Peter Madsen

As natural light pours down through the airy lobby of the Deschutes Public Library’s new Central Library, off SE 27th Street, newcomers’ first reactions will likely just be: Wow. Passing through the front entrance, one gazes upward toward a gymnasium-tall ceiling from which a large-scale art installation, titled “Juniper,” is suspended by 1,440 cables. Weighing […]

Oregon State Police have violated state sanctuary law for years by intentionally allowing federal immigration authorities to query state residents’ data 1 million times each year, according to a lawsuit filed on May 5. The civil complaint, filed by the Rural Organizing Project in Multnomah County Circuit Court, says OSP must immediately stop sharing state […]

Community members who applauded Bend City Council for turning off Flock Safety’s AI-powered surveillance cameras at a Jan. 7 business meeting weren’t paranoid. Reporting by the Oregon Law Center has revealed that federal immigration officials — including those from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations — […]

Who says print media — particularly that which is independently owned — has gone the way of Crystal Pepsi, Zima and other relics of the late millennium? As you can glimpse on the new billboard on NE Revere Avenue near the Bend Parkway on-ramp — or, more conveniently, right here at bendsource.com, we’ve initiated a […]

Unionized journalists at The Bulletin earned a victory this morning, receiving their first-ever contract with Carpenter Media Group, the owner of The Bulletin. The three-year contract shores up a 40-hour workweek, guarantees pay increases and adds just-cause protection and a severance guarantee, among other concerns. Gone is Carpenter’s proposal of a weekly story quota that […]

Former Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Capt. William Bailey will receive a neutral re-evaluation of his March 2 termination, the Board of County Commissioners voted April 22. While Commissioners Phil Chang, Tony DeBone and Patti Adair had the option to postpone the decision to a later date, they unanimously voted yes to Bailey’s request for a […]

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is still dealing with the fallout of alleged favoritism and retribution that has plagued the agency for years. The sheriff’s office, and Deschutes County, are now at the center of a grievance of termination and administrative appeal by William Bailey, a former DCSO captain who ran for sheriff against Kent […]