Phoenix

Blackberry Academy has opened under a new state licensing program.

Families were flung across the Rogue Valley, and the country, after the 2020 Almeda Fire. That continues to have a huge impact on school enrollment.

With a new school year just beginning, Oregon school districts are working to implement Gov. Tina Kotek’s executive order banning cellphone use in the classroom.

Southern Oregon students unite as the South Valley Wolfpack to host Japan in a week of football and cultural exchange.

The pair of bills has been introduced in the Oregon legislature and would give more money to four school districts impacted by the 2020 wildfires.

From Fires to Flowers, a program run by the non-profit Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, creates vibrant gardens in the scorched footprint of the 2020 wildfire, helping create a landscape that heals both people and pollinators.

More Oregon students are going to class, according to new data from the Oregon Department of Education reflecting the 2023-2024 school year.

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden met with high school students in Phoenix Thursday to take their hard-pressing questions on the environment, education and more.

Oregon’s housing agency will replace dozens of modular homes in Phoenix that are meant for wildfire survivors, marking a dramatic change from the agency’s previous plan to house fire victims.

Three years after the 2020 fires devastated communities in Southern Oregon, survivors are still recovering from the fires' impact on their homes, their stability and their mental health. A local long-term recovery group is helping support residents who've experienced trauma.

Oregon's state housing agency did not say when the homes will be rebuilt, where the funding will come from or when residents will be able to move in.

Three affordable housing projects in Phoenix will receive a total of $40 million in state funding. It was approved by a state housing council last week. It’s an attempt to make a dent in the dramatic housing shortage in the Rogue Valley.