My parents were the first people to introduce to me the power of the written word, and for that, I am forever grateful. They gave me something…
Lompoc High School Alumni Association is offering three $1,000 scholarships to both Lompoc High School graduates and graduating seniors who ar…
A project that’s been successful in encouraging children to eat more healthy foods in Ventura County is being launched in Santa Barbara County…
A new podcast from Hancock College is available for listening after nearly a year of production, according to a college spokesman.
Public school districts in Santa Maria and Orcutt have had no choice but to further delay plans for returning to in-person learning once again…
Pioneer Valley High School student leaders ignited the holiday spirit on Saturday with a holiday lights drive-through event that drew over 300…
Pioneer Valley High School senior Evelyn Letona Robles will be heading to Yale University next fall on a full-ride scholarship, making her the…
Mary Buren Elementary School teachers gathered in the front parking lot on campus to distribute hundreds of Halloween goody bags to students d…
Kindergarten teachers at Solvang School, dressed in Halloween costumes to celebrate the approaching spooky holiday, welcomed tiny students to …
The Ann Foxworthy Gallery at Hancock College will launch its first-ever virtual exhibit next week featuring the work of photographer and artis…
As the state university application process draws closer, around 250 Santa Maria High School seniors were celebrated for their academic achiev…
Citing a desire to operate with an abundance of caution amid the COVID-19 pandemic, LUSD leaders declined to pursue a reopening waiver. Around…
To help underserved families access new supplies and clothes for the school year, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Maria will host its back-to-school…
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department officially opened up the waiver process to county elementary schools Aug. 21, after the coun…
Lompoc Unified School District's Teacher Support Providers program, which replaced the former Lompoc Apprentice Teacher Support System, was in…
During the first week of the fall semester at Hancock College, distance learning kept the Santa Maria campus quieter than usual — but behind t…
Elementary schools in Santa Barbara County will be allowed to open for in-person education provided they apply for waivers and submit a plan t…
Bucking back-to-school tradition, Valley students were this year greeted by teachers in face coverings observing social distancing protocol wh…
After two months of waiting and planning, graduates from Allan Hancock College's Class of 2020 finally received their diplomas Wednesday durin…
When the new school year begins, the Santa Maria Joint-Union High School District and Guadalupe Union School District will distribute meals in…
The virtual week-long festival will screen dozens of documentaries and short films from 21 countries, in both live and animated form, that spa…
As the Santa Maria-Bonita and Orcutt Union school districts prepare to kick off the new school year on Thursday with distance learning, staff …
Despite the many new challenges that educators will surely face over the course of the upcoming school year, several LUSD teachers and adminis…
Although there are protections in place to ensure that bus drivers are able to keep their jobs, the drivers in LUSD aren’t sure exactly what t…
After opting to delay their commencement ceremony in the spring, the Hancock College Class of 2020 will get the chance to celebrate during a d…
An additional 91 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Santa Barbara County and 349 cases are still active, the county Public Health Departmen…
Although elementary students will start the 2020-21 school year Aug. 13 in virtual classrooms, construction crews are still working hard to fi…
Santa Maria area public high school students will return to virtual classrooms Aug. 17 after an action plan for the safe reopening of schools …
