About 50 elementary counselors in Salem-Keizer Public Schools recently spent several hours learning how to prepare and educate students ahead of lockdown drills, which can be traumatizing to some ...

By Kate Selig When the words “Lockdown. This is not a drill” echoed over the intercom, Kellen Lewis’s four children knew what to do, he said. The teachers made sure the doors were locked ...

Drivers are set for a boost at the pump in the new year as economists predict Donald Trump’s plans to ramp up US oil ...