January 28 2021
Molalla High School s class of 2020 reached 91% on-time graduation, up more than 7 points
While schools across the state have struggled to evolve amid the COVID-19 crisis, some good news came from the Oregon Department of Education recently. Molalla High School has reached an all-time high graduation rate.
Molalla s class of 2020 reached a 91% on-time graduation rate, up significantly from 83.8% in 2019 and 79.5% in 2018. This has been an extraordinarily difficult year, and we are pleased to be able to join the community in celebrating the success of our students, their families and our school district staff with the release of this data, said Mark Lucht, school board chair. These students are the building blocks of our community s future, and their achievements highlight the resolve Molalla has displayed in response to the challenges we have faced.
Clackamas County halts housing project at Estacada motel
Project would have given first priority to those displaced by wildires, eventually become workforce housing
Clackamas County commissioners voted to put the breaks on a project that would provide shelter for homeless individuals and later transition to workforce housing in Estacada.
During a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 28, the commission voted 3-2 to not move forward with the due-diligence phase of the purchase of the Red Fox Motel in Estacada.
Through a program called Project Turnkey, the Oregon Legislature has earmarked $30 million for the Oregon Community Foundation to administer funds for the acquisition of motel/hotel properties in eight counties and tribal communities affected by the 2020 wildfires, and another $35 million for the rest of the state.
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Passenger traffic at the Colorado Springs Airport fell to a 37-year low of 363,845 in 2020, but the arrival of Southwest Airlines in March and expansion by other carriers is expected to double that total this year. Southwest will begin service to Colorado Springs on March 11 with 13 flights to Chicago’s Midway International Airport, Love Field Airport in Dallas, Denver International Airport, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Stephen M. Keller, 2020
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Posted January 27th, 2021 for Mott Land Bank crews clean and mow vacant properties in the city of Flint. Crews mow all publicly and privately owned unmaintained vacant properties in the city at least once during the growing season. Photo: Renee Harvey, Genesee County Land Bank Flint, Michigan The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has granted $76,680 to the Genesee County Land Bank to help update and strengthen Flint’s blight elimination plan and coordinate efforts to fight blight throughout the city. The Land Bank will partner with the Flint Police Foundation on the initiative. Natalie Pruett, executive director of the Flint Police Foundation, said the organizations’ efforts will build upon a five-year blight elimination framework that was completed in 2014 and adopted in 2015.