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This week’s top highlights…

CTE – Education at Work, Part 4: The student experience

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

26 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 4: The student experience

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

26 Sep 2024

Thurston Colts thrive without star player in annual cross-town rivalry

THURSTON – Without the support of their one-man wrecking ball senior quarterback Noah Blair, the Colts proved the collective strength of their team against the Millers last Friday. The Colts…

26 Sep 2024

Thurston Colts thrive without star player in annual cross-town rivalry

THURSTON – Without the support of their one-man wrecking ball senior quarterback Noah Blair, the Colts proved the collective strength of their team against the Millers last Friday. The Colts…

26 Sep 2024

Amputee, adaptive golfers find community in NAGA’s Championship

CRESWELL – The winds whispered through the oak trees with splattered orange spots last Thursday afternoon at the Emerald Valley Golf & Resort. Silence enveloped the grassy plains that were…

26 Sep 2024

Amputee, adaptive golfers find community in NAGA’s Championship

CRESWELL – The winds whispered through the oak trees with splattered orange spots last Thursday afternoon at the Emerald Valley Golf & Resort. Silence enveloped the grassy plains that were…

26 Sep 2024

Romeo’s big show: Festival celebrating ‘World’s Largest Steer’ is Saturday

CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined…

19 Sep 2024

Romeo’s big show: Festival celebrating ‘World’s Largest Steer’ is Saturday

CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined…

19 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 3: Hands-on experience giving youth a leg-up on adulthood

Scott Lierman, Keenen Johnson and other members of Chambers Construction’s carpenter apprenticeship program work on building new homes for the Springfield community. TATUM STUART / CHRONICLE PHOTO

Editors note: As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part 2 of 4 of the series. Check this out if you missed part 1 or part 2. A companion piece for this week’s edition is also posted here. This series was made possible in part by donations to The Chronicle Foundation and the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism (FORJ).

After spending approximately 900 hours each year in class over the course of 12 years, finishing high school is an accomplishment that warrants a sigh of relief.

However, those sighs of relief could quickly turn into heavy sighs of struggle if recent high school grads walk away from their alma mater without the work-ready skill sets needed to stay afloat.

It can be rough out there; 47% of the households in Lane County have reported experiencing financial hardships, where the average rural county in Oregon has a rate of 48.2% of households in financial hardships.

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