Peter Madsen

A recent report by an independent investigator concluded that James “Mac” McLaughlin, a detective lieutenant and SWAT commander with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, was dishonest with top brass about misconduct stemming from a February SWAT raid that heated up the sheriff race between McLaughlin and Interim Sheriff Ty Rupert. Jim Band, a third-party investigator […]

Ezra Oncken, a recent intern for the Source, is going places. A senior at Cascades Academy in Bend, Oncken was named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, along with classmate Angel Morriss. Oncken and Morriss are two of only four Bend high school students to earn that distinction this year. It’s a big deal: about 1.2 […]

Since Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Bethany Flint resigned in late July, six candidates have launched campaign committees in hopes of filling that Position 3 seat. (One has since declined to run; another was not qualified.) Several of the candidates the Source spoke with said that many constituents, when hearing about the upcoming judge race, echoed […]

Knowing how to quickly and effectively administer Narcan has become a must-know life-saving technique, right up there with the Heimlich Maneuver and CPR. Most people know that naloxone, a medication commonly called Narcan, reverses the effect of an opioid overdose. But where do you get Narcan and how do you use it? Deschutes County Health […]

Despite the vote by Deschutes Democrats’ rank-and-file membership to endorse James “Mac” McLaughlin for sheriff in late August, the party’s top brass later revoked that endorsement.  On Aug. 24, members of the executive committee wrote in a letter to party members that the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing internal investigation into McLaughlin for alleged harassment […]

A slice of Bend’s east side has become that much more affordable. Officials christened a new affordable housing complex near the St. Charles Medical System campus on Sept. 9. Nine Peaks, 45-unit building located on NE Connors Avenue at 27th Street, will accommodate workforce housing. Officials at the event said preference will be given to […]

Every summer, law enforcement authorities remind the public of how dangerous it can be to leave a dog in a car, even while just popping into a convenience store. Yet a dog’s death in August 2025, while in the care of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office employees, may illustrate this danger better than however many […]