A seismic shift has come to the Willamina School District that Superintendent Mike Gass said that “forever changes” things for his students - electric buses.
Benny Williams was there in Washington, D.C., not long after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened 43 years ago. He traveled from Salem Sept. 18 to bring his great-grandson Benjamin
Hector Zertuche recalls his family has always had a passion for cooking. A lot of his family recipes originate from down south in the Gulf of Mexico. Using signature spices,
Before the COVID pandemic, the Luckiamute Valley Charter Schools had a seed of an idea for a new program for their students. They applied and received a one-year mentorship from
Just two days before the 44th anniversary of the fateful Mt. Saint Helens eruption, the students of Falls City Elementary School celebrated smaller scale eruptions crafted by the fifth-grade class
With five children of her own, Gabrielle Walton had grown weary of seeing other children playing ill-equipped on sports her husband Mark and others coached in recreation leagues.
Faith Fitts was really happy for her brother John when he received an appointment to West Point last year. Two months removed from receiving her own appointment, looking back, she
Polk County Commissioners received good news Jan. 24 that one of their already successful programs for unhoused veterans is able to expand thanks to an infusion of federal dollars.
With their peers departed at the end of a school day, a group of LaCreole Middle School students took the stage before proud faculty members to show off what they’d
