Arts/Education
Preschool Screening
Preschool screening for South Fork Elementary and West Plains Elementary will be held on Friday, April 8, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the West Plains Civic Center. The screenings are by appointment only and are free to any child in the West Plains School District who will be...
Create a personalized, rustic, farmhouse, windmill at this workshop in February. West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) will host the workshop, conducted by local artist Tara Shahan, on February 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Trillium Trust offices, 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd. in West Plains. Cost for the...
The West Plains Education Foundation is hosting a Super Bowl LVI raffle. 100% of funds raised will benefit classroom innovation grants in the West Plains School District.
One winner will receive, a 75-inch FireTV and surround sound from Richards Brothers Feed, $150 Visa gift card from Nosari...
Citing recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, the Mountain View-Birch Tree school district cancelled in-person classes until January 24. Superintendent Don Christensen confirmed in a phone interview that two-hundred students and twenty-four staff members were out of school as of Tuesday morning.
The...
Area residents interested in applying to the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) regular track program at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) have until March 1 to submit their application. The March 1 deadline is for students who wish to apply for a seat in the cohort that will run...
'The Star Dramatic Company is proud to present 'Brilliant Traces', written by Cindy Lou Johnson and directed by Jennifer Spencer.
Set in a remote cabin in the Wilds of Alaska, as a blizzard rages outside, a lonely figure sleeps under a heap of blankets. Suddenly awakened from the knocking of an...
OPENED JANUARY 16 AT THE GALLERY AT THE CENTER
West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) will host an exhibition of works by eight artist-members of the Ventures in Art group. WPCA will host the exhibition of works in the Gallery at the Center, West Plains Civic Center from January 16...
The R-IV Willow Springs School Board updated the District’s Safe Return Plan during the regular January meeting.
School nurse Michelle Ferguson gave an update on positive cases and the current number of students excluded from school. At the time of the meeting, there were 4 positives, and 24...
Thanks to donors like the Jack and Inez Pahlmann family, the West Plains Education Foundation can support programs like the West Plains High School Project Lead the Way. The funds will be used to enrich the educational experiences of the students.
To learn more about what the West Plains...
Only two candidates have filed for the two vacant seats on the R-III Mountain View-Birch Tree School Board: Mikael Orchard and Josh Roberts. The School Board is expected to certify these results of the filing period, which ended on December 28, and to advise the County Clerks that no election...