Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, students in the Auburn-Washburn district who live within two miles of their school will no longer receive free bus transportation. The Board of Education approved the transportation policy changes during a special meeting held by the transportation committee Monday...

On June 15-20 Washburn Rural’s speech and debate team will attend the 2025 national tournament held in Des Moines, Iowa, celebrating the 100th year anniversary. There are three different categories of events and the team has qualified more entries this year than any other year, with 18 total entries.  The...

As the school year winds down and summer break begins, many students head for vacation or downtime. But for the Washburn Rural athletes competing in fall sports, the work is just getting started. On Monday-Thursday mornings, before most of the town is awake, athletes from grades 9-12 gather in the...

Abigail Buckhalter has officially been named the new Student Council President for the 2025–2026 school year. After being involved in StuCo since 8th grade, Abigail said she knew she wanted to take on a leadership role during her final year of high school. “I have been involved in StuCo since...