4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (442+ words) Oregon legislators are beginning to revisit laws they previously sent through the Capitol, tracing what happened after those measures took effect and examining whether state agencies, funding and public programs produced the results envisioned when the legislation was approved. Oregon…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (508+ words) Citizenship is a familiar word. What Americans expect from it, what self-government requires of the people living under it, and how those responsibilities have evolved across nearly 250 years of American democracy are considerably larger questions. Those questions will come to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (450+ words) From the agricultural fields of Eastern Oregon to the rapidly developing worlds of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, three Oregon students are preparing to take their technology skills from high school classrooms into universities and, eventually, careers that could place them…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (918+ words) A dispute that began amid contentious budget reductions and academic program closures at Lane Community College has moved into federal court, where a former student alleges college administrators and board officials violated his constitutional rights by barring him from campus…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (653+ words) With students across Southern Oregon returning to regular classroom schedules, preparing school lunches at home is once again becoming part of the morning routine for families looking for practical ways to improve what their children eat during the day. A…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (728+ words) Oregon is preparing for another consequential legal confrontation with the federal government after the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit seeking to invalidate portions of state law that allow certain noncitizen students to qualify for resident tuition and state financial assistance…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (630+ words) Rogue Community College is taking on a larger role in Southern Oregon’s manufacturing economy through a new statewide initiative that will connect local businesses with advanced equipment, specialized technical instruction and workforce training across Jackson and Josephine counties. The 12-month…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (211+ words) That convergence raises an important health and wellness question: What happens when increasingly sensitive technology must function inside a biological environment that is constantly changing? The challenge is that the human body is anything but a controlled laboratory environment. There…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (516+ words) The final full week of August has arrived in Josephine County, bringing families across Grants Pass and surrounding communities to the doorstep of another school year. Classrooms are being prepared, teachers and staff are returning to their buildings, and students…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (465+ words) Those numbers do not mean every Southern Oregon household needs to spend anywhere close to the national average. In fact, families shopping during the final days before classes begin can benefit from a simple financial strategy: separate what a student…...