg Camellia Festival, of course.

Mike MacIntyre will earn more as Oregon State’s defensive coordinator than Lance Guidry was set to be paid before leaving for the same position at Memphis. MacIntyre, 60, signed a contract through February 2028 worth a prorated $475,008 in its first year and $500,004 from March 2027 for the following year, according...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - SamCare Mobile Medicine is set to launch a mobile prenatal and postpartum clinic, with an open house scheduled for March 16 at Monarch on 4th. This initiative aims to enhance access to healthcare for pregnant and parenting families in Benton and Linn counties. According to SamCare Mobile...

In a contentious vote Friday afternoon, Oregon State University’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to impose the largest tuition hike that the university’s students have seen in years. OSU’s trustees voted 12-2 to approve a 5.75% increase for returning undergraduate students and a bump of 6.25% for...

In October of 2025, an officer assigned to the Sherwood Police Investigations Unit initiated a proactive child predator sting investigation. During the investigation, the investigator utilized multiple dating applications, social media platforms, and other online services while posing as under the age of 15....

On Tuesday, a normally quiet stretch of northeast Salem turned into the scene of a coordinated law enforcement sweep, as federal marshals and local officers arrested five people and seized firearms, body armor and suspected hard drugs from a residential address. Working off a search warrant, officers moved in on...

Picture this: you’re six weeks into your first term and you can’t bear the thought of eating pizza for the third time this week. On a trip to pick up some ramen, you pass the basic ingredients to make spaghetti. “Leave it all to me,” from “iCarly,” plays...

CORVALLIS, OR — Block 15 Distribution today announced Attack the Block 2026, a full tap takeover at Loyal Legion Oregon spanning three locations over three consecutive evenings in April. The event features beers and ciders from six Oregon craft producers from Block 15’s portfolio and is timed to coincide with the...