Hop into Easter eating: A guide to restaurants and preordered Easter meals

Willamette High teacher traded the stadium mic for the classroom

Nate Jackson, a social studies teacher at Willamette High School, has been honored as one of Oregon’s 17 regional teachers of the year. 

Springfield council, don't stand in the way of healthcare progress | Letter to the editor

Regarding the debate about whether the Springfield City Council should allow an annexation of land to build a regional behavioral health stabilization center, I want to encourage the council to approve it. I strongly advocate for mental healthcare. I’ve dealt with mental health issues for as long as I can remember. I can remember watching […]

When it comes to AI, hard questions about personal agency need to be asked

We must all show skepticism as consumers of AI. The less that we think about how it shapes our lives, the greater the chance we will become dependent and, in the process, lose our sense of agency.

Oregon students’ test scores in math, reading, science inch up, still below prepandemic levels

Results from the latest statewide assessment tests show student proficiency in reading, writing and math slowly inching up from pandemic lows.

How did your school perform? Search 2025-26 state assessment scores

Search the databases below to see how students at local schools in Bethel, Springfield and Eugene 4J school districts performed on last school year’s tests.