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Lost River Robotics camp combines science, technology, engineering, math and art
Jack Hawkins couldn’t contain his excitement. “Look! Look at mine!” the 7-year-old exclaimed as colored bubbles floated up from the bottom to the top of his homemade lava lamp.
Read MoreIn light of a report that a small drone was operating at the north end of the airport in the approach path of landing aircraft, the Airport would like to remind the public of the rules that have been established by the FAA to ensure the safe operations of drones around the airport.
Read MoreChris Derrickson tilts his head slightly, listening to the faint bird-like ‘chirping’ sound through his earphones while standing in a slowly moving boat. He concentrates on a digital scanner as the chirp grows stronger, closing in on his target. But rather than look to the sky for a bird, Derrickson leans over, peering into the murky waters of Upper Klamath Lake.
Read MoreIn what will hopefully launch an annual event, Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” hosted Girls got STEM, a weeklong camp at the Klamath Falls campus for young ladies ages 15-18. The group consists of more than 40 campers, counselors and mentors.
Read MoreThe Klamath County Museum will host star parties in three locations on Saturday, Aug. 11, to highlight the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Read MoreHolden Hubble and Emilio Hernandez thought they had the perfect set up for their Mars lander – plastic spoons to act as propellers and inflated balloons to soften the landing and thereby protect the enclosed raw egg.
Read MoreThe next-generation power system incorporates advanced communication and control systems with the core generation, transmission, and distributing mechanisms for enhanced reliability and flexibility.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. - Build, fly, then keep the drone! This engineering camp is open to students who will be in grades 6-9 for school year 2018-2019. Experience the excitement of building your own drone while learning how all the parts work.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Oregon - Officials are celebrating the beginning of a $50-million project that aims to improve health care in south-central Oregon by encouraging collaboration and innovation between local health care professionals and OHSU students and resident physicians who want to better serve rural Oregonians.
Read MoreEight Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) teams are well on their way to the fourth annual Catalyze Klamath Falls Challenge on May 17. The teams have been drafting concepts and plans since the start of the competition in October, participating in planning sessions with faculty advisors, practicing their pitches and fine-tuning their business plans in Shark Tech-style launch gatherings.
Read MoreIt’s official! Sage Community School is sending two of the eleven Oregon teams to compete in Destination Imagination’s Global Finals. After achieving first place in their division for creativity, teamwork and innovation in regional and state academic tournaments, the Labyrinth Method Lunatics from Sage Community School received their invitation on April 7, 2018 to compete in Destination Imagination's Global Finals, the world’s largest celebration of student creativity,
Read MoreChiloquin, Ore. - After achieving first place in their division for creativity, teamwork and innovation in regional and state academic tournaments, the Labyrinth Method Lunatics from Sage Community School have earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination's Global Finals, the world’s largest celebration of student creativity, to be held May 23-26 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Team members include Rhiannon Burkhart (11), Willow Daniels (11), Kaitlynn Milano (10) and Caleb Swanson-Utley (11).
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, OR. - Twenty-nine students signed on the line Wednesday declaring their participation in the STEM&M program, a partnership between Mazama High School and Oregon Tech.
Read MoreODOT and the Washington Department of Transportation have extended studded tire season in the two states until the end of the day Sunday April 15, 2018. Travelers can use studded tires from November 1 through March 31. State law grants each state’s transportation department to ability to extend the studded tire season when necessary based on projected weather forecasts.
Read MoreAlyssa Michaelis, Jeff Hudson and Thys DeHoop were last to compete as they set up their wind turbine, dubbed “Blade Runner,” in the wind tunnel for the KidWind Challenge in the Henley High School gym.
Read MoreAlong the shore line of Upper Klamath Lake at the Eagle Ridge County Park a small number of reared Lost River and Shortnose Sucker fish have been released. These fish are the first of thousands to be raised in captivity and released into Upper Klamath Lake.
Alan Mikkelsen, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke was in attendance to help release the fish into the wild and answer questions about the program.
“This is the first cohort of what we expect to be many more releases in the coming years,” says Mikkelsen. “What is going on here is an attempt to stabilize and ultimately increase the population of suckers in the lake.”
Read MoreKlamath County is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of all information. Unfortunately, our security protocols recently caught unauthorized activity involving information being accessed without authorization. Klamath County takes this incident very seriously.
Read MoreKlamath County School District elementary students are getting a whole new perspective on science. An inflatable planetarium, called STARLAB, is rotating to schools throughout the district. Students climb inside the igloo-like structure and interact with lessons about space, biology, geology and more.
Read MoreWith the Trump Administration set to rollback essential net neutrality protections, the Oregon House of Representatives today passed House Bill 4155, using the state’s purchasing power to protect a free and open internet for Oregon consumers.
Read MorePacific Power is at work replacing 590,000 traditional electric meters at Oregon homes and businesses with new digital smart meters. The installations will roll out region by region throughout 2018 and into the fall of 2019. These new meters will provide customers — including those in many of Oregon's rural communities — with the timely information they need to make decisions about electric usage and enable smarter, more efficient management of the power grid.
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