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Learning skilled trades offers not only an advantageous route for students in rural areas, it can help meet the needs of their communities through sustained economic development. Oregon’s Dufur School is doing this by partnering with Baker Technical Institute (BTI) to offer a free

Students at Dufur school were getting their hands dirty on Tuesday, June 28th as they took the controls on a bulldozer, excavators, a grader, and front loaders on Stan Ashbrook’s property just south of town.

A rainy day didn’t deter the Baker Technical Institute from welcoming state legislators, county commissioners, Blue Mountain Community College representatives, and company representatives from around the region for a tour on Monday morning, March 28.

Baker Technical Institute has secured $544,000 thanks to Senators Merkley and Wyden. The funds will be used for their heavy equipment and trucking and logistics training programs.

“We’d like to spotlight the incredible work being done at Baker Technical Institute.”