WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that 30 Oregon counties will receive more than $47.7 million in federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. These funds, more than $2.56 million of
Mentor Public Schools and law enforcement are investigating after a district bus driver allegedly drove students to school while under the influence of alcohol last week.
Submitted by Anne Howell, demonstration teacher at Dan D. Rogers Elementary School For bus driver Tamara Franklin, creating a welcoming and cheerful atmosphere in her vehicle is all in a day’s work. Which, for the past two years, has meant adorning her special education bus to match seasonal holidays and special events. “I started last [] The post School bus driver makes a difference for students first appeared on The Hub.
Crash on Mitchell Highway, Dubbo leaves one man dead. A car earlier involved in a police pursuit, hit a bus. READ MORE:
TOPEKA (KSNT) — Seven days until the seventh St. Jude Dream Home Campaign in Topeka, and every ticket sold and penny raised helps a child's chance of living. Over the past six years, with the help of your generosity, the Topeka community has been able to raise more than $4 million during the St. Jude []
DALE COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) — New classrooms, a band room, and a bigger cafeteria will soon be on the campus of Ariton School in Dale County. Officials broke ground on the $4 million project on Tuesday surrounded by members of the community, SGA members, pageant queens, and band members. "I have been in the band []
BEND, Ore. – School districts across the state can now apply for grant money to fund wireless panic alarms in every school. According to the Oregon Representative Emerson Levy, who introduced Alyssa’s Law last year, this $2.5 million Wireless Panic Alarm Grant program is an important step in an effort to improve school safety. HB […]
Police say nearly 50 elementary school students were on board the bus at the time of the incident.
In just one year, the City’s efforts to go green have saved over $2.7 million in utility and taxpayer dollars. Now, over 80 facilities will get energy-efficient upgrades across the island.
Ontario Provincial Police say several students have been taken to hospital after a school bus and a transport truck collided on a highway. Police say in a news release that the crash happened Monday afternoon after 4 p.m. on Route 400 in Russell Township, southeast of Ottawa, where the highway meets MacDonald Rd. In addition to the driver, police say three students were on the bus at the time, and all were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver and lone occupant...
(The Center Square) - The part of the federal government which handles forestry, inside the part of the government that handles agriculture is funding local efforts in Oregon that are more associated with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education -- funding for rural roads and schools in Oregon. Thirty Oregon counties will get over $47.7 million in federal funding under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. It will...
In 2023, 43,661 cords of aspen were sold at an average of $36.85 per cord, for a total of $1,220,874.