A ribbon cutting ceremony unveiled the newly renovated STEAM Center at Wy’east Middle School in Odell. The new area to incorporate hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics education includes a makerspace design and fabrication lab, flex and science labs, a laser cutter and 3-D printer among other tools, and an outdoor learning space still under development. Hood River County School District Superintendent Dan Goldman called it the district’s “premier learning space” as it integrates the outdoors and a focus on making and problem solving. The facility was developed through a bond measure passed by district voters in 2016.