Philomath School Board fills three budget committee seats
The Philomath School Board filled all of its open budget committee seats Oct. 20 by reappointing two community members and adding a newcomer to the group that will help shape the district’s 2027-28 budget. The board approved the appointments of Shelly Brown, Kim Lopez and Lisa Miller. Brown and Lopez…
Board adopts interim travel policy, approves Costa Rica trip
The Philomath School Board adopted an interim student travel policy Tuesday night that creates a category for trips the district acknowledges but does not sponsor. The board then used that new category to approve a…
Philomath School Board agrees to elevate safety and security planning
Days after a deadly shooting at a Bend elementary school, the Philomath School Board agreed Tuesday night to make school safety and security a priority. The chair told colleagues he couldn’t say with confidence that…
Memorial gift adds lathe, bandsaw to middle school woodshop
Friends, family and fellow foresters of the late Dick Powell have donated $6,170 to the Philomath Middle School woodshop program to buy a wood lathe and bandsaw in his memory. Steve Pilkerton, treasurer of the Society of American Foresters’ Marys…
Philomath School Board faces full slate of action items Tuesday
The Philomath School Board will take up the district’s field trip policy and a proposed student trip to Costa Rica when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Philomath High School’s Community Conference Room. The field trip policy and the…
Report: One in 35 local jobs tied to Linn-Benton Community College
Linn-Benton Community College and its students added $289.7 million in income to the Linn and Benton county economy during the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to a newly released economic impact study. The report, prepared by labor market analytics firm Lightcast,…
OSU enrollment holds near-record level as out-of-state students fuel growth
About 10,000 new students enrolled at Oregon State University this fall, a group that edges past the school’s previous high-water mark set in fall 2024, according to preliminary figures released Thursday. Total enrollment across all OSU campuses stands at 37,460…
State cut leaves Philomath Outdoor School needing community help
Philomath Middle School’s sixth graders are still headed to Outdoor School this spring for the full five-day, four-night experience. The open question has been how to pay for it — and that question got a bit easier this week. Principal…
Philomath schools went to ‘secure’ status Monday as law enforcement searched for suspects
The Philomath School District’s five in-town campuses went into “secure” status Monday afternoon as law enforcement officers from three agencies searched for two men suspected in a series of vehicle break-ins across Linn and Benton counties. The Benton County Sheriff’s…
U-of-O program launches two-year partnership with Philomath
The city of Philomath and the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program celebrated the start of a two-year partnership Friday during a kickoff event at Philomath High School. Under the partnership, university courses will take on projects drawn from…
Philomath School Board to hold work sessions on strategic plan
The Philomath School Board will meet in two work sessions over the next week and a half to develop district objectives for its strategic plan. The sessions are scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and 6-8 p.m. Oct. 14 in the…
Peters, Brown named Philomath High homecoming king and queen
Annaleise Brown had a hunch before her name was ever called. When Philomath High School announced its homecoming royalty during halftime of Friday night’s football game against Cascade, senior Jamin Peters’ name was called first as king. For Brown, Peters’…
Gallery: PHS Homecoming (Oct. 2, 2026)
A collection of photos from the PHS homecoming parade and homecoming king and queen announcement on Friday.
Philomath students top state averages on most tests
Philomath School District students outscored their peers statewide in most grades and subjects on the latest round of state assessments although steep declines at 11th grade, where fewer than half of students took the tests, tempered the news. The Oregon…
Panda Express fundraiser to benefit PHS robotics program
Philomath High robotics program, also known as PHRED, is holding a fundraiser Friday in association with Panda Express. Customers who place an online order for pickup or delivery that day and enter fundraiser code 9015751 at checkout will have 28%…
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