Oregon health officials announced the outdoor mask mandate required for large gatherings will be lifted, along with an implementation of a new testing protocol aimed at keeping students in school.
Oregon health officials announced the outdoor mask mandate required for large gatherings will be lifted, along with an implementation of a new testing protocol aimed at keeping students in school.
It is the time of year where holiday cheer starts spreading through our communities and homes. To me, there is nothing quite so inviting as a wreath hanging from a door, greeting friends and family as they gather to celebrate the season. In preparation of this delightful decoration, I love t…
Umpqua Community College received a $200,000 Workforce Readiness Grant to give additional services for teens and young adults pursuing careers in trade professions.
The Roseburg School Board voted to encourage a bus driver salary increase and to add a teacher’s planning day this December during Wednesday night’s school board meeting.
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When you break out the game console to play a video game like NBA2K, chances are the biggest decision you’ll have to make is which player or team you want to be. But have you ever considered becoming one of the people who actually designs a game like NBA2K?
The News-Review welcomes Madison Temmel back to the newsroom as its newest education reporter.
Teaching core classes such as language arts or math via remote learning has been a challenge to some of the best high school educators in the country.
MYRTLE CREEK — These are the students who made the first quarter honor roll at Coffenberry Middle School.
Of the hundreds of thousands of books published annually, only a handful are recognized as the best of the class. We highly recommend the following award winners.
If you happened to be driving down Interstate-5 yesterday and passed the Douglas Fairgrounds, you may have caught a glimpse of dozens of tractors being operated by FFA members competing in The Tractor Safety Certification and Tractor Operator Career Development Event (CDE).
Oakland School District is a close-knit community nestled on a hillside and home to 600 students who attend the elementary, middle or high school.
Jasmine Morales, eighth grader at Fremont Middle school, started playing softball when she was in just third grade. Ever since she has practiced her hardest to be the best softball player she can be.
Douglas Education Service District has contracted with a private company to recruit and hire substitute teachers for local schools.
Maple Corner Montessori continued its International Children’s Day tradition Thursday with hands-on learning, a parade and lessons on a variety of cultures.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College’s Lockwood Hall has received a massive renovation to update technology and the educational infrastructure for students pursuing automotive, welding and apprenticeship technologies.
Roseburg readers sure do love their mysteries. Less than 8% of Roseburg Public Library’s physical collection is categorized as mystery, yet the genre accounts for about 10% of all checkouts.
Even a tedious six hour drive through Eastern Oregon failed to dishearten a group of dedicated Sutherlin FFA students. In the State Soil Judging Career Development Event (CDE) held in John Day, Oregon on Oct. 18, the Sutherlin FFA A Team placed second and the Sutherlin FFA B Team won first place.
School districts all over the Pacific Northwest and across the country are dealing with staffing shortages in multiple areas.
CANYONVILLE — The Oregon Transportation Commission has awarded Douglas County a $2 million grant that aims to make it safer for students, staff and parents to travel to Canyonville School.
Roseburg Public Schools announced Monday that nearly all of its staff members had met the requirement of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s mandate that all educators be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18.
The Douglas Education Service District Education Services Department is kicking off a new leadership opportunity for area youth ages 14-21.
Two graduates from the Umpqua Community College nursing program have filed a complaint against the school for abruptly canceling the program’s national accreditation right as they graduated, costing them the chance to work for a federal government facility, such as the Roseburg VA Medical Center.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known better as FAFSA, is the application that is required to be used by all colleges in awarding financial aid. So, if you want to be considered for federal and state grants, federal work-study, and federal student loans you will have to apply f…
Winston-Dillard School District currently has openings in its free preschool programs for qualifying students.
A drive through sunny Bridge, Oregon, last Tuesday would have revealed dozens of students working in soil pits scattered through farm fields for the Umpqua District Soil Judging Career Development Event.
Roseburg Public Library will spend the week of Oct. 17-23, celebrating our Friends of the Library group as part of the 16th annual National Friends of Libraries Week.
The Maker Movement embraces the idea of igniting the spark in young people to create, collaborate and develop their creative abilities. Maker projects are cut from the same cloth as any other 4-H project.
The Douglas Education Service District Education Services Department is kicking off a new leadership opportunity for area youth ages 14-21.
I recently put the finishing touches on Roseburg Public Library’s annual statistical report to the State Library of Oregon, and it led me to reflect on the library’s work during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Roseburg High School seniors Marin Gray and Eva McMillan have been named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Be authentic! That’s the number one tip needed to encourage STEAM-thinking according to Nicholas Krissie, an award-winning science teacher at Lincoln Middle School in the Oakland School District.
Roseburg Public Schools Superintendent Jared Cordon is asking parents to take note of a new social media trend that’s asking students to vandalize schools and even assault teachers.
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There have been a few setbacks to the restoration at the site of a January landslide at Umpqua Community College.
The school system in Days Creek has evolved since 1853 when classes were first held in a teacher’s small log cabin. The current schoolhouse built in 1927 is anchored alongside the South Umpqua River and serves 220 students in grades K-12 within Days Creek Charter School. The single campus se…
During last month’s Online Book Group, one of our members recommended “The Music of Bees” and added that Roseburg Public Library should invite the author, Oregonian Eileen Garvin, to speak.
