WEST SALEM — Chad Alexander said one of his best talents when working in the insurance industry was talking to customers in person or on the phone.

INDEPENDENCE —The actors in Central High School’s production of “School House Rock” are pulling double duty — they’re also on the tech team.

DALLAS — The Dallas School Board approved a change in the current school year’s calendar to allow teachers to join a statewide walkout at the Capitol in Salem to ask lawmakers for more education funding.

Monmouth – The echoes of drums are not far off in the distance. Western Oregon University's Multicultural Student Union Powwow is set to take off Saturday at noon in the Werner University Center at WOU.

DALLAS — Whitworth Elementary School’s fourth-grade class end-of-the-year field trip to Astoria is some students’ first time seeing the ocean.

INDEPENDENCE — What happens when you get together a couple dozen eggs, a few firefighters and their ladder, and a handful of kids from a physics class?

DALLAS — “Wacky” and “organized chaos” are the descriptions contestants in the Mr. & Ms. Dallas Pageant give for how the show is taking form.

DALLAS — The Dallas School District kicked off its budget process by asking those working in classrooms and front offices what they believe should be the spending priorities.

DALLAS — Is learning through failure better than learning through

DALLAS — An Oregon School Boards Association review of the two charter schools the Dallas School District sponsors shows advancement in some areas and room for improvement in others.

MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE — Indy Commons hosted an informational meeting on Thursday for the newly formed Youth MIC.

INDEPENDENCE — Central High School’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” has been a long time in the making.Vocal music and drama director Jeff Witt has been waiting about 20 years to put on the show.

DALLAS — “Money, money, money … it’s like the sun we walk under … it can kill or cure.”

MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE — Central School District Superintendent Jennifer Kubista will hold a series of community chats.

Audience members might not expect singing and dancing in a play called “Speech and Debate,” but it’s in there.

Graduation rates for 2017-18 at local schools show little movement from the previous year, according to data released by the Oregon Department of Education on Thursday.

What do makeup, toothpaste, wigs, tables, breath mints, and door locks have in common?

Central High School cheerleaders took first place at a game day competition in Portland in September. Now they’re working their way to the United Spirit Nationals competition, which is in Anaheim, Calif. in February.

This Saturday, you can watch funny retakes of the fairy tales you grew up with and support a program that provides food and other necessities to students in need.

The CHS POWER Peers Panther Pantry can help fill several different needs a student may have, from toiletries to clothing to a bite to eat.

Dressed in Halloween costumes, the Dallas High School Interact Club collected nearly 200 pounds of food donations for the Dallas Food Bank on Oct. 25.

The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein is meeting for their annual quiche breakfast at Western Oregon University — for the next couple of weeks.

Dallas Community School Director Bill Conlon is thrilled to have what he considers a real school office — and desks for each teacher — at the charter school’s new location in Dallas.

Auditions for Dallas High School Theatre’s production of “She Kills Monsters” had an unusual test: Know how to die.

The Dallas School District hired an architectural firm to design its planned “career and technical education” building at Dallas High School.

Students and staff of Ash Creek Elementary School don’t wear uniforms, but now their clothing will have a common colorful thread — tie dye.

Tickets are already selling for the first high school performance of “Mamma Mia!” west of Texas.

Teachers, classified staff and their supporters lined the front steps of the Central School District office Monday before the monthly board meeting.

Morrison Campus Alternative School leadership teacher Charlotte Vidrio was so proud of her students Friday that she had to take a photo of what they were doing.

Alea Littleton was a freshman in the 2006-07 school year when Lynn Bailey and Art Houghtaling started jobs as teachers in the Falls City School District.

The Monmouth Senior Center has a wide array of partnerships with Western Oregon University.

Studying nursing at Oregon Health and Science University for Monmouth and Independence residents has never been easier since OHSU added a campus in Monmouth 10 years ago in partnership with Western Oregon University.