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A 15-year-old was taken into custody Wednesday, accused of shooting at school buses with a pellet gun and causing delays in some Gresham-Barlow school bus route

A massive winter storm that socked Oregon and Southwest Washington throughout the weekend continues to cause issues in the region.

A recent wave of phone scams is targeting parents of young children and college-age kids with personalized threats.

Multiple schools are reporting multiple outbreaks. For example, North Bend Senior High School in Coos County has reported three active school outbreaks, adding up to a total of 26 cases between the outbreaks. In the Sept. 22 report, there was one outbreak listed with a total of 9 cases.

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Piluso winning in school board election despite dropping out May 18 2021 A slew of new faces will join school boards in East Multnomah County in early returns. Former Gresham Police Chief and state legislator Carla Piluso was winning her seat for re-election to the Gresham-Barlow School Board in early results Tuesday night, even though she dropped out of the race after her name was already on the ballot. In the Centennial School District, newcomer Erica Fuller was ahead in a race ...

Parents split on Gov. Browns order for in-person learning Allison Mechanic, KATU Staff Replay Video A deadline has been set for Oregon schools. Parents are taking the development a few different ways. Some parents, who have been calling for schools to reopen, are thrilled. On Twitter, parents responded to KATU with tweets like "Fully support" and "Shouldve been done last fall," in reaction to the governors order. Parents who are concerned about their students going back are fee...

The proposal was discussed at a recent Gresham-Barlow School Board meeting and greeted with skepticism. Director Kris Howatt said that at a meeting with state officials and educators where the student self-test plan was outlined, "we had a high level of disbelief that was going to be something that was actually going to be practical and possible." Gresham-Barlow Superintendent Katrise Perera said that because of liability and other issues, "I would not volunteer our staff or students to part...